The Easiest Way to Learn the Tarot–EVER!!

Anybody can read keywords out of a book. That's not tarot. That's New Age karaoke! Also, any AI-slop can read keyword meanings, so why are you doing it to? Do you want to *know* the future or just make things up that sound nice for five minutes?

So today I break down why the exercises and games in my books exist in the first place: HOW EACH ONE MAKES YOU MORE PSYCHC, and why "fun" and "educational" aren't opposites, and why practicing the same techniques the highest-paid professional readers use is the only path from poseur-with-a-deck to real reader. 

I've been studying the tarot for over 50 years and getting paid working as a professional Beverly Hills and Hollywood psychic since 1992, so no, I'm not guessing. This is the free mini-lesson. If you want the whole meal, come try the academy at www.easytarotlessons.com. Start for a dollar for your first month month. If you don't think we're worth it, I'll give you your dollar back.

Now go be awesome!

With thousands of tarot decks competing for your money, how do you know which one will actually work for you? Also, which one is merely gorgeous, expensive, and completely useless in a real reading?

There is no magic inside a deck of cards. The magic is in you. Your cards are a visual language, and every image should act like a prompt that makes ideas, details, warnings, and useful advice come pouring out of your mouth without conscious effort. When the artwork doesn't speak to you, you are reading from a dictionary with no words.

In today's fun-filled episode, we examine why the Waite-Smith images became the foundation of modern tarot, how changing the color, expression, perspective, background, or symbolism of a card can quietly change its meaning, and why some breathtaking “art decks” are almost impossible to read professionally. Pretty pictures are wonderful, but your clients are not paying you to own a pretty deck. They are paying you for accurate, detailed, actionable information.

We also give you a practical test you can perform with two different decks from your own collection. Pull the same cards from both, interpret the actual images, and find out whether the advice flows naturally—or whether you are secretly ignoring the artwork and reciting meanings you memorized from another deck.

Please DON'T waste thousands of dollars chasing a mythical perfect deck. Learn how to recognize artwork that genuinely expands your readings, gives you more to say, and helps you do better work. Your cards are tools. You still have to do the work, but the better your tools, the more intricate your work.

Come see us at www.EasyTarotLessons.com. Your first month costs you ONE dollar, and we will help you become the reader your clients hope they are paying for.

Now go be awesome.

How do you give $300 readings instead of $20 ones?

You have to know how to phrase the questions you ask “God” (your angels, spirit guides, the gods, the universe —however you want to address the divine). Imagine for a moment you had a telephone directly to the most intelligent minds in creation, omniscient and helpful: why would you say something as stupid as “just tell me anything,” or “win the lottery for me so I don’t have to think or take responsibility for anything.”

You should be asking how to solve crimes, cure diseases, and get better relationships (for yourself and others). You should be asking highly specific and detailed questions that lead you TO an answer, not hand you a simple finished product that leaves you guessing how to implement it. 

Let me give you an example: if you com to me and say “How can I get rich?” I can tell you “save more than you spend, then invest that money, and always buy low and sell high.” In this case I have done my job, but done you a disservice — right? 

So let me give you a better way of doing things: we manage the “small talk” we have with our clients WHILE WE SARE SHUFFLING (remember “rule #1 . . .) so that it sounds like small talk but is really framing the inquiry while we are deciding exactly which spread will give us the MOST, pertinent information so that WE CAN come up with an answer. This is how readers who charge $400+ an hour do this.

So let us teach you the basics of that today, for free. Keep in mind that we have an entire academy for you! Courses, study groups, support networks, friendships with real tarot experts, and even personalized mentorship from one of the best tarot teachers in the world — all for ONE DOLLAR (for your first month — and then it is a miserly ten dollars a week to learn how to make $100+ an hour. You *do* want to make money reading cards, right?

Here's the problem. Clients sit down and say "just tell me anything." That's like walking into your mechanic's shop and saying "my car's not doing anything, you figure it out." Your mechanic charges $150 an hour to diagnose that. You should be thinking the same way — minimum wage in this job is $60 an hour, and the pros are pulling $1,200.

In this episode we cover how to interrogate your client (politely — it just sounds like small talk), how to pick your question word (what, how, who, when...) and match it to a spread you actually know cold, why yes/no questions are a great way to make clients wonder why they paid you, the four magic words that take control of any wandering reading, and the one sentence you say before you deal that saves you from 20 minutes of reading about the wrong thing.

Then at the end: summation and marching orders. That's how you get tips, repeat clients, and referrals — free raises, no rate hike required.

Want study groups, forums, and live help from me? EasyTarotLessons.com. First month is $1, and if you hate it I'll give you your dollar back.

Now go be awesome.

