Tarot Decks

Zero: Godforce, The Hour of Truth.
One: Masculine, dominant, aggressive.
negative--ego, tyranny, intolerance.
Two: Feminine, passive, knowing, understanding.
negative--untruth, emotional, deception.
Three: Fertility, hope, abundance.
negative--hopeless, insincerity, faithless.
Four: Creation, stability, foundation, authority.
negative--stubborn, weak, controlling, inertia.
Five: Change, chance.
negative--temptation, instability.
Six: Dependability, loyalty, harmony.
negative--betrayal, selfishness.
Seven: Action, mystery, intuition, initiation.
negative--impractical, unsuccessful.
Eight: Karma, balance, strength, decision, control.
negative--karma, fate, polarity, materialism.
Nine: Completion, wisdom, experience, spiritual maturity.
negative--selfishness, detainment.
Ten: Destiny, change, beginning, progress.
negative--regression.
Eleven: Justice, ideal, equilibrium.
negative--imbalance, weakness, injustice.
Twelve:Surrender, perfection, accomplishment.
negative--limbo, suffering.
Thirteen: Transformation, ending, beginning, change.
negative--danger.
Fourteen: Concentration, meditation, balance.
negative--scattered, unfocused.
Fifteen: Triumph, freedom.
negative--pride, eroticism, lust, desire, weakness.
Sixteen: Major change, inspiration.
negative--oppression, destruction.
Seventeen: Meditation, inspiration, opportunity.
negative--hopeless, short-sightenedness.
Eighteen: Imagination, intuition, subconscious desires.
negative--fear, illness, risk.
Nineteen: Innocence, enlightenment.
negative--trouble, loss, darkness.
Twenty: Freedom, awakening.
negative--separation.
Twenty-One: Success, attainment.
negative--Failure, fear.
Twenty-Two: Mental, reason, practical.
negative--weakness, irrational.
Twenty-Three: Spiritual.
negative--suffering.

I have included several tarot spreads on my website. Some of them are of my own creation from experiences of my own and several are from some books that I have read. Unfortunately, I do not recall the tarot books I got some of these from. If anyone knows, tell me and I will add the books to this site!

These thirteen cards together are giving you the answer. The Fool represents the Zero Hour, the change in the development, or "The Hour of Truth."

Analysis: 1) The Fool represents the present. It is pointing to the direction of the way things are developing. If the Fool card is at the beginning of the row, most of what you have to do is still ahead of you; you are at the starting gate. If The Fool is near the end, most of what is developing is already behind you.
2) The position of The Fool card within the row also indicates the range of your Question. The card before The Fool indicates what you are consciously aware of the issue. All the cards following The Fool, describe your unconscious state and an unconscious or unknown question that goes beyond your original question.
3) If the Fool card appears at the beginning of the row, most of the aspects concerning your question are either still unknown to you, or the question itself is too narrow in scope. However, if the Fool appears at the end of the row, you can be certain that you have a good framework for your question.

	5
2	1	3
	4

1
2	3

7
1	3	2
4
5		6

5
1	2
3	4

1
4
3	2

7	8	9
4	5	6
1	2	3

1	4	7
2	5	8
3	6	9

1

2

3

4

	4
3	1	5
	2

4		5
	1
2		3

Spread: "Four Card Spread"
Card #1 (Physical): Knight of Shields
The card means perserverence and stamina.
SHIELDS signifies the physical body, and physical experiences.
RED signifies heart, vitality.
KNIGHT signifies considering consequences, drawing conclusions, making changes.
SHIELDS signifies winter.

Card #2 (Mental): XVIII-The Moon Reversed
The card in reverse means errors in judgement, emotional instability, and suppresion of critical ideas.
EIGHTEEN signifies fear, illness, risk.
BLUE signifies meditation, spirituality.
YELLOW signifies consciousness.
WHITE signifies new intellectual frontier.
TRIANGLE signifies futuristic goals.

Card #3 (Emotional): II-Cups
The card means love, union, pleasure, and comfort.
CUPS signifies the soul, inner life, feelings, and moods.
TWO signifies the feminine, passive, knowing, understanding.
YELLOW signifies zest for life, communication, clairvoyance.
BLUE signifies tranquility, meditation.
CUPS signies summer.

Card #4 (Spiritual): III-Empress
The card means progress, intelligence, and spiritual strength.
THREE signifies fertility, hope, and abundance.
GREEN signifies healing, prosperity.
PURPLE signifies spirituality, intuition.

So now we know what the cards mean....how do we interpret it them? How do we bring it together as a whole?
The first card is the physical card. The card meaning listed in the guide book that comes with every deck, is very accurate--but so is the suit! From this card and all the meanings and symbolism, I would come to the conclusion that my physical self, my body and my life is doing very well. I have stamina, my body is having POSITIVE experiences (because the card is upright). Shields is also telling me that I need to make changes, perhaps in exercise or diet, or simply the way I treat my body.
The second card is my Mental State. The Moon is in Reverse and it means that I am not thinking things through, I am suppressing ideas because perhaps I can't deal with them now and that is causing me to have bad judgment or I am thinking NEGATIVELY. The colors on this particular card all seem to mean intellect, consciousness, and meditation.
The emotional card! I drew the II of Cups for this card. It fits perfectly since Cups means emotions and feelings and moods. I think the colors are telling me that I need to communicate my emotions, think about my emotions, meditate on my emotions, and understand my emotions.
Finally, the Spiritual card. Amazingly enough I drew a card that is inherently spiritual in itself. The card is telling me that I am in a POSITIVE upswing of my spiritual journey, I am experiencing strength, an abundance of spirituality and intuition.
I hope this helps on how to interpret a tarot reading. It is difficult to SEE everything: symbols, direction, placement, colors, meanings, etc. Take your time, get to know the cards, and work on SEEING their meanings.