Do tarot cards work?

Tarot cards are commonly used as a tool for divination and as such, there is controversy about the results of this practice. It has not been presented, as yet, any scientific study that has proven that tarot in true works, in the other hand, there are many claims that it does.

As in any form of divination, care must be exercised, all practices that appeal to the spiritual and the intangible are predated by charlatans and fake sharing similar credential and space with the true practitioners.

There is not definitive proof that divination cannot be done and many cases cannot be fully explained with the present scientific laws. If you experiment with tarot or other forms of divination, you must be ready to make your own evaluation and to be able to differentiate between the false practitioners and teachers and the ones who truly try to practice it to the best of their knowledge and honesty.

As in many controversial issues, there are many views on Tarot, here are some:

One view

The tarot never lies. It is not something that can be manipulated. It can, however, be misunderstood.

Another view

The question "Do tarot cards work?" is akin to asking "What's the difference between an orange?" For what purpose is one using the cards? Are the cards being used to predict futures, to see into ones own subconcious, for card games, for role playing games, or to stimulate creativity?

Do storyboards work, comics, paintings, writing, reading, storytelling, or playing cards, do they entertain the mind?

Any thought process works in the mind for good or ill or both. Check with the medical profession for solid evidence.

As to Tarot cards, they work according to the intent of a reader in reading them and or the intent of the person to explore their thoughts or perhaps to simply enjoy a different form of entertainment.

Be cautious of the agenda of persons either way, those who believe in or those who denounce. Either way, they believe the Tarot works.

A third view

As you shuffle the cards, you implant your own particular vibrations at the moment. Whatever turns up will relate. Someone who is familiar with the symbols can talk of the significance. It is what you do with the information that is important. Of course for a more complete understanding, it helps to have use of the language you have learned from working with your dreams, the universal language of mind. We influence everything we touch or even think about. Thoughts are real. Remember to be cautious about predictions of the future because these can be changed through different thoughts and actions. We use cards sometimes only to clarify what is happening now or what we are in the process of setting up through our thought patterns.To be clear about your own thought patterns is the honesty that is the starting point.