Everyone does not believe in reincarnation and past lives. The younger souls, more likely to be religious or atheist than spiritual, may not have had many previous lives. 

Because of this, they would not be open to past lives, reincarnation, or spirituality. In general, mature and older souls firmly believe in reincarnation and past lives. 

If you are an older soul who intuitively knows you had a past life and would like to know more about it, there is a tarot spread you will love. Let's discuss past lives briefly before moving on. 

What Is the Purpose of Reincarnation?

Souls must reincarnate to learn lessons if they are to reach enlightenment. 

Those lessons usually involve grief, poverty, struggle, and trauma, and they are never easy. A soul's past wrongdoing will reap its karma in future life. 

Even though they won't always experience what they did to others, they will be placed in situations where they will experience what those they harmed experienced. 

Souls plan their lives with their guides before incarnating so they can live a fulfilling life. Evolution is a goal for many souls. 

Hence, they keep their egos in check by reminding them they can't take so much on so they don't overdo it. 

While going through the human experience, many souls often bite off more than they can chew as they experience too much pain and grief. 

This puts them at risk of ending their soul contracts early, such as unaliving themselves.

The older a soul gets, the more life's challenges they endure, and sometimes it's karma they're doing, but often it's lessons they've been instructed to learn. 

As a result of their wisdom and experience, older souls can also handle these challenges better than younger souls. 

A wise person who has been through more heartache and trauma than you can imagine yet who has an upbeat demeanor is likely an old soul. 

Compared to younger souls, they are closer to enlightenment. It is now clear to you why souls reincarnate. Here are some ways to tell if you've lived before. 

What Are The Signs That You Have Lived Before?

Several clues indicate that you have had previous lives. First, if you have a skill that comes naturally to you without your education, you have likely utilized that skill previously. 

Interests are no different. You may have had that skill in previous lives if, for example, you have been interested in cooking since you were four years old and have been an excellent cook as a child, but your parents did not teach you. 

You might have been a chef. 

Likes and dislikes that appear out of nowhere can also be a sign. 

Unexplained phobias are no different. Maybe you drowned in a past life if you have been afraid of swimming pools since you were a toddler. 

A birthmark may also indicate how you passed in a previous life. 

It can also be a sign if you are drawn to specific places. Sweden might have been your home in a previous life if, for example, you have always been curious about it and don't have any family there. 

Hypnotherapists specializing in past life regressions can help you dig deeper into your previous lives. However, the past life tarot spread can give you some quick insights into your past lives. 

An Easy Six-Card Past Life Tarot Spread

Here is a simple past-life tarot spread by Tarot Avenue with six cards. 

Place cards one to three horizontally from left to right, then place cards four to six horizontally from left to right.

The first card represents your previous life. Your role in society can be based on your personality or status.

The second card would have indicated your occupation. 

A third card shows your challenges in your previous life.

The fourth card shows how you died.

You learn lessons from your previous life, shown in the fifth card.

The sixth shows you how it influenced you. 

Are you ready to learn about yourself in your previous life? Why not give it a try and see what you find out?