Tarot Reading – How to Interpret a Pair of Opposite Cards

Identifying possible card combinations and interpreting these combinations are complex and exhausting skills to learn. But there is an easy way to learn this important tarot reading skill without banging your head against the wall.

To constantly and incrementally improve, we have to skillfully maneuver in all areas of our lives. Sometimes our actions offset each other in a harmonious expression that is sometimes clear but too often confused.

The key word here is balance. We need balance to use all the energies that surround us. Personal balance is always in motion. It comes from our abilities to make choices that will work on the spur of the moment.

Tarot reading is a guide to our tendency to counteract what is happening in our lives at one time or another.

In order to interpret this guide we must understand the law of opposition or sometimes called the law of polarity. Things come in pairs. All opposites are equal in nature but differ in degree. They are dual expressions of a principle. That is one of the cosmic laws that governs life.

However, at the central level, the opposition is non-existent. There is only unity, but in our material universe we think of unity as segmented into many different energies. These are the challenges we face in our search for balance.

One technique for exploring our balance issues is to look for two cards in a tarot layout that oppose each other. For example, the meaning of three of swords is anguish. A painful love relationship. You will find that by acknowledging the emotional distress idea of ​​unrequited love, you imply the opposite idea of ​​partner commitment and mutual love.

This quality is represented by the two of cups. In a reading, these two cards could indicate the meaning of unrequited or requited love issues in your life.

I mean, how could we not appreciate a state of bliss after experiencing emotional pain?

Another example is the King of Cups and Queen of Pentacles card combination.

The king of cups acts imaginatively and emotionally. He makes decisions based on hunches and not for logical reasons. On the other hand, the queen of pentacles has a practical approach.

In a reading, this pair could indicate a conflict between two people: an intuitive and emotional type who acts according to his instincts and the practical type who plans carefully in advance, with an excellent head for traditional business. This could also represent an opponent. attitude within you. The need for solid, tangible evidence rather than simply trusting his instincts.

These two cards may not exactly conflict with each other, in fact they could reinforce each other. Both the queen of pentacles and the empress suggest nurturing feminine qualities. Sometimes this pair shows that some energy could be revving up a bit more.

Ironically, sometimes we have to live in unbalanced situations for a while to achieve what we aspire to.