"Teach Yourself Tarot" Series 1
How to do a 12-card Tarot reading
using the astrological Houses.

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The Horoscope HOUSE Reading
A 12-card Spread

"Teach Yourself Tarot" Series 1

(c)1996 by Michael Star

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• Get your own personal Tarot Reading done by Michael Star's own "Electro-Tarot" computer program.
• "Teach Yourself Tarot" with more of Michael's FREE articles in this series available at the |Teach-You| hyperlink,
• Learn to read Tarot cards in one evening or afternoon at Michael's inter-active "Teach Yourself Tarot" workshops. 3-4 hours.

Michael uses the popular Rider deck designed by Arthur Edward Waite in his classes, and highly recommends it to beginners as their FIRST deck, because it has many images on ALL 78 cards which help you see and remember the meanings. It is inexpensive and available at most metaphysical book stores.

T H E A S T R O L O G I C A L H O U S E S ********************************************* Here is a list of things and themes associated with each of the twelve "HOUSES" in Astrology. If you wish to use the twelve astrological Houses for a 12-card Tarot spread, lay out your cards as if you were placing them on the numbers of a clock... starting with the 1st at the 9 o'clock position, in a COUNTER- CLOCKWISE ORDER: 9 o'clock, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 12, 11, with the 12th card at the 10 o'clock position. This is where the House cusps (boundary lines) would appear on a real horoscope wheel, so you can use this list for reading an astrological Tarot spread OR a real horoscope chart! 1ST HOUSE: This is the House of PERSONAL APPEARANCES... --------- how you want to appear outwardly, both physical appearance and personal style (which may or may not be consistent with your inner self), your "look", moves, gestures, body language; how you do appear to others on a superficial level or first-impression level, your "image". 2ND HOUSE: This is the House of RESOURCES & VALUES... --------- what your personal resources are: your talents, your inner strength and determination, your personal possessions & wealth & income, your tools & mentors & advisors & supporters; what your personal values are: your ethics, your morals, your integrity, your priorities, what you "stand for", what influences your choices in life, what guides your conscious actions. 3RD HOUSE: This is the House of ENVIRONMENT & PERCEPTIONS... --------- how you perceive your environment: your thinking skills, your dexterity, your curiosity, your observation & analysis skills, your speaking & writing skills, your basic schooling, telephone calls, letters, books, papers, television, radio, data banks, facts; how you interact with your environment: your neighbours & siblings, school, your neigh- bourhood, merchants, trading, getting around town, trips & visits, casual conversations. 4TH HOUSE: This is the House of HOME, NURTURE & THE PAST... --------- how you "feel at home": safe, secure, welcome, familiar, like one of the family, part of an ethnic group or nation, having roots, traditions, loyalty, patriotism, blood ties, home life, domestic activities how you feel "nurtured": Mother, mothering, cared for, fed, nourished, comforted, supported, protected, accepted, the sense of belonging; what "makes a home": your house or dwelling, land, shelter, furniture, furnishings, warmth, meals, any environment where you feel at home how you remember your early home life & nurturing, what you feel sentimental about, your sub- conscious memories & fears & habit patterns learned in childhood, memories of your past. T H E A S T R O L O G I C A L H O U S E S continued ******************************************** 5TH HOUSE: The House of CREATION, PROCREATION & RECREATION... --------- how you express your own creativity: art, music, dancing, acting, writing, poems, songs, stories, athletics, craftsmanship; putting your personal style into what you make or do, creating beauty in any material form or in any mental or physical activity; how you appreciate creativity in others, how you enjoy art & music, how you find joy through the perception of beauty in any form; how you procreate yourself: romance & courtship & love-making & making babies; your children; how you seek recreation: games, sports, pastimes, hobbies, concerts, theatre, gambling, dating, child-like play, playing with children. 6TH HOUSE: This is the House of SERVICE, DUTY & HEALTH... --------- how you serve others in a useful way: helping, working, waiting-on, attending, serving, using skills, teaching skills, craftsmanship, taking care of details, organizing; how you do your duties: everyday work routines, chores, job functions, responsibilities, using proper methods, being punctual, being organized, keeping schedules, working well, being efficient/competent/skilfull, how you work or perform to make a living; how you take responsibility for your own health & fitness: diet, exercise, health care, stress management, sleep habits, medical check-ups; how you care for the health & fitness of others: health-care work, therapy, nutrition counsel- ing, fitness training, nursing, pharmacy. ***************************************************************** * The 1ST to 6TH HOUSES are concerned with a person's SELF * * DEVELOPMENT and EXPRESSION. The 7TH to 12TH HOUSES are * * concerned with how a person RELATES TO OTHERS and learns * * to CO-OPERATE with people and forces OUTSIDE himself. * ***************************************************************** 7TH HOUSE: This is the House of CO-OPERATION & OPPOSITION... --------- how you relate in one-on-one partnerships: marriage partners, romantic partners, business partners, counselor-to-client, doctor-to-patient; relationships