Man, let me tell you, when I first started this whole tarot summary gig, I was just trying to fix a problem I had myself. I wasn’t aiming to be a YouTuber. I just wanted to get my weekly dose of spiritual guidance without wasting three hours of my life listening to someone ramble about the Moon card being in the eighth house while staring dramatically at their crystal ball.
I realized that the current format out there was total crap for anyone who actually had a job and a life. I was driving about two hours a day just for the commute, and by the time I got home, I had maybe ten minutes before I crashed on the couch. I needed the core message, the punchline, the action steps, and I needed it five minutes ago.
So, I decided to just make the thing I wanted to watch. That’s how the whole “easy summary” concept was birthed. It sounds simple now, but the path I took to get there was a nightmare of bad lighting and technical meltdowns.
The Terrible First Attempts
I bought the cheapest ring light I could find on Amazon. It flickered constantly. I pulled out an old deck I had lying around. My initial idea was to just riff off the cards, keep it natural, keep it loose. Big mistake. My first video? It was supposed to be a five-minute quick read. I hit record and just kept talking. I rambled for 37 minutes. Thirty-seven minutes of saying “Um,” “Like,” and “You know.” I uploaded it anyway, figuring someone would appreciate the effort.
No one appreciated it. The average view duration was 58 seconds. I checked the analytics and slapped myself on the forehead. Nobody has time for that noise.
I scrapped the whole idea of “natural riffing.” I had to get rigid. I identified the true pain point: Structure, or lack thereof. I sat down and started drafting a process that would force me to be quick and insightful.
Building the Turbo-Charged Virgo System
Why Virgo? Well, people looking for Virgo readings usually crave structure, they demand practicality, and they hate inefficiency. This forced me to streamline my own spiritual practice, which, frankly, was a total mess before this.
Here’s the breakdown of the actual work I implemented:
- I designated Sunday morning as the only time to film. I locked myself in the spare room. No distractions.
- Before I turned on the camera, I conducted the full spread. I pulled the cards, I interpreted the energies, and then I wrote down three core bullet points on a massive index card.
- These three points became the entire script. No going off-topic. If I wanted to talk about finances, it had to relate back directly to Bullet Point One.
- I practiced the delivery multiple times, timing myself with a stopwatch. I needed to nail the insight in under 90 seconds per point.
- I set up the timer right next to the camera display. That timer stared at me the whole time, reminding me to shut up and get to the point.
This drilled the speed into the presentation. It took out the filler, the unnecessary personal anecdotes, and the five-minute descriptions of the imagery on the card itself. Viewers don’t care about the history of the Minor Arcana; they need to know if they should ask for a raise this week.
From Struggle to “Easy” Execution
The first few times I followed this strict structure, the recording was brutal. I messed up the delivery of the second bullet point maybe fifteen times. I stopped the camera, deleted the file, and started over. It felt robotic, but I kept pushing because the end product was exactly what I set out to create: a fast, actionable summary.
What looks like an “easy” five-minute summary video on YouTube is actually about 40 minutes of intense, structured recording and editing. I developed the skill of rapid interpretation, where I see the layout and immediately translate complex energies into something practical, like “You need to set better boundaries with your brother-in-law this week.”
I created a template in my editing software. I slapped on the intro music, chopped out the gaps where I paused to breathe, and added those quick text overlays that summarize the insight right on the screen. Everything was designed for maximum speed and digestibility.
And that’s the reality of the journey. I went through the agony of rambling messes, I forced myself into a rigid, painful structure, and now, finally, I can deliver a genuinely quick, insight-packed summary. It only looks easy because I did all the hard work of cutting the crap out first.
If you need quick advice, you get quick advice. That’s the contract I made with myself and the viewers, and I stick to it every single Sunday.
