Identifying possible card combinations and interpreting these combinations are complex and exhausting skills to learn. But there is an easy way to learn this important tarot reading skill without banging your head against the wall.

In order to steadily and incrementally improve, we have to skillfully maneuver in all areas of our lives. Sometimes our actions offset each other in a harmonious expression that is sometimes clear but all too often confused.

The keyword here is balance. We need balance to use all the energies that surround us. Personal balance is always in motion. It comes from our abilities to make choices that will work on the spur of the moment.

Tarot reading is a guide to our tendency to counter what happens in our lives at one time or another.

In order to interpret this guide we must understand the law of opposition or sometimes called the law of polarity. Things come in pairs. All opposites are equal in nature but differ in degree. They are dual expressions of a principle. That is one of the cosmic laws that governs life.

However, at the central level, the opposition is non-existent. There is only unity, but in our material universe we think that unity is segmented into many different energies. These are the challenges we face in our search for balance.

One technique for exploring our balance issues is to look for two cards in a tarot layout that oppose each other. For example, the meaning of three of swords is anguish. A painful love affair. You will realize that by recognizing the idea of ​​emotional distress of unrequited love, you imply the opposite idea of ​​commitment and mutual love.

This quality is represented by the two of cups. In a reading, these two cards could indicate the meaning of unrequited or requited love issues in your life.

I mean, how could we not appreciate a state of bliss after having experienced emotional pain?

Another example is the combination of the King of Cups and Queen of Pentacles cards.

The King of Cups acts imaginatively and emotionally. He makes decisions based on hunches and not for logical reasons. On the other hand, the queen of pentacles has a practical approach.

In a reading, this pair could indicate a conflict between two people: an intuitive, emotional type who acts on his instincts, and the practical type who plans carefully ahead, with an excellent head for traditional business. This could also represent an opponent. attitude within you. The need for solid, tangible proof rather than just trusting his instincts.

These two cards may not exactly conflict with each other, in fact, they could reinforce each other. Both the queen of pentacles and the empress suggest nurturing feminine qualities. At times this pair shows that some energy could be picking up a bit more.

Ironically, sometimes we have to live situations in an unbalanced way for a while to achieve what we aspire to.