The Amazing Truth About The Tarot

______It's Cartomancy, I'm afraid.So the bottom line is; until about 1780 in France, and
A Tarot reading is Cartomancy. The art of diviningbased upon the Venetian or the Piedmontese tarot,
(or prospecting) one's 'fortune' or some othertarot was a game.
situation, by means of apparently random selection______I can't believe what I'm hearing
and array of cards in a pattern.I'll say it again - slower. Until just 230 years ago, the
Does it work? Some sceptics say absolutely not.tarot was played as a game, possibly by children, not
They claim it's completely fraudulent and cruelly preysthat differently to say our gin rummy. It was never
upon the innocents, the susceptible and the gullible.intended to be a divinatory method, an oracle. It is
Now you would have to be less than three years ofNOT a purpose-built tool!! Unquestionably!
age not to have heard of the Tarot. In which case itYou can argue all you want about the mountains of
is highly unlikely you could be reading this. (unlessvolumes of literature written on the subject,
you're a child prodigy, in which case you'd probablyhowever once compared the I-Ching, the Tarot's
already know the answer to this question) So Iorigins, genealogy and pedigree is in somewhat of a
would have to say most would be familiar with theshambles.
basics tenets of the Tarot. There is a shipload ofThe I-Ching is not a mere child of just 230, it is a
information out there and I won't bore you with thevenerable white sage of some 6,000 years, probably
details here.the first transcribed document in history, created
______So does it work, dude?wholly and soley for the purpose of functioning as an
You want your fortune told, right? You want yourORACLE. It is imbued with thousands, not merely a
future predicted, right? You want a little more controlcouple of hundred years of vibrational human
of your life, right? Seems everyone argues excitedlyconsciousness. It is truly an institutionalized timeless
as to exactly how the Tarot works, or if in fact itartefact. But wait, this article is about the wonder of
works at all.Tarot.
Does the system somehow stimulate latent intuitiveSo...
or psychic qualities in those so predisposed? Does the______Yes, you still create your own reality
questioning arouse invisible outside intelligences;There is another explanation however, that I ascribe
angels, guides, discarnate souls, who directly orto. It refers to the principle that we are all the
indirectly intervene to influence the proceedings in anmasters of our own fate. We create our lives for
unearthly way? Or is this a universe of 'no accidents'ourselves according to what we predominantly desire
where the purposeful process of querying creates aor believe. We are also egocentric, meaning the world
synchronous physical event beyond the chaosrevolves around each of us. (for each of us)
theory?So that when a card reader suggests to us a
Considered by some to be a gateway to thepossible situation depicted by the cards, our very
subconscious mind, the major arcane in particular, duepowerful association 'reflex' kicks in full force, scans
somewhat to prototypical patterns, has beenour life and makes every attempt to coordinate the
connected ideologically to the psychology of Carlbroad-brush card situation with our 'real-life' situation.
Jung's collective unconscious.Therefore we discover what appears to be a trail of
Sorry, but to fully comprehend the ultimate truth tooccurrences that seem to match. We, together with
the Tarot, we'll need to do a little backwardsthe certain authority we've given over to the reader,
time-travel.then trust the reading depicts an accurate portrayal
______Maestro, a little History, if you pleaseof our lifestyle.
The 4 suited playing card pack first appeared inWith our now current atmosphere of near-perfect
Europe in the 1370's, probably in Italy or Spain. Then,trust, the psychic will bring down his/her final
in Italy in the 1430's, a 5th suit of 21 illuminated cardsjudgment. In our newly conditioned self, we believe
called trionfi ('triumphs') plus an odd card called mattothis to be a reality;
('the fool') were added to this pack. No, 'the fool' was______Ladies and Gentlemen, I now give you a
NOT the precursor of the modern joker, which wasS.F.P.
created separately in the late 19th century, as aRemember what I said about us being the master of
euchre game card, of a jack with no suit.our fate? Well, what we now do is to take the
Like in modern Mardi Gras, the illustrations in thepowerful belief of the reading outcome and 'force' it
trionfi, most likely represented mascots in medievalto become a life reality. In other words, we actually
re-enactments of triumphal Roman processions. Thecreate the reality as prophesied by the cards.
reason for the trionfi was to function as a higher suit,Incredible, no? This is what is known as a-guess
becoming 'trumps' or a suit of 'triumphs. Played by 3what? A Self-Fulfilling Prophesy.
or 4, sometimes 5 players, these 'tarot games'So is this fraud? No, it's just another example of the
exhibited fluid alliances targeted toward the topamazing power of the mind.
player in each deal.