| As a Tarot reader I am often asked is the future | | | | archetypal journey and the four ancient elements, |
| fixed and inevitable. My reply is that we are not | | | | Fire, Water, Air and Earth. The combinations of these |
| controlled by fate; we have our own free will and | | | | differing wisdoms and ideas will give a description of |
| inner direction. We can move away from being driven | | | | what is happening in your life at present and a most |
| by external events and the actions of other people | | | | likely outcome of the given direction. |
| to having confidence in our inner knowing, intuition, | | | | Why should an apparently random arrangement of |
| feelings and instincts. A good Tarot reading gives | | | | symbols mean something? |
| confidence in that we can symbolically see where we | | | | Those who have worked with the Tarot over years |
| are going and what the outcome would be if we | | | | vouch for the fact that the cards do seem to be |
| tried some new approaches. The future is not set in | | | | subjectively uncannily accurate about future events. |
| stone; changes we make now will make a new | | | | Dr Carl Jung the eminent psychologist theorized the |
| future happen. | | | | concept of Synchronicity, or the experience of |
| How does the Tarot work? | | | | meaningful coincidence. This idea has taken root in |
| The mechanism by which the cards work may be | | | | Astrology in that it has been noticed that the effect |
| looked at as an instance or the ancient mystical | | | | of for instance transiting planets can happen before |
| maxim "As above, so below," where the seemingly | | | | the planets have actually lined up! This apparent |
| random fall of cards somehow mirrors the greater | | | | timing error has given rise to the idea that the |
| machinations of the heavens, and the future is | | | | planets indicate or record what is happening inside us |
| glimpsed. In order for this to work, the cards must | | | | instead of directly influencing us. In the same way |
| have some symbolism or meanings that can relate to | | | | the symbolism of the Tarot seems to mirror what is |
| the greater forces at work in the Universe. The | | | | happening to us and is likely to happen to us. |
| Tarot is based on ancient wisdoms, namely | | | | Is what the cards say bound to come true? |
| Astrology, Numerology, the Kabala, the Soul's | | | | |