I just stumbled upon your tarot site and I really like it. i hope you continue adding more information for advanced tarot readers, not just beginners.

First of all, the accompanied book doesn’t talk about exact method of mixing and shuffling the cards. I saw some display of the cards in the book and explanation of the meaning of reversed cards. My question is when I first take out my brand new set of cards they all in order (from the factory), so when I begin the procedure should I place all the cards flat all the table and swirl and mix them, then pile them up in a pile and shuffle them. In this way I will get all the cards mixed up altogether both in normal orientation and reversed orientatiion. When I lay those cards down I will have cards in both normal and reversed position. Is this the correct way to do?

Second scenario is that after I finished reading the cards I just pick all the cards up any way any direction and pile them up. In this way the cards won’t be in any specific order and will be in both normal and reversed orientations. Then I put the deck back in the box storage, etc. Now I am ready to use it again to do the next or new reading, do I start to shuffle from the old mixed or should I rearrange the cards into a specific order then start mixing them again so it will give a new reading from a fresh start? Or another word, I am practicing doing a reading for myself then my wife, my mom, my dad, and so on after I mix those cards either ways, spread them out and do a reading for myself. When I am done, how should I process to the next seeker?

I hope you will educate me. Thank you very much for offering you space for others to communicate with you. Chai