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I've been wanting to do Tarot Cards for a while, and finally the other day I got my first deck. Crystal Visions by Jennifer Galasso. I've been doing the Celtic Cross spread but I just had a few questions. If you're doing a reading for yourself, do you read the cards as they are facing you? Or as if you were giving a reading to someone else so the opposite position. And the crossing card the card that further explains the situation, how can I tell if it's in reverse or not? Do I turn it clockwise or counter clock wise? Is their a special way of telling? Sorry if these questions are silly, I'm really new to this and I want to be able to learn and do accurate readings. Plus the booklet doesn't give too much information on each card, is their a place I can learn more about each tarot card so I can learn more of the meaning behind them?