Tarot 101: How to use incantations in your tarot practice
This article is part of an extensive Tarot 101 guide.
Incantations can be used at the beginning and end of a tarot reading to safely open and close portals and circles connected to the spirit world (and to release any energetic knots and connections between your reading subjects and yourself). You should feel comfortable customizing your incantation to meet your spiritual and religious practices and standards. Here is a relatively straightforward incantation ritual…
Opening incantation instructions:
Set down a crystal grid around your client and you (or around your cards on a flat surface).
When you are ready, invite your client to close their eyes with you. Take a deep breath in and out.
Call upon spirit guides for protection (e.g., “We open up this circle for good light and wise counsel from our ancestors and spirit guides. May they come forth to create a shield for us, and to reveal whatever truths need to be heard for our greatest good.”)
Closing incantation instructions:
When you have wrapped up your conversation, clap your hands, snap or make a clear motion representing an active closing of the circle.
Invite your client to once again close their eyes with you. Take a deep breath in and out.
State the following phrases, “What’s their’s is theirs, what’s yours is yours, what’s mine is mine. With that, we complete and release this circle. We thank our spirit guides for their presence and protection during this reading.”
Once your client has left the space, make sure to smudge it or spritz it with Florida water to release any remnant energy from the reading. Also smudge and cleanse your cards and crystals as well.
You can repeat the same incantation once your client has left to ensure that all energetic ties and connections to that client have been respectfully released.
Some healers will also wash their hands or take a bath or shower immediately after to purify their physical and spiritual bodies; if you do this, it is recommended that you smudge your body and wash it with a salt bath or salt-based soap. You can create a separate incantation during this cleansing exercise (e.g., “I wash away and release all negative or dark energy that is clinging to me—from my client, their karma or anything or anyone else. May it all be released with this salt and water from me, in the physical and spirit realms.”)
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Source: My work has been informed by Artis Moon and Daniela Fant