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Tarovia Guide
Meanings of all 78 cards, spreads step by step, numbers and lunar rituals. Written the way I talk about the cards at my own table: specific, rooted in Rider-Waite-Smith symbolism, with examples from real spreads.






All 78 cards of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck: the Major Arcana and the four suits of the Minor Arcana.

All 22 trumps in love and career, the three rows of the Fool's Journey, Golden Dawn attributions, and how to read Death, the Tower and the Devil.
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A complete guide to the Suit of Wands: the fire element, the number sequence, the decans, court cards and the meaning of all 14 cards.
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A complete guide to the Suit of Cups: the water element, the number sequence, the decans, court cards and the meaning of all 14 cards.
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All 14 Swords cards: symbols, decans, love, career and combinations, read with precision rather than fear.
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All 14 Pentacles cards: symbols, decans, money, career, love and combinations, the earth suit read plainly.
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Questions, spreads, reversals and caring for your deck. Everything you need at your own table.

How to phrase a tarot question so every card lands in its place, with example questions for every theme.
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How to read reversed tarot cards: the two schools, five reading methods, shuffling, spread positions and ten popular cards reversed.
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How to lay out and read the Celtic Cross: the 10 positions, how they relate, and a worked example with interpretation.
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Which tarot cards mean yes, no and maybe: verdicts for the Major Arcana, how each suit leans, and methods for a yes or no reading.
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Ways to cleanse and charge tarot cards, a ritual for a new deck, how to store it, and whether anyone else should touch your cards.
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Life path, personal year and angel numbers in the Pythagorean tradition.

How to calculate your life path number and what 1 to 9 and the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 mean.
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How to calculate your personal year number for 2027 and what years 1 to 9 bring under the master year 11.
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What angel numbers from 000 to 999, 1111, 1212 and mirror hours mean, and how to work with them.
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How a 22-Arcana matrix is built, what its centre means and how to compare two dates without giving a relationship a score.
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Moon phases, rituals, energy protection and dream work.

The eight moon phases, step-by-step new moon and full moon rituals, moon water and tarot spreads for the whole cycle.
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Signs of energy drain, home cleansing, salt baths, protective crystals, amulets and a weekly protection routine.
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A method for reading dreams, a dream journal, the most common symbols, prophetic and lucid dreams, and tarot for morning interpretation.
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Your first chart without guesswork: birth data, planets, Ascendant, houses and the limits of interpretation.
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What an honest remote reading looks like, what it costs and what you receive.

Typical tarot reading prices, what drives them, and how to judge whether a reading is worth what it costs.
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How to spot generators, curse upsells and pressure tactics, and what a genuine online reading looks like.
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Why a remote reading works, which questions suit it best and how to prepare for one.
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Why the photo of a real spread matters, what you can read from it yourself and how a reading on a physical deck is made.
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Work out your life path number and read what it says about you.
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