How to Do a Pregnancy Tarot Reading: A Step-by-Step Guide

Pregnancy is an emotional and intimate experience. It can be full of joy, anxiety, and spirituality. Tarot cards can be a calming and supportive tool to help you tune in to your body, your baby, and your inner self.

A pregnancy tarot reading is not predicting the future. It's giving guidance, wisdom, and reassurance during this period. This step-by-step guide will walk you through how to get the most out of the experience with taro.

1. Set Your Intention

Before shuffling the cards, pause and center yourself for a moment. Setting your intention will help you focus your energy and intentions. Ask yourself: Why am I doing this reading?

Your intention might be to feel closer to your baby, to seek emotional guidance, or simply to check in on how you're feeling. Whatever it is, state it clearly. You might whisper to yourself: "I request wisdom for my mothering path," or "I desire to connect gently with my pregnancy energy."

A quick breathing exercise or gentle prayer will also set your mind and spirit up.

2. Select the Deck

Feel free to use any tarot deck that feels right. Our digital deck is here for you to use. Selecting the cards that feel emotionally nurturing is particularly useful.

Some expectant parents like decks with soothing imagery, healing symbolism, or feminine power. We prepared an interactive tarot deck here, so you can simply use this!

If you want to use a physical deck, some popular options include:

• The Motherpeace Tarot (feminine and intuitive);
• The Wild Unknown Tarot (earthy and emotionally deep);
• Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot (traditional and widely interpreted).

Remember that there is no "perfect" deck. The most important thing is how comfortable and attuned you feel to it.

3. Create a Calm Space

The environment is everything. Make a space that is peaceful and sacred. This allows you to more easily tune into your body and soul.

Tidy up the area. Burn a candle, soften incense, or sit beside soothing crystals within reach. Rose quartz, moonstone, and amethyst are beautiful stones for emotional balance and inner guidance during pregnancy.

It's also possible to listen to gentle music, sit in a chair, or lay out a little cloth for your cards. This is your moment to breathe and get into flow.

4. Select 3 Cards for a Pregnancy Spread

Pregnancy tarot is best used with spreads that focus on emotional and spiritual health. This is a low-key, supportive 3-card spread to get you started:

1. What is my body craving in this moment?
2. What does my baby crave in this moment?
3. How can I nurture both of us best?

This small spread creates an instant pause to reflect on physical and emotional requirements. Feel free to customize your spread depending on how you’re feeling. The goal is to gain clarity and peace, not overwhelm.

5. Ask Open-Ended Questions

Be gentle with yourself. The card will not tell you the future in detail — how things will go depends on you and your choices. You can use this spread for some reassurance and spiritual guidance.

Pregnancy is a sensitive topic for a lot of people. Naturally, it can bring up a lot of different emotions. Make sure to ask your cards easy, open-ended questions. Try not to think about figuring out what's going to happen, and just look for some insights instead.

Here are some simple questions to start with:

• "How can I feel more grounded at the moment?"
• "What does my baby want to communicate to me?"
• "What is my body telling me?"
• "What vibration surrounds my pregnancy today?"

Tarot works best when it invites reflection, not pressure. Let your questions and interpretation bring you newfound wisdom, rather than worry.

6. Interpret the Cards

It’s important to do this mindfully. You are the person who knows yourself best, so trust your intuition.

Once you’ve drawn your cards, take your time interpreting them. Feel free to use a journal to write down your thoughts. Start with the traditional meanings of the cards, but don’t let them constrain you. Allow your intuition to guide you.

Observe symbols that relate to expansion, caring, water, or calm. Some cards will appear in pregnancy readings and are of positive meaning:

• The Empress. Often a fertility, caring, and Mother archetype symbol. She's a powerful card for pregnancy.
• The Star. A healing, divine timing, and hope marker.
• The Page of Cups. Represents delicate new beginnings, inner messages, or the soul of the child.
• Ten of Pentacles. Heritage, family, and stability in the future.
• Ace of Cups. Overpowering emotion, love, and new birth.

If a card looks challenging (like The Tower or Nine of Swords), take it easy. Ask yourself, "What inside of me is screaming to heal now?" These cards more likely point to inner transformation or hidden fears, leading the way to release and awareness.

7. Close the Reading with Appreciation

After you've passed through the messages, take a few moments in stillness to close the reading in love and gratitude. Thank your cards, your guides, and your baby. You may blow out your candle, put your hand on your heart, or say a swift closing blessing like: "I am safe. I am growing. I am loved."

You can also write down some thoughts in your journal. Most memorable thing? How do you feel now? Even if no great insights were realized, the discipline of slowing down, listening in, and honoring this moment stands strong in itself.

Final Thoughts

Tarot during pregnancy isn't really about finding precise answers. It's about finding an emotional connection to yourself. It’s about feeling centered. A tarot spread can help you better attune to one of life's periods that is deeply transformative on so many levels. A reading can provide insight into your experience.

The true wonder of tarot is how versatile it is. You don't have to be an active reader to find comfort in the cards. All you need is honesty, focus, and willingness to explore. Let each card be a whisper of direction on your path to motherhood.