Can the cards predict the future?
No, not exactly. The cards shed light on the underlying patterns and themes of your life story, and while that may make an obvious statement about where you’re headed, or what the consequences of certain decisions might be, the cards will not “tell your fortune”. There are many irresponsible fortune-tellers out there who use the cards as an extension of their supposed psychic powers, who seem incredibly comfortable making outlandish or catastrophic predictions based on the cards you draw. Even if someone happened to be truly psychic, this practice would really have nothing to do with the Tarot at all—the cards would be merely a prop. Your future may change because of what you learn from the cards, but that is a result of your search for self-awareness: natural, not supernatural. It is possible, however, for a reader to tell you things about yourself that you aren’t ready to hear. A good reader must be sensitive to this and choose their words carefully; to quote Ann Lamott, “You don’t a
