Akashic records - I’ve been feeling this pull lately, and I’m kind of stuck on where to even begin to read them.
Past lives are what I really want to get into. Something about knowing where my soul’s been feels like it would explain a lot about now? Hard to put into words, but yeah. It’s also kind of overwhelming, which is maybe why I haven’t done anything about it yet
If you’ve accessed your records before, how’d that go? Did you work with someone or figure it out yourself?
I have seen a lot of people get readings from someone else but is it possible to do yourself? Or some people talk about visiting there in the astral?
That pull you’re feeling is totally normal. Lots of people get it right before discovering their own records and that tends to bring an even bigger awakening. Yes, you can access the Akashic records yourself. No need for anything external, just make sure you understand what the records really are before doing anything else.
There are many ways to access your records. My first experience was through astral projection, but my guides didn’t let me open my records. I wasn’t ready at the time, apparently.
An easier way to start is obviously going to be a Tarot spread. Tapping into what is in your records, you don’t need to see them to learn from what they can tell you.
Oh, I feel you on the overwhelm, totally. I circled this stuff for months before starting, like I wanted to want it more than actually dive in lol.
A practitioner reading vs. doing it yourself is a different beast, but both work as long as you’ve been doing this long enough to know where the pitfalls are (and there’s a good thread on that here)
Also, a really good way to start would be a past life spread. There’s a lot of overlap there since you’re still probably interacting with the Akashic here, but your spread is a bit more focused. In general, the more focused your spread, the easier you’ll find it (especially for a beginner).
With a pro, they handle the past-life replay for you, sparing the emotional hit. Past stuff can get intense or painful, and they keep it objective. DIY is possible and builds a deeper connection. The biggest hurdle is doubt: “Am I making this up?” It fades with practice, but stay relaxed, trying too hard kills the flow.
Personally, I would do this myself. I am usually a fan of swapping readings with other Tarot readers, but for the Akashic… there’s something so personal about it and it can influence so much of your life I just don’t think I could trust anyone else to do it for me.
The akashic Tarot deck by Sharon Anne Klingler and Sandra Anne Taylor. 62 cards for records access, suits like Scrolls (Scribe archetype), Roses, Keys, Forces. Great if you’re card-comfy.
Astral visits happen, but meditation’s more stable, you tune into the frequency, not travel. Akasha means “ether/sky” in Sanskrit. It’s a non-physical plane.
I side-eye anyone charging money to ‘access your records.’ Like, really?
I don’t mind the specific decks for the Akashic since they make sense and they offer a tool (and I do agree this is a pretty personal process), but you also don’t need to buy anything like that.
If we’re meant to peek at past lives, we’ll find a way to do it ourselves. But sometimes I wonder if that pull is just curiosity. Not everything we want to know is something we’re supposed to know yet, knowing your future might completely derail your actual path.
I think if we’re supposed to see these messages, they will just arise. I don’t know if we should be intentionally trying to seek something that hasn’t been offered to us.
Meditation is the way in. It’s the way in to most things, really. That’s actually how my whole tarot path started, just sitting with it, being curious, no agenda really.
The records when I finally got there years back: massive library, ancient books, filing cabinets, long tables stretching out in every direction (felt infinite). You might not see any of that, though. We’re in a digital age now so maybe yours looks completely different, we get shown what our minds can already perceive. Whatever framework makes sense to you. I don’t think everyone will see the akashic the same way. There’s probably someone out there who would see a Tamagotchi, or maybe everything is printed on Pokemon cards.
And don’t expect to jump straight there. That part took me a while. My guide would show up first during meditation, just holding a single book with past life images tied to whatever I was asking about, not the full library or the whole system, just one book at a time. The bigger access came later.
So if that pull you’re feeling leads somewhere unexpected at first, stay curious with it.
When I want to tap into deeper knowledge, I focus on the crown chakra during meditation. I visualize light flowing up or down through it. That energy center is connected to intuition and cosmic downloads, so it feels like the natural place to go when I’m trying to receive something.
What comes easily in meditation might just be echoes from past lives. The key is learning your personal symbolic language first. Some see literal books, others images or symbols, and your guide might start with just one book before the full library. That should really be the focus of starting with the Akashic. Don’t try and run before you can walk.
for me, I saw a vast space with ancient texts and endless filing cabinets. People today might get a more modern version, since it’s shown in a way our minds can process. That symbolic part takes time, so start with a guided Akashic records meditation and stay curious about what shows up.
