Just for fun, I thought it might be fun to see what people thought.

Do you believe that tarot can predict future events?

Are our futures set in stone or can we change our destiny and future?

Which layouts might be best...

I believe tarot gives insight into what is going on around you at the time past/present and future events which are already in progress they can advise as to how things are going in your life and enlighten you to things that effect you that you didn't know about but not tell the future  as this can change with the very smallest of things  throwing a reading in another direction  anything not directly related to the cards, that is picked up in a reading  would be psychic   and that could tell of a future event  

I am going for depend on the reader.

I feel that Tarot itself can't predict anything.....Tarot is a tool....that can be used for entertaiment or serious work.

In the hand of a "serious" Reader with great knowledge and good intuition prediction is absolute possible.....but not absoulute.

As said by Gem...all incident are control by our free will.....it's very difficult to predict on the personal plan.....the will of the community(or thing that don't depend on 1 will)are easier to predict...because it has slower change and one can read the opinion and the predict what way it might take.

I think they can based on the decisions you make. I learned that one the hard way. I did a tarot reading for myself and it told me that if I kept going down the same path I was going I would go through a difficult time. Well I didn't believe it, I was a beginner at the time and didn't think that my readings were accurate and didn't think I was doing anything wrong so I didn't listen. It was true, I am now going through a difficult time, I lost friends because of it, just because I wouldn't change what I was doing. I have no idea how to get out of the situation right now.

Yes, I agree the fact that Tarot really can predict the future.
That's why I had decided to start learning about Tarot.