Your Journey Through the Tarot: How One Card a Day Can Change Everything

There is a moment most of us are familiar with. We're going through something and the confusion, stress, or overwhelm is so dense that we don’t know what to do next. We're not broken or beyond hope. We're just in the middle of something big and need a way back to ourselves.

That is exactly what the tarot is for.

I've been doing this work for 40 years. And if there is one thing I know, it's this: the tarot shows you the thoughts you are looping in, the feelings you have been avoiding, the action you already know you need to take but have been talking yourself out of. It meets you exactly where you are. It can show you a possible future and guide you in steps to take to live the life you desire.

One Card. One Question. One Day.

A daily spiritual practice with the tarot doesn't have to be complicated. You don't need to be psychic. You don't need to have all 78 cards memorized. You just need a card and a question, and the willingness to sit with whatever comes up.

Each card in the tarot contains a story and connects to a question about life. The Hermit asks: What have I been too busy to hear? The Wheel of Fortune asks: What is changing whether I am ready or not? The Nine of Cups asks: Am I letting myself enjoy what I have created, or am I already chasing the next thing?

These are not trick questions. They are the ones most of us have been avoiding.

When you pull a card each morning and sit with its question, something shifts. You stop reacting to your day and start relating to it. You shift from spinning to moving. That's the whole point.

The Four Pathways

After four decades of sitting with clients in their hardest moments, I have noticed that people tend to get stuck in one of four ways. Each connects to a suit in the tarot.

• The Thinker (Swords) is circling in their head. The clarity is there, but nothing is moving. They keep analyzing instead of feeling.

• The Feeler (Cups) is drowning in emotion. They feel everything, deeply, but cannot translate it into a next step.

• The Doer (Wands) is always inspired, always starting, but never quite landing. The energy is real, but it needs direction.

• The Builder (Pentacles) is protecting what they have built. The structure is solid, but the aliveness has gone out of it.

Most of us have a dominant pathway. Knowing yours changes how you use the cards. Instead of pulling at random and hoping something sticks, you start to recognize your own patterns. You begin to see where you are stuck and, more importantly, how to move.

Not sure which pathway is yours? Take my free quiz and find out in just a few minutes: readingswithlorri.com/quiz

How to Start Your Own Daily Practice

You don't need a lot of time. Five minutes in the morning is enough to begin.

If you want a gentle structure to guide you, I created a free journal called 78 Questions to Help You Stop Spinning and Start Moving. Each question is paired with a tarot card. You can work through them in order, by suit, or find the question related to the card that you chose for the day. There is no wrong way to use it.

You can get your free copy at readingswithlorri.com/the-journal.

The Daily 5-Minute Practice:

• Pull a card.

• Read its question.

• Write whatever comes up, even if it surprises you. *Especially if it surprises you.

*The questions that feel the most uncomfortable are usually the most important ones.

Go Deeper on YouTube

I created a series called Journey Through the Tarot on my YouTube channel to walk alongside your daily practice. There is a short video for each card. Right now, the Major Arcana are posted. Each week I will add 7-8 new videos until all 78 are there.

Every week I also share free readings to help you go deeper. These readings are based on the 4 Pathways mentioned above. You will also find dedicated playlists for each pathway, including how burnout shows up for your type and what the path forward looks like.

Whether you are a Thinker, a Feeler, a Doer, or a Builder, there is something there for you.

Subscribe and start your journey at youtube.com/@readingswithlorri.

The tarot does not tell you what to do. It helps you hear what you already know and offers clues on how to live the life you desire. It helps reconnect you to your intuition, that quiet voice underneath all the noise that's been trying to get your attention for a while.

This is how you start listening.