🗓️What kind of Tarot reader do you want to be in 2026?

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Hi there Tarot Friends,

Sorry to burst your bubble, but 2026 will probably look a lot like 2025… and 2024… and 2023.

Especially if nothing actually changes.

I think most of us in the spiritual growth space grok the idea that growth and change happen when we initiate the change from the inside.

The harder question is the practical one.

How does that actually happen?

Not through grand declarations.
Not through waiting for a new year to save you.
Not through MASSIVE action.

It happens through small, deliberate adjustments.

Becoming the Tarot reader you want to be in 2026 works the same way.

So what, exactly, are these adjustments of which I speak?

For most Tarot readers, the adjustment is not about learning more spreads, memorizing more meanings, or buying another deck.

The adjustment is rewriting the quiet rules we follow without realizing it.
The invisible conditions we place on ourselves.
​The permission we keep waiting for from the outside.

Permission Slips (and the permissions you’re actually waiting for)

I need to learn more before I can read for other people.​
🌟 You are allowed to read for others while you’re still learning. In fact, it’s recommended!

I need to finish this book, this course, this deck study first.​
🌟You are allowed to begin where you are at. Everyone was a beginner at first!

I need to know what the cards mean before I open my mouth.​
🌟You are allowed to think out loud and learn through experience.

I need to stop feeling nervous first.​
🌟You are allowed to read while nervous. Don’t let fear cause inaction.

I need to sound confident and polished.​
🌟 You are allowed to sound human. Right? I mean we are soooo against AI so get out there and be your human self!

I need someone more experienced to tell me I’m doing it right.​
🌟 Someone more experienced can help you grow and improve, but remember, NO TAROT POLICE!

I need the reading to make sense immediately.​
🌟You are allowed to let meaning arrive slowly. Readings have a way of unfolding. And sometimes that need to sit a bit. Rome wasn’t built in a day.

I need to avoid being wrong.​
🌟 NO TAROT POLICE! Call it like you see it. Yes, you can do that.

I need confirmation that the reading “landed.”​
🌟Some people you read for will not interact with you. Some people will order an email reading or recording and that will be your sole interaction. So be it.

I need to read the way I was taught.​
🌟There is a big difference between theory and practice. And there are different styles of reading. If a certain approach doesn’t work for you (at this time), ditch it.

What I want to say in a reading sometimes has no basis in the cards.​
🌟 Good. You are using your intuition. That’s what the person is paying for, right?

I need to stop backtracking and second-guessing.​
🌟You are allowed to revise in real time. Sometimes you need to puzzle a few pieces out in the reading. It’s kind of like going back and reading the previous page in a book.

I need to feel ready.​
🌟 You are allowed to begin without readiness. In fact, you may never feel ready.

I’ll start reading for others when someone asks.​
🌟 You are allowed to offer.

If you need permission, this is it. I hereby grant you permission to take steps toward being the Tarot reader you want to be in 2026.

Confidence doesn’t precede reading for other people. It follows it.

The take away

👉You are allowed to read badly, awkwardly, and honestly.

👉You are allowed to read in a way that no one taught you.

👉You are allowed to be a reader because you already are one.

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If you’d like a place where it’s okay to be a reader in a low-pressure, practice-friendly environment, all for free, maybe you’d like to join the Tarot Underground on Circle.

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P.S. Have you considered getting a year ahead reading from me?

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-Cassandra the Card Reader
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