How to cleanse tarot cards
TAROT cards pick up and collect energy as they're used.
We've got you covered if you're searching for ways to cleanse yours, which is a crucial step in ensuring accurate readings.
When do you need to cleanse your tarot cards?
There are all kinds of occasions on which tarot readers may find themselves needing to cleanse their decks.
We asked Audrey, the spiritual guide, intuitive empath, and cosmic channeler behind the website , a few questions about cleansing tarot cards.
Audrey told The U.S. Sun: "It depends on how often you use the cards and how much energy you are transferring to the cards.
"For example, if you ask tons of questions, the cards are taking on a lot of energy from the spirit realm, and the energy can affect future readings."
When you get a new deck, it's best to start by cleansing them before using them.
It's also essential to ensure they get thoroughly cleaned if someone else has used or touched your decks.
Other reasons you may want to cleanse your cards include the following:
- When you've done an emotionally draining reading
- When your cards have been in storage for a long time
- When your cards have fallen on the floor
- If you feel like there's a block between your intuition and your cards
- You have recently traveled with your cards
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What are the best ways to cleanse your tarot cards?
There are a lot of different ways for you to cleanse your decks.
Audrey says: "There are many ways to cleanse a deck, including resetting the deck (placing all cards upright or back in the original order before you begin shuffling), selenite and other cleansing crystals placed on them with the intention that they are placed there to cleanse the cards, or by cleansing them by placing them outdoors for a couple of hours."
She added: "New and full moons are ideal; nighttime is the best time because the moon is very cleansing."
Audrey does the following in her practice: "Typically, I recommend resetting the deck and placing a cleansing crystal on top of the cards after each time you work with them and then cleansing them outdoors, under the full and new moons every two weeks."
Other ways you can cleanse your deck include:
- Sage smoke, incense, or lavender cleansing (pass each card through the smoke)
- Cleansing crystals placed on top of the deck (selenite and clear quartz are favorites)
- Crystals relating to the reading you're doing. For example, using rose quartz before a relationship reading.
- Sea salt (place your deck in a bowl of it)
- Sound (bells, singing bowls, or your voice)
How do you prepare your energy for a tarot reading?
Another essential thing to keep in mind is your energy.
Audrey describes how professional readers who use their cards rely on their mental states as conductors of energies for their clients' readings.
"The cards depend on me as a channel and for my channel to be clear for my readings to be accurate."
"This means it is up to me to properly reset my own energy before starting readings and in between readings while doing readings on Lives and back-to-back clients."
"I use a simple “energy call back” technique that I actually recently shared on my TikTok two days ago. I simply say, 'I call back my energy from all timelines, dimensions, realities, people, places, and things,' ... to clear out the energy and refresh for the next client."
You can check out Audrey's energy on her .
How do you set your intentions with tarot cards?
In case you didn't know, setting intentions is one of the most important ways to ensure an accurate reading.
"When it comes to tarot, it’s imperative to understand that it is a divination tool, so it opens up a portal to the spirit realm," Audrey explains.
"Your energy and intentions will dictate the accuracy of the reading and what energies from the spirit realm are accessing your deck.
"Setting intentions is up to you and the clarity you seek to gain from a reading.
"Think of it like this, if you want answers about your highest timeline, you must be in your highest vibration... If you are in a lower vibration, your cards may give you answers that are not in your highest good or in THE highest good; therefore, acting on those answers could lead to more negative outcomes.
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"However, the simplest answer is to journal about what your desired outcome is and ask the cards what the best steps to achieve that outcome are. If you are seeking insight on things to come in for you, it is important to clarify with your guides, is this thing coming in, in my highest good or not?"
You can find Audrey online on her website, The Intuitive Mind Geek, on , or on her .