So you have your tarot deck and by now have studied what each of the cards mean. Now it’s time to learn about tarot spreads. A spread is a selection of tarot cards that the tarot reader will use to interpret from. Typically the deck is shuffled by someone other than the reader and is then laid out in a chosen spread. Each card has a number that dictates which card is to be turned over first. When the cards are being shuffled the reader should be concentrating on the person’s question. The person being read to is often reffered to as the querent. Actually developing techniques for shuffling is another article completely. Such as who shuffles, shuffling technique, how the cards are cut etc. are many things you will learn and develop along the way.