For many centuries, it has been believed that tarot cards can be used for a variety of purposes including but not limited to: divination, introspective exploration, and even seeking counsel. When it comes to tarot readings, many different cards come into play which represent various things in life such as love-work-and even spiritual evolvement. Every tarot card makes its mark and has its own value, but there are a few whose values are very high and these are usually the ones that determine the main objectives in the reading.These are the potential cards, the ones that stand for your mind in the mind-body-spirit equivalence of the tarot reading ecosystem.

1. The Fool

Characterized by the unstoppable spirit of adventure, The Fool is the card of potential and new beginnings. It speaks of embarking on a new journey, being ready to embrace the impossible and daring to take risks. This card in the readings urges the questions seeker, the querent that is, to welcome change and the unknown with the hope of better possibilities.

2. The Magician

As one’s ability to create and reuse things, the Magician is about manifesting and making things happen. It is about turning your talk into action. In a reading, it stresses the importance of will, pushing the querent's belief towards the structure that says that it is only through wanting to do something that they can eventually complete it. Where there is a will, there is a way, and life- like a magician- is standing at all corners with the tools you will require for your future quests, so don't be afraid to take the risk.

3. The High Priestess

A card that whose figurehead is considered the epitome of endurance, understanding and intellect and is idolized for her omniscience as much as her secretive background, implies the same thing in the reading as it does on the surface level. The appearance of this card points to instances when one needs to operate with instinct and understand that things are deeper, different and more complex than what you'd expect.

4. The Lovers

Nowadays, these cards mostly rear their heads within loving relationships – but the Lovers are also about choices and harmony. In a reading it is indicative of issues surrounding whether to choose someone, how to choose someone, or if the choice they're making is right, and these cards most importantly inform the querent to make that choice that is true to themselves and stress the importance of considering every single option that they can.

5. The Tower

Destruction and change are the primary concepts in the Tower which makes it a redemptive card. It implies something tough awaiting on the horizon, but, it also signifies the shift in tendency that needs to be made, the rebuilding of stronger structures after the false ones have been removed.

These tarot cards, and other such cards, serve the purpose of helping a person by picturing the possible paths and difficulties that may come in life.