Hi
I ive practiced using th tarot for quite a few years now and I was wondering if anyone shared my theory on how the tarot actually works.

Im not sure If I belive in it the way most folks do.   But my interpreatation of what the average persons theory on this subject could be biased as, I do not have many friends who share my intrest in this type of science. so iis very possible I have the wrong interpretation of what most peoples theory on the tarot is.  

I believe in self fufilling prohpecies and I also believe that there is three parts to the mind, the supraconcious, subconcious, and concious mind. I believe the tarot cards were once an ancient psychology tool or a self awarenss device for self improvement. I believe  by looking at the images you are forcing yourself to either see the three portals of  your  own mind or recive and interpret energy fields from the querents mind. While looking at the intricate pattterns and pictures on the tarot cards the mind is forced to engage in concious meditation and become aware of situations and events occuring in the querents life. Like a person taking off a blind fold, the images force the subconcious to reveal desires, conflicts, inner passions, pain, emotions, positive and negative enrgies that are  either currently residing in our present,  past or i a place desired for our furture. This  information is always stored within  oneself. The information becomes buried and therfore sometimes a tool is neded to allow the seeker to acess it.  A person is not always aware of his wants , deires , or feelings because they were locked in the subconcious. The cards force you to think heavily about the matter in question and seek information iinternallly.  what the images mean to you allows you to discover the answrs to the questions you are seeking. It points you down a path that your sub councious wasnt able to reveal to you. It unlocks the subconcious mind. Its like the tarot opened a bridge between the subconcious mind and the supra-concious mind. Once the bridge is formed the supra concious mind becomes aware of the needs of the subconcious and suppplies the answers of how to achieve and fufil these desirses and will give clues, warnings, opnions  and options  about ones personal enviormnemnt, internal conflicts, how he sees him self and others and his true emotions and reactions to events that occur in life. This information allows the seeekr to look objectively on their past,  current position in life and  also how to achieve its future needs. The supra concious mind derives its information thru your higher power, however one wants to interpret  what his higher power is is fine. wheter it be your own mental power, a god, or psychic vibrabration. The idea is the answers to our concerns are then transmitted to the concious thus giving us the answers we seek. . Im not very good a describing what Im trying to say so I hope im explainign myself ok. Now  I suppose thats what divinitation might truely means. I suppose the concept im trying to point to is im skeptic about iis the future predicting concept. I dont think they just predict the futre like a weatherman predicts the weather.  Or a thermometer gives you the temperature. It gives directions and if you follow the advice and head the warnings by listening to your own self. Your own true internal valid answers you become a self fufilling proheciy and thus then yes you could say it did predict the future. But did it? I think it just allowed the user to see what was already there. A tool that was nesscesary to unlock the doors of ones mind and recieve its own internal messsages.

Wow that got a little long winded. Any opinions welcome. Id like to hear anyone elses rheories on how they actually work besides just being as i heard one lady in the store one day calling them "magical cards that allowed you to see your future thru the power of demonic forces, htat lead you into a trap of self destrution"  or something like that.
sorry to ramble
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personally & technically i am non-believer... however all this cant be such a big con game.... that half the world has heard or believes in.

i also see you point when you say... "ancient psychology tool or a self awarenss device" which is quite a twist to way tarot is usually preceived. but what would cause it to take such turns that it would be then conected to mystism and all?

I dont know... just my 2 cents.

Regards
Abhishek

till we started this forum, i did know anything about tarot. Deborah was the first to introduce me to it. and it really got em thinking. i am still not sure how it works... but it works thats all i know:)

Its one way to percieve one way to insite .. maybe to some they are just cards ...pieces of paper to others they are instuments ...


If I tell you ..that you will se a yellow car..would u believe me? >>> well you might take a different way home and not see the yellow car..........things in life change.

Destiny ..do you believe yours is your destiny ..or for someone else to tel u how it goes?


I do not read for myself .. I find it ackward!  maybe my inability to face myself who knows.  I can tell you when I have the cards laid in front of me there is a type of energy that projects colors and wording to me.... I denied it for years... I refused to say I could feel this .. this site got me to sample back who I was etc.

Maybe I am taking you wrong but ... you seem to have a negativity towards this topic.. can I ask why?   someone read your cards for you once and you didnt like what they said? anyone can read them but takes feeling them to really know.

Hi Aeon,

I believe your theory is plausible. However, could it be that Tarot has more than one way of working? Afterall, it has more than one use. At least for me it does. I think Tarot is one of the best meditation tools. Often I find it is superior to a reading or throwing the cards for myself. I just choose a card based upon how I feel or a question/challenge I am struggling with & by meditating on one of the cards (usually one from the major arcana) my subconscious is activated & I receive the answer. It does take time when meditating. But I feel it is often more complete & firmly understood than if I did a reading. The messages typically unfold during dream time & then I experience an "out-picturing" (physical manifestation) of whatever it is I am seeking. So not only is this a very empowering mode of meditation for me - but it is incredibly exciting & fun to do!

My question is: Can you define "supraconsciousness" for me? I am not sure if I understand the term. I had thought that it was the same as "higher - power/self". But you used this term as being something different than "supraconsciousness" so I am not sure.

Thanks for the insightful thought provoking post.

Cheers,

Paulette