Here’s a problem we all face: What to actually do when you get a new deck. Whether it is a gift or you grabbed it off a shelf because you had to have it, or you ordered it online, all new decks are stiff and slippery, and refuse to cooperate. They have that “new car smell” factory stink on them. You have to get your psychic stank on them to mark them as your own. You have to imbue your cards with your psychic essence by working them in and working YOUR energy into them as a whole. Otherwise you are using a generic deck — and while you CAN do that, you will always get the best information from a deck you have made your own. 

We have addressed this before, but too many people missed this, and I wanted to give you a fresh take on this, so in this super-short session you will learn how to physically break in a new deck so it actually shuffles the way you need it to, how to cleanse a used deck you picked up from someone else, and how to build a working relationship with unfamiliar art (a new type of deck or art you have not read with before) so the card images start talking to you instead of just sitting there looking like pretty pictures. 

So we have for you a simple but powerful technique for cementing card meanings *without memorizing keywords*, and also how to read the color palette and themes of your new deck so you understand what each image is trying to tell you. Also, a quick storytelling exercise that gets you comfortable with ANY deck fast.

After you listen to this, sit down with your new deck and run through the exercises we give you. Don’t rush any of this. Also, you want to do this several times, and not all in one sitting. Even a little time with these techniques spread out over a few days will do more for your reading than hours of reading some guidebook. Real readers who build real fluency with their cards put in this kind of deliberate practice early on (this means you!).

Okay, thanks for being here. For much deeper tarot training, come visit us at easytarotlessons.com and let us help you become truly great. Also, we can (and do) show you several ways to make a LOT of money as a high paid tarot reader.

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Special episode: This was surreptitiously recorded for students ready to do their own events or working with others. This is not a full course on how to get lots of paying clients. This is a primer, but it will reveal what really works and how to avoid losing money when you do (or host your own) events.

Today we are talking about one of the most exciting moves you can make as a working tarot reader: creating and running your own tarot events. We have broken this down into four parts, so grab a pen and get ready to take notes, because there is a lot of ground to cover and every bit of it can save you serious money and headaches.

You will learn the difference between events you participate in and events you organize yourself, and why knowing which one you are actually ready for matters to your career (and your reputation!). We walk through your options as a participant, from private tarot parties and psychic fairs to pop-up vendor events and becoming a house reader at a local business, and then we get into the good stuff: how to build your own event from scratch without blowing your budget before your first client walks through the door. 

This means finding the right host business, curating your vendors so that EVERYONE benefits, building a marketing machine that uses the collective reach of every person at your event, and knowing your numbers before you commit to anything.

We also cover how to price your time, how to turn every single attendee into a referral source, and how to debrief after your first event so that your future events are even better.

After you listen to this, start doing your market research before you spend a single dollar. Visit local events as a guest, talk to vendors, and pay attention to what draws a crowd. Find one business in your area that already attracts the kind of people who would love what you do, and start a conversation.

If you want the full course on how to get a LOT of paying clients, come to any of our free Saturday workshops and ask Dusty where to get it — or just sign up at easytarotlessons.com as it is a part of our tarot course. Once you are certified (you won’t embarrass us), you can get our $5,000 course on how to get LOTS of paying clients without having to pay the $5,000.

Okay, thanks for being here! Now go be awesome!

Today we're diving deep into one of the most powerful skills you will ever develop: tapping into your intuition and actually knowing when it's talking to you. We have discussed your intuition before, but these skills are so important I wanted to come at this from a fresh approach and give you steps to take right now, because a year from now time won't forgive you for not improving yourself.

Your intuition is a gateway not a bubble or some ethereal "thing" that some people have and others don't. It is a real, trainable function of your subconscious mind and in today's free lesson I'm handing you one of the step-by-step methods we have spent decades refining.

You're going to relax your awareness into the exact state where your intuition flows freely, how to lock onto a target question so your subconscious has something to work with, and how to shift into what I am calling (just for convenience) your "extended ears" so that you put your brain into a genuinely receptive, searching state. I'll show you a 60-second  technique that keeps you on track, how to use The Fool card from your tarot deck as a live training tool right now in real time, and how to capture and follow the breadcrumbs your intuition leaves so you can start seeing real results in your daily life.

You can use any card for this, but after you listen, grab your Fool card, find a quiet few minutes, and run through the process. Then do it again tomorrow. Keep a pen and paper close by and write down everything that surfaces, even the stuff that seems random.

This is a quickie workshop, it's completely free, and it is exactly the kind of lesson that we give you at easytarotlessons.com. Time keeps moving whether you grow or not, so listen to this at least once, take notes, and let's make you more psychic. If you need MORE help, come to our free Saturday workshops — and when you get serious about being psychic, come take our affordable lessons at easytarotlessons.com.

Use this spread! Everyone falls in love. And everyone gets their heart broken. One of the most common questions you will be asked over and over is how your client can get the love they want. How can they find someone (they want) to worship them? How can they get in a relationship they want to be in?

