Intuition

• Your intuition will be your biggest guide as you learn how to use the cards. When you choose your deck and source materials, and as you give readings, stay open to the messages that pop into your head. They are your inner guidance, which help give you stronger readings.
  
  

Mentor

• Finding a professional reader that you have a strong connection with who can mentor you is a great way to learning how to interpret the cards. Consider asking people who have done readings for you if they will take you under their wing.
  
  

Decks

• Do not let anyone handle your tarot cards unless they are shuffling them for a reading you are giving them. Keep them in a special box or wrap them in a scarf to preserve their energies.
  
  

Online Lessons

• Taking tarot lessons online fits in well with a busy schedule or for people who want to keep their education private. Some places where you can take such lessons are Learning the Tarot, Cosmic Faerie's Tarot and Lotus Tarot.
  
  

Research

• Strengthen your knowledge by studying the history of the tarot and the perspectives people have assigned to the cards images. Consult such titles as "Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners" by Joan Bunning and "Easy Tarot: Learn to Read Cards Once and For All!" by Josephine Ellershaw and Ciro Marchetti, or websites like ATA-Tarot and Paranormality.
  
  

Go Your Own Way

• If you feel drawn to using only major arcana cards, a particular suite of cards for love readings and another for business questions, or feel inspired to create your own spread, follow these ideas. Again, your inner guidance is at play for the best way for you to work with the deck.
  
  

Ethics

• Reading tarot cards puts you in a position of practicing ethics. You will meet people who are emotionally vulnerable, and you will encounter people who are obsessed with another person. You have to draw boundaries on how often you will read for someone, to relay all the information you receive--the good, the bad and the ugly--and to charge prices that are appropriate for your skill and experience.