Fortune telling consists of many methods such as predictions, horoscopes, palm
reading, face reading, use of crystal balls, numerology and many more. But are
you familiar with the thing called Tarot Cards? According to an article, tarot card reading is one of
the most popular methods of fortune telling.
How about the regular playing cards? I’m sure you’re very much
familiar with it. Do you know that it can also be a method for fortune telling?
There are times when I watch movies which show a fortune teller
with these Tarot cards. The cards also catch my attention because of weird
graphics in it and what does each of them signifies. I never had the chance to
see this deck of cards in personal. But in case of playing cards, I can even
have one of them anytime I want.
While browsing in the internet, I came across a popular topic
about fortune telling which is the use of Tarot Cards. It was a brief article
written by a tarot reader, the item consists of the different myths about the
history of tarot cards.
According to the article, Tarot cards weren’t
originally used for fortune telling, the original purpose of the cards was for
playing games of French people. This game is known as “tarock”. The images on tarot cards
gradually became more mystical and symbolic over time, it was then that Tarot
started to be widely adopted by mystics alike in the 18th and 19th century.
Because I have never tried to go on a fortune telling with the use
of tarot cards, I then didn’t believe that they really work. And my outlook
about this matter became strong when I read about this article. My assessment
about this is that people who reads tarot cards uses their own interpretation
about the figure in the card and connects it with what you want to know.
The article as well states that, it is not just about the pack of
cards but the gift that the tarot reader possesses, they must have extra
sensory abilities and unique powers to connect with the past, present and
future of the person having the reading.
In my own point of view, these tarot readers have extra sensory
abilities but not that special power to connect on one’s past, present and even
the future. I think they
have these extra sensory abilities because they are trying to detect what their
client what to happen and they attempt to know the things they need through
brainwashing. I believe that it is all about sensing and persuading but not
about power of connecting.
While surfing for any other sources, I read about this article
related to cartomancy. The article is about the basic
meanings of the regular playing cards. According to the article, the
method is as well related to Astrology. If the previous article told that the
original purpose of the Tarot cards was for games, it is the opposite for this
article. In the latter article, long before people used cards to play games,
they were used to foretell the future. In fact, playing cards were invented for
divination purposes.
Whatever things are
behind this method, I can find any reason to believe in it. For me, it is an
instant reflex to say that hearts represent love, diamonds represent wealth and
they can make any representation for other cards. The problem that will remain
is whether cards are made for games or for fortune telling.
Let me end my second
blog by the saying in the Matrix movie, “Life is matter of choice, we are the destiny makers of our own
life. Chance has already been taken when choice is made.” We cannot pass a day without making one. To stay living is a choice,
to do something is a choice, and to choose a card in that suite is a choice.
Every move we make is a choice, whether we realize it or not. Chance is just a
matter of opportunity and luck. And in our own hands lies our fate.
