One of the aspects tarot readers love about this practice is its versatility. You can use tarot to predict your future, learn about your present, and improve your daily living.
But can you guide the practice of another discipline such as yoga through tarot?
Tarot as an oracle
Major and minor arcana in tarot have different energies and symbols. Depending on your deck, you may have extra clues to apply your readings to a given circumstance.
Take the magician as an example. The card symbolizes the manifestation of an intention into reality. In Love readings, it shows a dedicated lover that makes you feel amazing. But it can also be read as the archetype of masculinity and hard work.
Such a variety of meanings are linked to a single essence: focus and personal power.
You can see that archetype in daily living, almost every day. When a reading has the magician as its main focus, it’s an oracle drawing your attention to this aspect of life. If you respond by trusting yourself and doing your best, you’ll probably have a different view of otherwise routinary or sometimes chaotic events in life.
That insight you gain by changing your view is what makes an oracle so powerful.
Oracles for yoga and their applications
There are hundreds of oracles out there, and some can be applied to yoga. Tarot itself can be helpful because both practices share a common ground.
They both encourage personal growth and mindfulness. Moreover, there are tarot cards such as the magician, which promote the alignment of mind and body.
Integrating tarot into your yoga practice can gradually deepen your understanding of each pose. For instance, when you’re making the Warrior Pose I embodied as The Magician, your mind can be centered on much more than holding the stance. You’re internalizing grounded strength, upward aspiration, and the positive effects of combining your power and concentration.
Set your yoga intention with tarot cards
Have you ever drawn a tarot spread to set your intention before a yoga session? You can use a single card or a few to practice different stances and get your mind focused on an archetype.
In some cases, it can take your practice to completely new levels.
For instance, the corpse pose in yoga can help you relax and it is great to promote quality sleep. But what if you link this pose to The Death tarot card? It prompts the need to quietly gather strengths before facing big life changes. It may help you let go if something you enjoy is near its end.
There are poses linked to each tarot card, and you can use them as an experienced yoga practitioner or a newcomer. Discover the creativity of bringing tarot and yoga together and draw your next tarot spread in a completely new way.
Wondering how you can do it? “Yoga Through Tarot Cards: 50 Embodied Practices Inspired by the Major & Minor Arcana” is a publication by professional yoga teacher and tarot reader, Lou Thomas you can obtain here. It will guide you through the deep interactions between tarot and yoga and how it can strengthen your yoga practice.
After reading and applying its creative insights, you will gain a completely new view of an ancestral practice that makes you stay connected with yourself and the rest of the world.