Combining Tarot Cards With Magick
If you love tarot cards, and also practice in the magickal arts, then you’ll love knowing that you can combine these two together, for some quick spell casting that brings amazing results. First off, let’s clarify two very important factors of tarot cards and magickal spell casting.
With tarot cards, each card represents numerous primary energy factors, as well as numerous secondary energy factors. In other words, their is no one single meaning, translation or interpretation for a card. Instead, the mastery of tarot reading comes from being able to extract the specific meaning, translation and interpretation for each individual person you are reading for them, as well as the extracted specific interpretation of any spread that you might call upon for your divination.
Likewise, when it comes to magickal spell casting, when you are compiling the components for your spell, you must always keep in mind, that every item that you are choosing to incorporate into your spell contains multiple primary and secondary energy signatures. For any magickal spell to be as effective as it can be, you must select which energy properties you wish to highlight and emphasize within each component/ingredient. For example: Cinnamon contains energies representative of healing, power, psychic attunement, protection, abundance and spiritual enhancement. If you are casting a money spell, then you would want to call upon the cinnamon to infuse it’s abundance energies into the spell. If you are casting a psychic defense shield spell, to amour you from the negative energies of others, than you would want to call upon the protection energies of cinnamon to be infused into the spell. In other words, highlight and isolate the predominant energy signature you are wishing to use for each spell ingredient or component for maximum effectiveness.
Now, as for combining tarot cards with magick, if you are either in a situation where you are pressed for time, can’t locate or afford all the components you need or desire for some spell casting, or you are traveling and acquiring all the needed spellcasting ingredients would be quite cumbersome, you can quite effectively substitute your typical spell ingredients/components with the appropriate tarot card. Using tarot cards in your spells, makes for a useful tool for magickal shortcuts and substitution in both spellwork and ritual. And, just as explained previously, that tarot cards like magickal spell components, vibrate with specific primary and secondary energy signatures, you need to be cognizant of these, and call upon the most appropriate energy signature contained within each specific card you choose to use for your spell. The end goal, is to substitute your typical spellcasting ingredients/components, with the most tarot card(s) (and specific energy signature within that card) that harmonize with your spells intent.
Note: If you typically like to use a statue or picture that is representative of goddess and god energies on your altar, or in your spellcasting area, here are some good tarot card choices for magickal substitution. The High Priestess, the Empress and the Moon tarot cards, are all fitting symbols of goddess energies, while the Magician, the Emperor and the Sun tarot cards all make for good representation of god force energies.
Below, is a guide to the magickal attributes of the Major Arcana, as mentioned in Melanie Marquis’s book ‘The Witches Bag of Tricks’. Note, what is given here as the qualities of the cards that can be invoked during spellwork. (These do not necessarility reflect divinatory interpretations.)
The Fool Tarot Card – Use to remove doubt or worry; let go of attachments; bring joy and lightheartedness.
The Magician Tarot Card – Use to increase your magickal abilities; to manifest success and opportunity; to increase leadership abilities; to increase ambition and drive; and can be used in romance magick to represent a male lover.
The High Priestess Tarot Card – Use to increase ESP; for dream magick; to reveal a lost or hidden object; to bring you inspiration; to represent as a goddess symbol; and can be used in romance magick to represent a female lover.
The Empress Tarot Card – Use to infuse a fertility charm; to boost femininity and attraction; to bring increase, growth and abundance; to increase maternal instinct and abilities; and can be used in rituals to represent nature or divine feminine essence.
The Emperor Tarot Card – Use to invoke courage, strength and willpower; use in charms to boost sexual energy; can be used as a god force symbol in spellwork and ritual; to increase vitality; use in reverse to overcome negative force of domination, control or authority.
The Hierophant Tarot Card – Use in spells to bring about order, balance and stability; can be used to represent a marriage; can be used in ritual to represent an oath; use in reverse to encourage risk-taking and spontaneity; can also be used in reverse to break bonds.
The Lovers Tarot Card – Excellent to use in both love and romance magick; also good for spells intended to end quarrels and encourage compassion.
The Chariot Tarot Card – Use in charms for safe traveling; use to encourage movement forward in a situation; can be used in ritual to represent a vehicle or a change of residence.
The Strength Tarot Card – Use in charms to overcome addictions; use to increase confidence and self-esteem; can be used for protection and defense magick.
The Hermit Tarot Card – Use to bring peace, acceptance and solitude; good for charms to find something that is lost; use to increase enlightenment; use in reverse to overcome shyness or loneliness.
The Wheel of Fortune Tarot Card – Will increase the power of most spells; excellent to use in spells intended to bring about good fortune, luck, success and opportunity; use to manifest a change in circumstance.
The Justice Tarot Card – Excellent for using in spells to ‘set things right’; use for spells intended to speed along the effects of karma; good for protective and defensive magick; use in ritual to represent legal matters, authority and fairness.
The Hanged Man Tarot Card – Excellent for invoking a high state of spiritual awareness; use for aiding in astral projection and entering a trance state; use to enhance meditation experience; use for charms to create a delay or suspension; use in reverse to overcome addiction or indecision.
The Death Tarot Card – Good for invoking major change or upheaval; use for spells to transform an existing hierarchy; use in ritual to communicate with the dead, or to meditate and move past grief.
The Temperance Tarot Card – Use in spells to bring about balance and moderation; use to increase cooperation; to bring good luck and business partnerships; use in reverse to let go of any existing reservations.
The Devil Tarot Card – Use in reverse to overcome addiction, domination, materialism, negativity or a shallow physical relationship. To be used upright only with very clear intentions and need, such as for protection or positive binding magick. Use with great caution and clarity!
The Tower Tarot Card – Always keep intentions positive when using this card. Use in ritual to represent a failed plan, accident, chaos, danger, disaster or severe depression. Cover with a positive card, such as the Ace of Pentacles, and combine with great clarity and carefully thought out intention, so that misfortune might be prevented or its results lessened.
The Star Tarot Card – Use in dream magick and love magick; use to increase ESP and other magickal abilities; use in charms to make a wish come true.
The Moon Tarot Card – Good for magick intended to keep something secret or concealed; use to increase ESP and other magickal abilities; to absorb and neutralize negativity; use in charms to bring out the truth; use during a waxing moon to amplify magickal energy; use as a goddess symbol; use in reverse to discover or overcome untrustworthy influences.
The Sun Tarot Card – Use for purification, banishment, protection and cleansing spells; use for healing magick; use to protect and heal children; use for fertility charms; use as a god force symbol; this card amplifies the power of most spells and is especially potent during the summer months.
The Judgement Tarot Card – Use in spells to bring something to a conclusion; use in ritual to bring about reawakening and rejuvenation.
The World Tarot Card – Adds power to any spellwork; use to manifest success, wealth, good fortune and opportunity.
It is my hope, that this information expands and strengthens both your tarot card awareness and abilities, as well as your magickal spellcasting abilities.
In Love and Light,
Miss Tina
