The Tarot.
We now do online readings, you select, the deck, the layout, shuffle and pull the cards online and your selection is sent to Theresa who will use them to do a reading for you and send you a DVD of the reading. Go to Internet Tarot
How does the Tarot work?
My experience.
To begin with let me explain that I have had, over the years, many Tarot readings by different psychics from around the country. It has been my experience that there are good Tarot readers and not so good Tarot readers. Sometimes it is absolutely incredible how the cards tell the story of my life and provide a very clear picture of why I was going through what I was going through, the solutions to my problem and what can be expected as a result. Sometimes, the reading was not so illuminating, the cards seemed to be all wrong, other times, the cards could be understood to align with the situation but the interpretation given by the reader was way off, coloured, I would say by their own personal views of myself. How I asked myself can Tarot be so right and at other times so wrong?
How does the Tarot work?
I have come across several theories. Which broadly fall into two categories, the scientific and the spiritual. Though a study of my other writings will demonstrate that there can be no real difference between the two.
Spiritual theories.
To some, the reading is guided by Beings not of this world, they exist in an alternate reality and wish to guide and assist us to true happiness and harmony. Many names have been put forward for these benevolent beings; Spirit Guides, Angels, Ascended Master, Higher Self, etc. This theory is not without its merits, for many people hold a strong conviction that they have been contacted by these extra dimensional beings, all being in a very subjective way. Just because there is no strong prove for their existence this does not negate their existence. I rather think that this is a larger issue than just related to Tarot cards.
Other people feel that somehow thoughts are transmitted, like radio waves, from client to reader, who tunes into the clients vibrations or frequency. This is an interesting theory and is very close to an Auric explanation of Tarot reading. This explains how readers can understand what is on our minds but says nothing about how the cards can make sense of, describe and offer guidance on a current, past or future situation.
There are those who say that the reader is responding to body language and other, perhaps subliminal cues. This also has merit but does not explain the accuracy of good Tarot readings.
Scientific theories.
Science fans usually cite quantum physics, and the much maligned particle connectivity, or entanglement brought together to Jung's synchronicity. In essence for no other reason than quantum entanglement is a cause without effect while synchronicity is an effect without a cause.
Quantum entanglement is a difficult concept to visualise, and hence large numbers of books have been written about it which has lead to it becoming a route to instant intellectual one-upmanship, it sounds clever but few people really understand the implications of it and if you have no one to argue with you, you can claim anything you like about it. People claim to have solved all the mysteries of the Universe simply by reference to a mystery of science.
Synchronicity, on the other hand is easy to visualise because we all experience in our everyday lives, basically things happen together. This theory is very evidently related to cards falling in relationship to the client's issues. But because synchronicity is an effect without a cause it too must fail as an explanation of how Tarot works.
A synthesis.
I feel that a clearer understanding can come from a general understanding of the nature of the field. [more to come]