A-ha...now there’s a thorny question! The truest answer is
that I don’t know. However, over the years that I have been a professional
Tarot reader, I have noticed certain things that might offer a clue.
Through our lives we make trends with the choices we make,
the attitudes we hold, the beliefs we adhere to....and these things shape
our future. Other people in our lives do the same thing...and sometimes
their thoughts, beliefs and expectations also touch us. Then there are the
broader influences to which we are all subject....societal shifts, spiritual
urges, astrological influences, the call of destiny.
If we see these trends as potentials in life - possible
pathways we might choose, possible opportunities coming our way - then maybe
we can get a better idea of how Tarot works.
I think that when we commit to a given set of cards -
whether by shuffling, or by selecting a series - what we do is to make a
kind of ‘psychic photograph’ of the trends which surround us at that moment.
It’s this photo which the cards reflect back at the reader.
If all trends remain unchanged, then events will unfold as
detailed in the photo. If, however, we change direction (perhaps as a result
of having a reading done) then we shift the trends. Often in a reading,
there will be a pivotal point where, if the querent takes one course of
action a particular set of circumstances will occur; if they take another,
different course, then events will change accordingly.
For me, this is one of the most valid reasons for having a
reading - to get an overview on the possibilities and probabilities in my
life, and to select the appropriate course of action.
If this theory is right, then there’s one very cheering
thing that emerges....the future is not set in stone. We are not the victims
of fate, but masters of our own future. We create tomorrow with every single
breath we take!! I like that idea!
Loadsalove
Jan
