Tarot doesn't have to be this mystical thing

...Although the mysterious aesthetics certainly look nice and are good for sales. I've always been a big fan of the practical and grounded, though, and I've always strived to demystify a tool that is seen as somehow sacred. It can be, but I find 'sacred' is often an adjective we assign to an object or place, and over time, if enough people do that, the energy of the object or place can become a thing of its own. But we're the ones who have done that - the collective human consciousness. (Yeah, we are that powerful, especially en masse.)

Reading with cards, shells, crystals, runes, or any instrument is greatly misunderstood. A collection of things (whatever they are) form a network of energy that is communication within itself. When you walk into a room, you "read the room" by using all your senses to assess everything within it to form an opinion, or inner-guidance, that helps you move forward. A reading with any instrument is exactly the same. The difference is that the reader is assigning the information they receive to something (a person, a situation, a date, a place, and incident, and so on).

It's for the above reason you can read tarot cards youself. Of course, it helps to be good at reading a room. If you're someone who has always sucked at that kind of observation, reading tarot may be a little more challenging for you than for others.

(As always, everything I write is only my opinion.)