Most people these days, in a world of technology and scientific study, seem to take the old fashion tarot practitioners not too seriously. Most people are logical and unusually sceptical when it comes to tarot, and they might second guess the idea that it is possible to tell someone's fortune by the laying or spreading of cards from a deck.
Tarot has been widely accepted in many metaphysical and occult societies for a very long time. They arrived long ago and are dated back to somewhere around the fifteenth century, but they were not widely recognized and accepted in divination until the 17th or 18th century according to Wikipedia. Tarot cards have changed over time, by interpretation, symbolism and definition. Tarot is constantly evolving, changing and adapting to the spirituality of the individuals still involved in reading with tarot. Tarot cards used to be part of a game like a deck of cards. It is unclear to this day how the cards branched out into a business of looking into past lives and fortune telling.
According to Schuelers Online readings, Carl Jung considered tarot as an alternative to psychotherapy. His perception was that the imagery and randomization of each card and expression related to each card and the concepts portrayed in them were merely a reflection of the subconscious mind in each individual who decided to explore and interpolate tarot.
Over the years and many numerous readings, we can begin to find ourselves melded by our findings and readings as they affect our subconscious mind in many different ways and tend to lead us in different directions and open us up to numerous thought philosophies that eventually change and evolve into something much grander, than we once were. Tarot offers an alternative language system through which we can access in our unconscious. Therefore, we do not just randomly pick cards, but we take what we get with what is presented before us and interpret the meanings around the events in our lives to help guide us through them with a sense of guidance.
The act of tarot reading is a very powerful thing. Its power originates from symbolism and meaning created by individuals who dared to dream and see beyond the physical realm. For them, these power principles lie on the fringes of human experience that we need and use to survive.
Tarot History, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarot, Wikipedia
Carl Jung & Tarot, http://www.schuelers.com/chaos/chaos7.htm, Schuelers Online
Source, http://www.associatedcontent.com
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