Tarot Insights

The Death Tarot Card The Death card is one of the most misunderstood cards in the entire Tarot deck. People see the name, the imagery, or the symbolism and assume it predicts something literal. It doesn’t. The Death card represents transition, release, endings, and the clearing of old energy, but none of this is physical or dangerous. It shows that something in its current form has run its course, and a new stage is waiting once the old one is released. Death is not destruction. Death is not punishment. Death is not fear.It is simply the moment when continuation in...

How Imagery Traps Readers and How to Return to Structure, Context, and Clarity Tarot imagery is powerful. That is part of what makes tarot such an effective symbolic language. But imagery can also become a trap when readers allow visual shock to override structure, suit logic, and contextual reading. Some cards are misunderstood not because their meanings are complex, but because their images are emotionally loud. These cards provoke fear, anxiety, or dramatic assumptions before interpretation even begins. Readers see destruction, loss, darkness, or pain and immediately jump to worst-case scenarios, often without asking the most important questions first. What...

The Hanged Man Tarot Card The Hanged Man is one of the most misunderstood cards in the Tarot because it doesn’t represent movement, action, or decision-making. Instead, it shows a period where no action is needed from you. Something is paused, suspended, or shifting behind the scenes, and forward motion isn’t possible until the timing or perspective changes. This card asks for surrender, stillness, and acceptance of what you can’t currently influence. The confusion around The Hanged Man comes from trying to “solve” or “fix” the situation when the energy isn’t supporting action. The card doesn’t block you — it...

The Three of Swords If there is one tarot card that gets misread more than almost any other, it is the Three of Swords. Mention this card in a reading and many people immediately jump to conclusions: heartbreak, separation, betrayal, divorce. The image of a heart pierced by three swords is so visually striking that it overrides logic, structure, and suit meaning before the reader even begins interpreting. But this automatic reaction is not only incomplete. In many readings, it is flat-out wrong. The Three of Swords is not a guaranteed heartbreak card. It is not inherently about romance ending....