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How to Ask Better Tarot Questions

Change one habit and the cards will get sharper overnight: ask open questions.

February 19, 2025 5 minBy Devika & the DeckReads team

Open beats closed

Replace "Will X happen?" with "What do I need to understand about X?". The first asks the deck to gamble on the future. The second asks it to show you the present clearly, which is the only place a future actually gets built.

Be specific about the situation, not the outcome

Anchor the question in a concrete situation ("my new role at work", "this person I have been dating") without scripting the answer ("will I get promoted in March?"). Specific context, open outcome.

Five questions that always read well

  • ✦What energy surrounds this situation?
  • ✦What do I need to understand?
  • ✦What is mine to act on?
  • ✦What am I not yet seeing?
  • ✦What does my next step look like?

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