The best thing about tarot is that, unlike some other psychic abilities, anyone can learn it! While most people who are drawn to tarot reading do have some kind of aptitude for psychic abilities, or at least a keen intuition, it’s not a prerequisite for reading the cards. All you need to learn to read tarot is a tarot deck and a guide, lots of time, and willing guinea pigs to practice your craft on. Many tarot readers believe that tarot is best and most accurate when read for another person, rather than for the self. While self reading is important, especially for daily tarot pulls and check-ins, you will really notice your knowledge being put to use when reading for other people. The Rider Waite Smith deck is a great place to start, as it’s the basic deck with the basic imagery. Once you’ve gotten a handle on the meanings of all of the cards in this deck, you can begin to branch out to other decks that follow the system but have different imagery, and from there you can also learn different card systems, like the Thoth deck, Lenormand, or Oracle cards.