How to Trust Your Intuition When Reading Tarot: A Clear, Simple Guide

Daniela Hills Author

If you already own a Tarot deck but feel unsure every time you try to read the cards, you are not alone.

If you already own a Tarot deck but feel unsure every time you try to read the cards, you are not alone. So many people begin with excitement, only to get stuck when the guidebook doesn’t make sense, or when the cards seem to say something you feel but can’t quite explain.

The good news is:
You don’t need to memorize every card to read Tarot with confidence.

Tarot is not a test. It is not about remembering definitions or performing correctly.

Tarot is a conversation with your intuition — and your intuition is a quiet inner knowing that is already inside you.

Why Intuition Matters More Than Memorization

Tarot works best when you allow yourself to see the message instead of trying to figure it out.

When you pull a card, you are not discovering something outside of yourself.
You are allowing your inner wisdom to come forward, using the image on the card as a mirror.

If you rely only on memorized meanings, readings can feel mechanical or disconnected.
But when you let your intuition speak first, the reading becomes alive, supportive, and personal.

Tarot is meant to flow, not to strain your mind.

A Personal Moment: When Intuition Spoke First

There was a time when I drew three cards for a very specific question — something deeply important to me. All three cards turned out to be Major Arcana.

Immediately I felt that this was not a small or temporary matter.
There was significance, depth, and something larger unfolding.

But even with that awareness… the message still wasn’t clear.

I could sense that these cards were speaking in a meaningful way, but I didn’t know how they connected together. So instead of forcing an answer, I simply left space. I didn’t analyze. I didn’t dig. I didn’t try to “solve” the reading.

I trusted that the meaning would arrive when I was ready to understand.

And later, when the situation in real life unfolded, everything clicked:

The three Major Arcana didn’t represent events.
They represented three different people involved.
Their personalities… their roles… the lessons they brought… the energy they held — all of it was reflected perfectly.

The Tarot had spoken before my mind could make sense of it.

This experience taught me something essential:

Your intuition often understands before your logic does.
Understanding arrives in the moment of recognition.

This is why trusting your intuition matters more than knowing every meaning in a book.

How to Let Tarot Speak to You Naturally

When you pull a card, try this simple order:

1. First Impression

Ask yourself:
How does this card feel?
Hopeful? Heavy? Calm? Busy? Warm? Distant? Powerful?

Your first emotional reaction is pure intuition.

2. Suit

• Cups → emotions, relationships, your heart
• Wands → energy, passion, direction
• Swords → thoughts, conflict, clarity
• Pentacles → the physical world, money, home, body

3. Number

Numbers show stages:

• 1 = beginning
• 2 = balance or duality
• 3 = growth
• 4 = stability or stuckness
• and so on…

4. Combine It All

Let the meaning emerge, instead of forcing it.

This is how I teach Tarot:

First impression → Suit → Number → Combine it all.

You don’t memorize Tarot —
you discover it, card by card.

Why People Block Their Intuition

If you feel stuck, it is usually because of:

• Trying to be “right”
• Worrying about saying the wrong thing
• Thinking the book knows more than you
• Feeling pressure to interpret perfectly

But Tarot does not require perfection.

It requires presence.

The more gently you approach the cards,
the easier intuition flows.

Try This Simple Intuition Practice

Choose one card. Any card.

1. Look at it for 10 seconds.
2. Say out loud the first word or feeling you notice.
3. Identify the suit — which area of life does this relate to?
4. Identify the number — what stage or phase does it show?
5. Combine these into one natural sentence.

Example:

4 of Cups

• Feeling: “Withdrawing… thinking… maybe avoiding something.”
• Suit: Emotional life.
• Number 4: Stability or being stuck.

Message:
“You might be stuck emotionally because you are focused on what you don’t want, instead of noticing what is being offered.”

No memorizing.
Just your intuition + a little structure.

Practice this for one card a day.
Just five minutes.
Your intuition will grow naturally.

If You Want to Learn to Read Tarot with Confidence…

If you want to feel clear, calm, and confident when you read Tarot — without memorizing every card — I invite you to explore my Tarot courses.

Inside, you’ll learn:

• How to trust your intuition
• How to read using first impressions
• How to understand suits and numbers clearly
• How to connect cards together in real readings

You don’t have to do this alone.

👉 Begin your Tarot journey here:
https://gatelightelearning.com

Your intuition is already speaking.
Your Tarot deck is ready.
And you are ready too.