Tarot is a time-honored tradition of interpreting a pattern of cards randomly drawn from the decks to gain insight and achieve greater control over issues involving relationships, opportunities, and life changes. Tarot is over 500 years old, with roots that go back to Pagan antiquity, making it a Western repository of ancient wisdom. The history of Tarot symbols is a study in the Western Mystery Tradition. Legend would have it that Tarot came out of China, India or Egypt. However, modern tarot scholars date Tarot back to 14th Century Italy and France.

A tarot deck consists of 78 illustrated cards that you lay out in a pattern, or, 'spread.' Each card is symbolic of an energy or spiritual truth, its relevance colored by its position in the spread. While focusing on the topic at hand, the questioner selects the cards, either manually or electronically. The cards selected reflect aspects of the situation in a way that invariably stimulates insight and creativity.

Each tarot card is a model -- symbolic of an energy or spiritual truth. It's relevance is determined by its position in the spread. While focusing on a single topic, the questioner selects the cards. The cards selected reflect aspects of the individual's.

Tarot is excellent for receiving clarity on problems or issues that logic can't handle. Relationships, negotiations, work dynamics, office politics, family matters, spiritual well being, forks in the road, what-if scenarios ... Tarot gets asked every question under the sun!

Having your question spelled out in words may help you interpret more easily. However, don't panic if you do not know how to phrase the question into words. If you can feel it and imagine it in any way while shuffling and picking your cards, the cards will be apt and well worth studying. Because it is structured to report on "energies" active in the current situation, whether you have a question in words or not does not substantially affect the fall of the cards.

Tarot is not designed to handle certain kinds of questions. Questions asking for data or a yes/no answer are not suitable for a Tarot reading. Ask for understanding and advice about some situation or issue.

-Haslinah
2001