This is what people pay for — in matchmaking services, dating apps, an endless amounts of money on makeup, fashion, fancy cards, and tons of money going to clubs. How much money do people waste on drinks at clubs trying to get people to date them? 

Today's spread is called "How do I meet someone I like?"

If you learn this five-card spread (today’s spread is called “How do I meet someone I like”) and really master it, you can specialize in getting people dates, getting them business partners, getting them new friends, and helping business owners get MORE PAYING CUSTOMERS — all of the real questions people want answers to — you can make a fortune!

So come listen to how this spread works. Also, go to https://www.advancedtarotsecrets.com and click on Handouts to get the PDF of this spread free! But we explain it all to you in today’s free lesson — and also — we give you inside secrets only in this lesson hon how to really get the most from this spread.

Most tarot readers think the hard part is getting hired.

It’s not. The hard part is sitting there for two hours with your cards laid out watching people walk by and nobody asks you for a reading. Not only is that embarrassing *and* boring, but how can you possibly make any money that way?

In today's session Dusty and Maggie break down what actually gets you hired at a metaphysical shop—and more importantly, what gets people to sit down, trust you, and pay you.

Because this isn’t about luck. It’s not about being “gifted.” And it’s definitely not about undercharging until someone takes a chance on you. This is about understanding the real job.

🔑 What you’ll learn in this episode:

Most people think reading at shops is about what happens at the table; but it’s not. It’s about everything that happens before someone ever sits down. It's about how you approach the shop to begin with, and whether that shop is a good fit for you. It's about the way you present yourself to the owner, so they see you as a value add-on instead of another mouth to feed. Shop owners have their own bills to pay and endless paperwork, contracts, and taxes. They have to guess what people will actually pay for, and how to get them into the shop to pay for things at all. I know from personal experience that running a shop is not as glamorous as working at one.

So we need to get you spiffed up so you can look like a real professional who will bring value and customers in to their shop to spend money on books and supplies.  If you understand that — truly get that — and apply even a few of the ideas we are covering today, you won’t be the reader sitting in the corner hoping someone notices you. You will be a valuable addition to any retail environment. You’ll be the one people walk across the room to find.

Keep in mind that this is a 20 minute crash course on getting yourself into shape to read at a store. The most important steps are there, but we have an entire academy at easytarotlessons.com where we do more than teach you how to read cards like a seasoned professional. We teach you how to get LOTS of paying clients. But today's lesson is about getting you out the door and knocking on doors (of places you want to start reading at this week).

You’re not just a tarot reader. You’re an experience that brings energy, attention, and revenue into the room. And when you start presenting yourself like it, well everything changes. If you really want to learn how to be a tarot ninja, check out our textbook: Advanced Tarot Secrets and our community at easytarotlessons.com. These free lessons are just the beginning, but if you want to learn how to make $20 an hour right now reading cards, we have a lesson on that as well. It's just down the list, and it is free as well. You should check that out now.

Hi! Today's tarot spread is a binary choice spread that gives you simple, clean, clear, ACCURATE answers instantly, but also goes deep into the "how's, and why's" of each option so that you can give your client really DETAILED and highly specific answers when they want to know whether they should "do this, or that."

This spread is super-easy, but it won't do the work for you. You get three significators to help you absolutely focus on the person you are reading about "in the context of the dilemma they are facing," and even their preferred outcome. Then we cast a short spread, and then we flesh out each option. This is the secret method we use in the mystery school, and experts use for their very best executive clients who demand specificity and accuracy — but they also want depth and validation that these answers are based in reality.

Grab your cards and learn this spread. This is not a spread for casual readers or beginners. This simple spread goes deep into the cause and effect of ANY situation, and you should be charging at least $100 every time you cast it, even though it is not a large spread; but it's okay if you want to charge less so that people can afford your services. But if you do, you are giving them a real bargain price.

So come listen to how this spread works. Also, go to https://www.advancedtarotsecrets.com and click on Handouts to get the PDF of this spread free! But we explain it all to you in today’s free lesson — and also — we give you inside secrets only in this lesson hon how to really get the most from this spread.

Today we’re digging into one of the most important upgrades you can make as a tarot reader: what actually separates a $20 reading from a $100 session. It’s not about being more psychic or more dramatic — it’s about structure, clarity, and giving your client something they can actually use.

In this episode, we break down what higher-value readings look like in practice. Whether you’re reading casually or starting to work with paying clients, these ideas apply right away. We focus on using the right spreads for the question, asking focused questions while you shuffle, and turning your readings into clear, practical guidance instead of vague impressions.  

We also cover how to think about card positions as part of the answer, how to guide the flow of a session so it stays focused, and how to deliver insight your client can walk away and act on. This is what turns a reading from “interesting” into something genuinely valuable—and worth paying for.

Grab your cards, pay attention, and let’s level this up.