✅I've been doing the daily draw for 3 years now--
here's how to start the practice and get something out of it
Date with Tarot- first meeting
Trust yourself.
Objective: Release the need to know it all. Develop the habit of pulling cards, writing, and then reflecting.
Step 1
Get a cheap ass notebook or an expensive one.
A cheap one is less pressure but it’s okay if you want it to feel special.
Pull 1 or 2 cards in the morning and write down ANYTHING that comes to mind. It doesn’t matter what the standard “definition” is or what your cousin thinks the card means. Just write 2-3 lines down. DONE.
If you write 2 or 3 lines you have completed step 1. Good job!
I can't because:
I already memorized a bunch of definitions
For this week, we are throwing definitions out the window. Or just placing them aside if you need a more gentle metaphor. (I prefer chucking them out the window and telling the Tarot Police to take a hike, Jack.)
I'm super busy, can't read in the morning or reflect at night
I’m not going to argue with you about this. Either do it or don’t.
I don't understand my deck.
I don’t know enough yet.
I don’t want to get it wrong.
You don’t need to know it all — this week is about going through the motions, not about being “right.”
I feel like I need to memorize everything first.
Tarot is a conversation, not a test. Trusting yourself is the lesson.
The only way to build trust is through practice; the cards will meet you where you are. But we aren’t there yet. Just go through the motions for now.
Step 2
At the END of the day, go back and reflect on what you wrote in the morning.
Write down 2 -3 lines of what happened during the day.
Don’t worry about anything you wrote in the morning matching up with what you write in the evening.
This step helps activate the reticular activation system and primes your system for the Tarot conversations yet to come.
If you’re very quiet, perhaps you can hear the whispers already.
The reticular activating system is what makes you see Golden Doodles everywhere once you decide you want to get a Golden Doodle.
So this process of pulling a card or 2 in the morning and then going back to reflect in the evening “trains your brain” if you will, to look for the images depicted in the cards during the day.
Don’t be surprised if you actually “see” the scene in real life.
How to measure success
got a Tarot journal 1 pt
give yourself 1 pt for each morning entry
and 1 point for each evening entry
Feel free to post your draws in the comments below.
And see you next week to continue on our relationship building with Tarot through the practice of the daily draw.
P.S. I’ve been doing a daily draw continuously for over 3 years now. Sometimes it’s boring, sometimes it’s cryptic, sometimes it’s insightful. Overall, it’s a fascinating mirror in which to gaze.
Does that make me a narcissist?