Here’s what twin flame tarot readings are all about, plus an eight-card spread you can try yourself. Twin flame relationships are known for being both challenging and healing, as a twin flame will show you your deepest insecurities and shadows. But they also help you overcome them and vice versa, and your twin flame will be equally affected by you. And according to licensed psychoanalyst Babita Spinelli, L.P., J.D., these relationships aren’t always romantic. “The emphasis on a twin flame relationship is a spiritual connection where you feel a familiarity and polarity with a person. This can take the form of a friend or even an acquaintance,” she previously explained to mbg. As tarot expert and author of Astrology SOS Imani Quinn tells mbg, tarot allows you to get a higher perspective on why this person is showing up in your life, so you can figure out how to navigate your relationship and where it is taking you. “Twin flames are typically here to teach us a lesson and not necessarily to be a companion,” she says, and it’s worth asking yourself if you would be OK with a non-romantic relationship with this person. “Do you have a preconceived notion that you only have one twin flame and that’s the person for you? Are you trying to fulfill this love story with them? Or are you kind of open to the idea that they could take different forms in your life?” she suggests asking. That said, you’ll want to avoid repeatedly doing the spread if you don’t like what the cards are telling you. On the other hand, doing the reading yourself has its upsides, too. “You know yourself and the energy the best,” Quinn says, adding, “When we can distinguish our intuition from our ego that is actually our best place of knowledge.”
