(opinion article)

“Tarot is just stories on cards.”
– Erin Morgenstern.

Today I want to speak with you about tarot cards. You probably heard about them or saw them in the movies. That`s an iconic image of a witch sitting in a dark room with lots of candles, sinister cards and scary things around her…

That is a sort of stupidity. I am working with tarot and can surely say, that all those things are useless and, of course, no one can say when you will die. Tarots work on another way.

Let`s begin with some historical reference. The tarot (first known as ‘trionfi’ and later as ‘tarocchi’ or ‘tarock’) is a pack of playing cards, used from somewhere the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play games such as Italian tarocchini, French tarot and Austrian Königrufen, many of which are still played today. In the late 18th century, some tarot decks began to be used for divination via tarot card reading and cartomancy leading to custom decks developed for such occult purposes.

When you are reading tarot cards, first of all you must remember that the fate is like a tree. Now you are going on the main branch but one your decision can take you on another nearby branch and all your “future” will change. Tarot cards are telling the most reliable future. Roughly speaking they are telling what waits for you on the branch where you are now.

Also, tarot predictions are not inevitable. You and only you create your own fate. So, in this way, tarots are not prediction future, they only warn you.

Many people use tarot not to predict the future but to help themselves in some dramatic and deep questions. Need to say, that the more accurate the question, the more accurate the answer. So you always need to think before a question. And in most problems that really helps. Because like psychologists say, “If you can ask the right question, you already know the answer.” And tarot cards just help you to find an answer in your head with all their symbols.

So, don`t believe in movie witches. In the real life, tarot cards are much more than dark predictions of future. If you use them right, they will help you to understand your deeply hidden emotions and find answers to the important questions.