Tarot Tips: Many people ask, “ I’d like to buy some Tarot cards but I’ve been told that they have to be given to me as a gift. Is that true?” No, not really! In some circles there used to be a tradition that one should receive a first deck as a gift. The tradition was started a long time ago when Tarot cards were almost impossible to come by. Usually, the only way to acquire a deck was to “know somebody”. That "somebody" would then show you how to use them, because instruction books did not come with the cards.

 

Nowadays, there are hundreds of decks easily available through shops, catalogues, and the Internet, together with instructions on their use. There are still those who feel that to be properly initiated into Tarot, their first deck should be given to them. Even if you choose to uphold this tradition, however, it doesn’t apply to any subsequent decks you wish to own.

 

The "magic" lies in the user, not the cards themselves.