Feelings Tarot Reading: How Do They Feel?
Confused about feelings? Choose three cards to read how you feel, how they feel and what you both need, then get conversation starters to talk about it honestly and kindly.
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What is a feelings tarot reading?
A feelings tarot reading uses tarot cards to reflect on emotions between two people. This free three-card spread looks at how you feel, how they feel and what the two of you need. It works for a partner, someone you are dating, a crush, an ex, or a friend or family member, and it ends with conversation starters, because the best way to understand feelings is to talk about them kindly and honestly.
How to do a feelings tarot reading
1. Enter optional names and a question, then choose who the reading is about and what you would like to understand. 2. Press Shuffle the deck and think about the feelings between you. 3. Choose three face-down cards. The first is Your Feelings, the second is Their Feelings and the third is What You Both Need. 4. Read each card, the emotional openness chart, the emotional match and your conversation starters.
What each position means
Your Feelings: what you are feeling beneath the surface, including mixed or hidden emotions. Their Feelings: the energy of their feelings towards you, shown by the suit and by whether the card is upright or reversed. What You Both Need: the thing that would help the connection most, such as honesty, time, reassurance or fun. Tarot cannot read another person's mind, so the cards describe emotional energy and not their private thoughts.
The emotional openness chart and match
Each card is scored from its traditional meaning and orientation, and the chart shows how open and clear your feelings and their feelings appear. The reading also compares your suit with theirs: for example, Cups with Pentacles is a warm and steady pairing, while Cups with Swords is a meeting of heart and head that needs good listening.
Upright and reversed cards
An upright card expresses its energy openly. A reversed card suggests that the energy is blocked, hidden or turned inward. A reversed Your Feelings card suggests that you are doubting or suppressing a feeling, a reversed Their Feelings card suggests that their feelings are hidden or unclear even to them, and a reversed Needs card suggests that more time, space or healing is needed. You can switch reversed cards off before you shuffle.
Using it wisely
A feelings reading is a prompt for reflection, not proof of what someone feels. The only way to know how another person feels is to ask them and notice their actions over time. Respect their answer and their boundaries, and if strong emotions feel overwhelming, please talk to someone you trust or a mental health professional.
Frequently asked questions
What is a feelings tarot reading?
It is a three-card tarot spread about emotions between two people. The cards show how you feel, how they feel and what the two of you need.
Can tarot tell me how someone really feels?
Tarot cannot read another person's mind. The cards describe emotional energy, such as warm, guarded, excited or unsure, and the best way to know is to talk to them and notice their actions over time.
What is the emotional openness chart?
It shows how open and clear your feelings and their feelings appear, as simple bars labelled open and clear, steady, or guarded or unclear, with a third bar for what you both need.
What is the emotional match?
It compares the suit of your Feelings card with theirs. For example, Cups with Pentacles is warm and steady, and Cups with Swords is a meeting of heart and head that needs good listening. It also notes whether each of you seems open or guarded.
What do the conversation starters do?
They give you three gentle questions based on the What You Both Need card, such as asking how the other person has been feeling or what would help them feel supported, so that you can turn the reading into a real conversation.
What if my Their Feelings card is reversed?
It suggests that their feelings are hidden, mixed or not yet clear, even to them. It does not mean that they do not care, and talking to them and noticing their actions over time will tell you more.
Can I use it for a friend or family member?
Yes. Choose the friend or family option and the closing guidance is adapted. Honest, kind conversation can deepen any bond.
Is this tarot reading free and private?
Yes. It is completely free, and your names and question stay in your browser. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
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