The question you ask a tarot reader is important. A well-thought out and well-phrased question can help both you and the reader to get to the information you really want. Here are a few tips:

1. Figure out what you really want to know. This is the most difficult part for many people. Do you want general advice about your career path, or do you want to know if a specific job is right for you? Do you want to know how to improve your relationship with your husband or do you want to know where your relationship may be headed in the future? If you really don’t know what you want, it’s ok to ask for a general reading, but understand that you may get a general answer.

2. Tackle one issue at a time. If you ask about your relationship with your mother, whether you should purchase a new car and why you haven’t gotten that promotion at work, you will not get a clear answer. Readings like this are difficult to do and the answers are often vague and unsatisfying. Focus on one question and you’ll get better results.

3. Ask questions about you. Tarot is useful in giving you insights and guidance about how to live your life. The cards are not so helpful when you want to know something about another person. (The exception to this is the Relationship Readings which focuses on your relationship with another person.) Keep in mind that you need to take responsibility for your own life. The Tarot cards will point out what you can do to change or improve your situation, but you have to do the work.

4. Avoid yes/no questions. Tarot cards rarely give a straight answer to these questions. Instead, phrase your question so that you will get the most information possible.

Try using these phrases to get you started:

* “Can you give me insight into….”

* “How can I better….”

* “What lesson can I learn from…”

And finally, remember to have an open mind when you are phrasing your question and when you receive the reading. Listen to the advice given and make a commitment to really consider what the reading tells you. A reading may not tell you what you want to know, but it will tell you what you need to know.