Natural Se ng: Mountains = trials / wisdom
Water = emo onal depth
Forest = the unknown, mystery
Desert = spiritual tes ng
Garden = fer lity or cul va on
Architecture:
Castle = achievement, ego, protec on
Tower = false structures, illusion
Pillars = gateway to higher wisdom
Bridge = passage from one phase to another
Sky:
Clear = clarity
Stormy = emo onal turbulence
Sunset/Sunrise = transi on
Example:
The Hermit stands on a snowy mountaintop = solitude, wisdom gained through asce cism,
spiritual perspec ve.
8 of Cups shows someone leaving a well-formed stack of cups, walking into the mountains
beneath a full moon = emo onal withdrawal for a deeper quest.
HOW TO READ SYMBOLS INTUITIVELY
Ask these ques ons:
1. What’s the emo onal energy of the image?
2. What part of life does it reflect right now?
3. What symbols are calling to me personally?
4. If this card were a scene in a dream, what would it mean?
Example: If you pull The Tower and no ce a lightning bolt, dark clouds, and people falling—ask,
“Where in my life is a structure collapsing so that I can be free?”
PRACTICE PROMPT:
Take a Tarot card (start with The Fool, The Lovers, or Death) and answer the following:
1. What symbols do I see?
2. What colors dominate this card, and what do they evoke?
3. What is the figure doing, feeling, or facing?
4. What environment are they in—and what does that se ng say about the card’s energy?
5. What does this scene remind me of in my own life or dreams?