Are Tarot Card Readers Psychic?
It is often assumed that in order to read Tarot, you must possess psychic or mediumship abilities. The truth is that each tarot reader has their own gifts and abilities.
Let’s talk about the term “psychic.” Most people define anyone with sensitivities as a psychic, but there is a lot of nuance to this very broad term.
We are all aware of our 5 senses - Smell, sight, taste, touch and hearing. Beyond the 5 senses some people have Clair senses which are additional psychic senses including: clairvoyance (clear seeing), clairaudience (clear hearing), claircognizance (clear knowing), clairsentience (clear physical feeling), clairintellect (clear thinking), clairempathy (clear emotion), clairtangency (clear touching), clairsalience (clear smelling) and clairgustance (clear tasting).
Another term for “psychic” is medium. A medium can communicate with spirits and the dead. They act as an intermediary between the living and the spirit world.
Sensitives can also be considered “psychic.” Highly sensitive people (or HSP’s) are estimated to make up around 15-20% of the population. Many new and super interesting scientific studies are being released. (There is a lot of support to online if you think you might be an HSP.)
Every sensitive is different and accesses their abilities in their own unique way. I consider myself to be a highly sensitive person, an empath, a psychic medium with the gifts of each clair sense (some are stronger than others.) I use a mixture of my intuition, my abilities and my knowledge of tarot in each my tarot readings.
In summary,
No - not all Tarot readers are psychic.
No - you don’t have to use any abilities to read Tarot. Tarot is a system that anyone can learn.
Yes - it definitely helps the reading if you are a version of psychic or if you tap into your personal abilities.
Yes - everyone has psychic abilities. It is up to each individual to learn and practice these abilities.
Yes - Tarot is a tool that can help you tap into or practice your abilities.
