Reading Symbolic Language
The Magic of Tarot takes you on a journey from opening your first deck to creating a magical life with tarot. Sasha teaches the foundations of tarot so you take your journey with confidence. Within larger sections, such as how to keep a useful tarot journal, she provides smaller tips that build good practices.
For example, on the chapter about journaling, she includes a helpful tip when learning to read the symbols in the cards. Here is an excerpt:
Reading and interpreting symbolic language is how you begin to speak the language of tarot. Write or draw the symbol you want to interpret. It could be from a card or from your life, bedroom, office, etc. To figure out what the symbol means, use the following writing prompts to describe it. “Faculty” is what the symbol literally does and what it means.
Faculty: This symbol’s primary purpose is…
Feeling: The symbol makes me feel…
Function: The feeling of this symbol is operating in my life right now as…