When I was a teenager I would use (“do”) my Tarot cards. It fit my magical thinking drenched adolescent anguish to seek answers unknowable.
I still believe there may be something to Tarot, some unconscious connection, but that it is only discoverable with obsessive self-focus. Maybe this is why a (storefront) psychic once told my friend Raina that it was unwise, even dangerous, to “do your own Tarot spread.” Possibly the more objective nature of one person reading another’s cards really is better. Of course I thought the psychic was just protecting her own industry by insisting that you pay a professional!
So, even if it works, Tarot takes a lot of time plus a certain philosophy and desire. I don’t say there’s nothing to it, but it’ll consume your time trying to decide if there is. And even if it does seem to work . . . I think it’s very similar to astrology in that what you get is expressed through words. Words can be interpreted by different people to mean different things, and if a horoscope or a Tarot reading is “supposed” to be significant to you, you will find a way to make the words meaningful.
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