which require co-operation with another person; how you relate to those who openly oppose you: competitors, adversaries, opponents in games, conflicts with spouse or business partner, detractors, declared enemies, lawsuits; intimate relationships which require co-operation & compromise with another's needs or goals; challenges & conflicts arising from a close one-on-one relationship of any kind. T H E A S T R O L O G I C A L H O U S E S continued ******************************************** 8TH HOUSE: The House of DEATH & RE-BIRTH & OTHERS' RESOURCES... --------- how you let the old & outworn "die" so it can be re-cycled or transformed into something new & useful; how you re-form, re-arrange, renew, re-adjust, rebuild, restore, re-work, re- generate, refurbish, reconstruct, renovate; how you let parts of yourself "die" or be removed or destroyed to allow new growth: worn-out or diseased body cells, self- limiting beliefs or bad habits, attachments to people who limit your growth or sap your strength, attachments to possessions which possess or restrict or burden you, obsessions or compulsions which control you; how you give birth to something new: a baby--by sex or artificial insemination, a union of body & spirit by surrendering self in sexual orgasm, a belief--by releasing or changing an old one, a material form--by transforming or removing or destroying the old one; how you deal with resources of others: legacies, inheritences, insurance, alimony, taxes, money or property held or managed for others. 9TH HOUSE: The House of THE PHILOSOPHICAL & THE FOREIGN... --------- how you seek the meaning & purpose of Life through: philosophy, religion, higher learning, spirituality, mysticism, inner vision, journeys of the mind, psychic attunement, taking the long view, seeing history & the present from a higher perspective, a sense of humour, observing & connecting widely-divergent ideas & opinions; how you learn about life and its diversity through: study of foreign ideas or foreign cultures or religions, travelling to foreign lands, encounters with foreign people and their differring viewpoints, tolerance of foreign races/cultures/religions/traditions. 10TH HOUSE: The House of CALLING, CAREER & PUBLIC STANDING... ---------- how you seek to fulfill your life work: career, job, profession, occupation, what you do for a living, your ambitions & career goals, the gift of your talents you give to the world, your personal satisfaction from whatever you do as your life work (not just for money); a fulfilling hobby/project or volunteer work; how your community or the world sees your public self: your standing, your status, your job title, your professional title or status, your reputation, what you are known for, how strangers see you by what you do, your fame; how your work defines you. T H E A S T R O L O G I C A L H O U S E S continued ******************************************** 11TH HOUSE: The House of IDEALS & FRIENDS & ALLIES... ---------- what ideals you seek to live by or achieve: your hopes & desires, your dreams, your aims, your humanitarian concerns, your philan- thropic efforts, your political ideals, how you hope to change the world or your immedi- ate environment, how you break the rules, how you establish your individuality & freedom; how you relate to persons or groups of people who share your ideals: friends, buddies, allies, teammates, colleagues, comrades-at-arms, fellow committee members, party members; how you remain an individual while being part of a group; how you act as a friend or teammate. 12TH HOUSE: The House of SACRIFICE, SURRENDER & SECRETS: ---------- how you sacrifice your self-interest to serve the needs of others: social work, charity work, volunteer work, being with people confined in institutions (hospitals/asylums/prisons); how you surrender your sense of self (ego): to a higher power, to Love, willingly to another person, unwillingly to a dominant person, unwittingly in a co-dependent relationship; how you are affected by things which are hidden: sub-conscious fears/guilts/resentments/hates, past-life karma, skeletons in closets, poten- tially-damaging secrets, secret enemies or saboteurs, secret plots, secret motives, hidden agendas, suppressed knowledge, secret societies, occult wisdom, hidden meanings. THE ASTROLOGICAL HOUSES S U C C E S S SPREAD ************************************************ The 2ND, 6TH and 10TH Houses are known as the "Houses of Substance". You could do a "Success" spread by laying out 3 pairs of cards in the triangle shape formed by these 3 House cusps at 8 o'clock, 4 o'clock and 12 o'clock; then interpreting each pair of cards as the present state of affairs for that House (left card) and the "advice" for improving things (right card). Whether using a horoscope chart or a Tarot card spread, for a "Success" reading you can interpret these 3 Houses as follows: 2nd HOUSE: your use of talents & resources, and how this affects your level of income or wealth. 6th HOUSE: your work habits, work environment, relations with employers, employees, colleagues or clients; and how work affects health or health affects work. 10th HOUSE: your recognition, status, success, and satisfaction from doing your life work. ***************************************************************** * Apply the THEMES of a planet or card to the ISSUES of a HOUSE * *****************************************************************

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• Learn to read Tarot cards in one evening or afternoon at Michael's inter-active "Teach Yourself TAROT" workshops. 3-4 hours.

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First published NOV 1996. Last Update 11JUN14 July 21 2001 21:00 EDT.

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