Imprinting Your Tarot Cards

Imprinting Your Tarot Cards
by Eliza Yetter
(written in 2002 / revised 2007)

The first thing most of us do with our new tarot cards is look through each and every card. We then begin to shuffle them. This is our way of putting our personal energies into our new deck. However, this is not enough to truly bond with your deck.

Some people believe that a new deck should not be used until it has been imprinted with the user's energies. To do this, sleep with your new deck under your pillow or on your bedstand for three nights. If you are concerned with the moon cycle, begin on the night of the New Moon. Your new tarot deck will absorb your personal energies as you sleep.

When using a tarot deck that you have not held for 6 months or more, again, sleep with the deck once more to remind it of your energies.

Tarot cards are a personal tool and, as I was taught by my mother, other people should not be allowed to touch your deck. If, by chance, someone does handle your cards, blow three times onto your cards to clear out the energies they may have picked up from the other person.