Card readings using AmboCarta's tarot software - quickstart

Overview

You're about to learn the quickest way to use AmboCarta's tarot software for your card readings.

Signing up

First of all you need a Counselor account. Click Free agent signup and fill in the form that will come up. Your registration data is not publicly visible on AmboCarta. You also don't need to read the cards to others, nor will you appear in the public catalog.

Once you're registered, you can always log in usgin the login box.

After registration or login, you'll find yourself in your personal login area with a navigation menu on the left hand side.

Your virtual card table

Now you can immediately open your virtual card table that provides all of the tarot software's features.

First steps with your card table

In the beginning, you need to select a card deck to work with. On the top border of your table you'll find a menu bar. Click Cards and select a card deck you like to use. Now the card deck will be loaded an put face-down on a pile.

Now when you hover your mouse pointer above the cards, buttons will appear that show you all actions you may perform on the pile. They are: Draw a card, shuffle, cut cards and spread all cards.

Above and below those buttons you'll find larger areas from where you can click-and-drag cards to the table - either from top of the stack or from its bottom.

Saving spread layouts

AmboCarta lets you save your spread layouts so you don't have to lay out the cards one by one each time again and again. Just select Spreads–Save from the menu. Then give your spread layout a file name - and if you wish an author name, title and some notes, too. Then click the tick mark to save it. Saving a spread layout will only save the positions of cards, and not which exact card is at that position. Later, you'll be able to lay out cards from a freshly shuffled pile with this spread layout, which will result in a different reading each time.

Loading spreads

You can reuse a saved spread over and over again. Select Spread–Load from the menu and select the spread you need. It will be laid out from all cards that are available on any piles on the table.

Need more space ?

If there is not enough space for your spreads and you drop a card near the border of the table, translucent bars will appear. Hovering your mouse pointer above those bars will move the table. For laying out spreads, you may want to lower the zoom factor of the table. Do do that, select a zoom level from the menu under View–Table zoom.

Cleaning up

To clear the table, select Actions–Tidy up. The first time you do it, all cards lying around will be put on a new pile. The second time you do it, all piles will be put back on one single pile.

When you're done

To go back to your login area, selectTable – close. If you're calling it a day and want to log out, select Table – log out