Why I’m Not Giving Away Tarot Readings in 2026

In 2025, I started giving away free tarot readings to people who DMed me. I thought it would be a good way to develop my skills with the cards. When it comes to tarot, I’m little more than a beginner. I’ve read books on the subject, but I don’t have hours of real-life practice. The thing that one needs to become a true expert at something. Giving away tarot readings for free seemed like a win-win. I could hone my skills and people could get their readings. 

It wasn’t as easy as all that. There were long days with no requests. Even as I gained Instagram followers, my DMs were largely empty. There were also traumatic readings. A tarot reading is an intimate thing. You are asking someone to open up the truth of their personal life to you, and that comes with trauma and mess. All sorts of things I wasn’t ready to see on my phone on a Sunday afternoon. It shook me.

I began to feel grateful for the days when nobody asked. When my DMs were cold calls from people asking to give me a reading. If I felt like that, should I really be giving away free readings? I found myself looking at the cards less and less. I let myself be too busy for them. It’s very normal for tarot readers to pull a single card daily, just to keep on top of where they are spiritually, psychologically, etc. I wasn’t doing this. My cards sat on my altar in the box they came in. Not wrapped in precious silk and ribbons. Not honoured or beautified in any way.

I don’t know why I needed all these signs to tell myself to stop. The truth is, tarot cards have never called to me. They haven’t called to my heart and soul. While I appreciate the artwork of the RWS deck and other decks, I don’t have the love for tarot in my heart that I need to have to take this seriously.

So, what now? Am I going to give up the psychic life altogether? Lol, no. Not on your nelly! There are psychic tools that have always called to me: the crystal ball still has its pride of place on my altar. I’ll still give away a single crystal ball reading a day (DM me on Instagram for details!). There are other forms of psychic work that I’m interested in. I believe in following my dreams, and my dreams tell me it’s time to work with the spirits. That’s an exciting world to start in as a complete beginner.

It’s important that I start the new year following my heart, so that’s what I’m going to do. Is there anything that you need to change to follow your heart in 2026? Let me know in the comments. I certainly hope to spend more time on this blog in the new year and to make some new blog friends. So, let’s do it. Let’s be magickal together.