Hello! I have always been an Oracle card reading for the last 16 years. Never was pulled to do Tarot cards but within the last year or so I have picked up the interest in learning how to use them. I have two decks and for the life of me get it. Is there in hints or tricks to help learn them?
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Hey there! There is a great course on the site on learning to read the tarot. Then there are books. A lot of books. LOL! Find one you like the look of and start reading. Hope that helps!
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Trying to learn the meaning of all 72 cards is hard to do. I have been reading cards for about 30 years and still use the book as a guide. If you use a simple deck with easy to decipher pictures it’s easier to learn. Something along the lines of a Rider-Waite deck is the easiest to learn. But don’t get frustrated if you still need to use the guide book. A lot of times I will get a “feeling” of what the card is saying and will go with that instead of using the guide book.
@Artemisia does a wonderful monthly tarot journey that helps with learning as well. https://forum.spells8.com/t/october-tarot-journey/64294
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Tarot does have a bit of a learning curve, for sure!
You could start with single card pulls, no question asked or no prompt and take your time getting to know the card you drew.
Both Rachel Pollack"s Seventy Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Tarot Journey to Self Awareness and Tamara DeGaea’s Tarot Rapid Read Resources are great books
Other than the resources from Spells8 listed above by @Amethyst , I recommend Biddy Tarot and Labyrinthos.
Depending on how you learn best, reading books, online, writing,g or watching videos, there are resources that will help. I’m old school and reading a book and taking written notes works best for me.
My advice is to take it slow, be patient, use your intuition, ask questions on the forum, but most importantly, have fun! 
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Spells8 has a selection of antique tarot books which can be downloaded.
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Oops!! Just now realized I typed 72 instead of 78 for the number of cards in a tarot deck. Sorry for my mistake.
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Thank you for the help. Much appreciated. That will be my next course to study and look at for sure.
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Thank you! I will be looking at them in the next few mins
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Good luck! And you’re welcome, for the help!
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A tip for the forum is that if you want to respond to several people without waiting the required 5 minutes, hit the at sign: @ for each person. It brings up a list of people to respond to. If you don’t see who you want to mention, type the first letter or two to bring up all members of the forum. That way, you don’t have to type out their whole name, and it emails them that you are talking to them.
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Hope this helps! 
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I bought a deck from Temu called Learning Tarot cards. I’ve added pictures here. They truly have been a blessing! I learn so much faster.
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I have seen cards like that! They look like fabulous cards for learning!
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They are! I’m able to connect the meanings to the cards much quicker. Going from cards to guidebook can be frustrating and really interrupts the flow of the reading. Highly recommend!
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