How to Work With Tarot Cards And Angel Cards: Two Powerful Spiritual Tools

To improve their readings and enhance their abilities, psychic advisors may use a handful of tools. Many rely on tarot or angel cards to gain additional insight. Discover what kind of information tarot and angel cards can unlock and find out how psychic advisors use these cards during readings.

 

The History of Tarot Cards

Tarot cards are easy to recognize as symbols of psychic readings, but few people understand what these decks truly represent. While the precise origins of tarot cards are unknown, historians believe the iconic decks first emerged in northern Italy in the late 14th or early 15th century. The earliest documented references to tarot cards date back to 1391 in cities like Milan, Ferrara, and Bologna. These early tarot decks were originally used for gameplay and leisure rather than for divination or spiritual purposes.

It wasn't until the late 18th century that tarot cards began to be used for cartomancy—fortune-telling and divination through the interpretation of cards. This shift was largely sparked by Freemasons and occult societies who studied tarot symbolism and incorporated it into their mystical philosophies and rituals. As the use of tarot cards for esoteric purposes grew, innovators like French occultist Jean-Baptiste Alliette published works connecting tarot imagery to ancient Egyptian philosophy, astrology, numerology, and Kabbalah.

Since then, psychic advisors have turned to these easily identifiable cards for insight. Though the cards don’t hold psychic powers on their own, they do help advisors organize and interpret information that they uncover during psychic readings. Ultimately, the advisor’s psychic abilities and spiritual sense allow him or her to read the cards accurately.

How Do Tarot Cards Work?

A complete tarot deck is actually a combination of two separate decks, the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. The first explores spiritual growth and is best used to answer questions relating to spirituality and higher powers. The second deck is much more complex and is ideal for answering questions relating to relationships, communication, finances, and challenges. To interpret the cards, an advisor must have a thorough understanding of numerology, alchemy, and astrology as well as a deep connection with the person in question.

During a tarot reading, a psychic advisor draws cards from the deck and arranges them in a specific configuration. The position and orientation of each card can reveal troves of information about the person’s past, present, and future. The most experienced advisors often offer multiple tarot spreads to provide additional insight and clarity. One of the most compelling aspects of a tarot reading is that it can also suggest actions and resolutions in response to questions.

 

Different Types of Angel Card Decks

Just as there are countless tarot decks to choose from, the world of angel cards, tarot cards also offer a wide variety of deck styles and artistic interpretations. While tarot decks tend to share a universal set of 78 cards divided into the major and minor arcana, angel card decks can vary significantly in their number of cards, imagery, and associated angelic beings.

Some of the most popular angel card decks include:

- Doreen Virtue's Angel Therapy Oracle Cards

- Radleigh Valentine's Angel Wisdom Tarot Cards

- Hay House's Archangel Oracle Cards

- Kyle Gray's Angel Prayers Oracle Cards

- Toni Carmine Salerno's Angels and Ancestors Oracle Cards

 

With such a breadth of different angel card decks available, psychic advisors can select the deck that most resonates with them spiritually and intuitively. The artwork, specific angels featured, and overall energy of each deck can deeply influence how an advisor interprets the angelic guidance during a reading.

 

Angels Featured in Oracle Card Decks

The angels and archangels that appear within oracle card decks tend to be among the most well-known and widely revered angels across different spiritual and religious traditions. Common angels that grace these card decks include:

Archangel Michael - The powerful leader and protector often depicted with a sword

Archangel Gabriel - The messenger angel of revelation and good news

Archangel Raphael - The archangel of healing, known for restoring mind/body/spirit

Archangel Uriel - The angel of wisdom, truth, and universal knowledge

 

In addition to archangels, oracle decks may also feature specific angels associated with love (e.g. Chamuel), prosperity (e.g. Ariel), or other life focuses and challenges. Cards may portray angels as warriors, guardians, messengers, healers, and more to provide insight and empowerment for different areas of human life.

How Do Angel Cards Work?

Angel cards may not be quite as well known, but they can be just as powerful as tarot cards. A deck of angel cards allows a psychic advisor to connect with the energy of these divine beings. By tapping into this compassionate, divine energy, advisors can intuit spiritual guidance and insight into human trials and tribulations.

During an angel card reading, an advisor will draw anywhere from one to six cards in order to answer all questions at hand. The advisor then accesses divine energy to interpret the cards as they apply to the situation. Together, the cards offer insight into partnership, nourishment, renewal, reflection, alignment, and integration as they provide spiritual guidance.

 

Combining Tarot and Angel Cards

For an even richer, more multi-layered psychic reading experience, many advisors choose to combine the use of tarot cards and angel cards into a single reading. By tapping into both the ancient symbolism of the tarot as well as the divine, angelic guidance offered by oracle cards, they can provide incredibly thorough insight and pathways forward.

In a combined reading, the tarot cards may shed light on the core situation, obstacles, influences, and potential outcomes at play. The angel cards can then offer higher spiritual counsel, affirmations, and messages of hope to navigate the circumstances interpreted through the tarot spread. Some readers may even alternate drawing from the two decks or overlay angel cards onto certain tarot card positions. 

This multi-dimensional reading style allows the subconscious, archetypal wisdom of the tarot to blend with the compassionate, divine rays offered by the angels. Merging these powerful tools provides a complete, 360-degree perspective to help the client manifest their highest good.

Whether read on their own or paired together, the imagery and symbolism found on tarot cards and angel cards serve as powerful psychic conduits. By attuning to the energies they embody, advisors can deliver life-changing guidance to those seeking greater clarity about their lives, relationships, careers, and spiritual journeys.

Are you interested in finding out what an angel or tarot card reading can reveal about your life or your spiritual path? Connect with an authentic psychic to learn more about these readings.