How to Use Oracle Cards With Tarot
We’ve already had a look at how oracle and tarot cards are different, but now we’re about to jump into the world of combining the two! Yes, that’s right, you can use oracle cards AND tarot cards at the same time for a detailed and intuitive reading.
There are a few different ways to do this, but to start you off, I wanted to introduce you to my personal favourites and beginner-friendly ways of using oracle cards with tarot.
*Before you get started, make sure you know how to cleanse your Tarot and oracle cards correctly!
Adding an extra level of understanding
One of the main reasons to add an oracle card to your tarot reading is to offer an extra level of detail and understanding. Oracle cards are messages from the universe on what we need to know. Each card is filled with a unique narrative that can really help you figure out the tarot a lot more easily.
Some people will mix in a few oracle cards with their tarot cards; however, I prefer to use just one oracle card in my readings, to give it more influence and meaning. The more oracle cards in a spread, the more diluted the messages are… in my experience anyway!
When it comes to readings, adding an oracle card can provide a more rounded universal message than the tarot. If you’re finding it hard to put all the tarot cards together, adding an oracle card can help give you context and bind everything together.
You can, of course, do this just using the tarot by picking out a shadow or light card, but using oracle cards is a lot more fun and beginner-friendly.
Oracle cards with tarot spreads
I’ve created two little spreads for you to get you on the road to using oracle cards with tarot. Both use just one oracle card as a signifier card, helping to provide more detail and narrative to your readings.
Oracle Wisdom
The Oracle Wisdom spread uses five tarot cards and one oracle card. In this spread, the oracle card is here as the message that binds all the tarot cards together.
- Past
- Present
- Bridge
- Future
- Block
- Oracle – Top Centre
The addition of the Oracle Card gives us that extra level of comfort and universal support, showing us that the path we are taking is one that was meant to be and written in our destiny. It helps to uncover even more detail from the cards as you move along.
Divine Guidance
The Divine Guidance spread uses the oracle card in a slightly different way, giving you a present narrative to which all the other cards revolve.
- Mindset
- Subconscious
- Past
- Future
- Oracle – Centre
The oracle card in this spread allows us to link each of the tarot cards back to one singular point. For the above reading, it’s about grounding. We can link each card to this subject of grounding and how it will support or unblock the tarot card’s energy.
Using oracle cards in your tarot spreads doesn’t have to be confusing. Keep the number of cards you use to a minimum and you’ll find it a lot easier to get to grips with this form of divination!
