The Ancient Unsolved Mystery of the Tarot

For centuries, the Tarot deck has shrouded a mystery as to its true purpose: was it a game or a tool for divination?

What has become commonly believed is that it originally originated as a game with the classic 56 cards divided into four suits: coins, cups, wands, and swords, called the minor arcana. Later, 22 more cards, called the major arcana, were added, making the latter a tool used by fortune tellers to connect with an entity and find the answers to any question.

This process, however, generates a way of thinking that cannot be achieved with conventional thinking.

And when we try to understand more about the Tarot, where do we look?

We look at the cards. We keep looking at the cards. Ever deeper. The less we find, the deeper we look, connecting with each arcana.

We can hold them in our hands. We can touch them, smell them, talk to them, listen to them, hear what they have to say to us.

Since 1970, the world has been experiencing a trend toward creating new Tarot decks. Some are truly beautiful. Hundreds of them. But this hasn't improved our understanding of the essence behind what makes Tarot cards so magical.

The secret of the Tarot lies not only in the cards, but also in the ability to understand them, translate what they have to say, and use them.

Human nature is funny. We perceive our world through past experiences and what we've been taught to think.

Once we see something a certain way, it becomes difficult to see it another. And the longer we perceive something a certain way, the more it becomes embedded in our consciousness. Impressions become stuck in place. The grooves of perception dig ever deeper into our minds, making change more difficult.

We think reproductively. That is, we behave by reproducing the same behavioral patterns. All of this happens unconsciously and randomly.

This is human nature.

So we easily begin to reflect on some questions: The way we view the Tarot is a good example. Centuries of misunderstanding have confused people's minds, to the point where the Tarot has become like a mysterious, inexplicable deck of cards, capable of predicting the future. And whether we believe it or not, its identity has been clearly labeled.

How important is it to know why something works in order to use it correctly?

We're limited in our understanding of something. We find ourselves forced to follow rigid procedures that seem to get results, no matter how poor or vague those results are.

Since we can never move beyond what we've been taught, all we can really do is blindly follow what we believe, hoping for a different, better outcome.

Could things be done better? We can't address this question unless we understand the basic mechanics of the concept to begin with.

To truly understand something, you must first try to describe it. How do you describe Tarot?

It's a deck of cards that some people use with extreme skill. But do they actually have the ability to make accurate predictions? This can't be proven, even if the predictions made (sometimes) come true. Without an explanation of how it works, we can't confirm the results.

Was it because the cards "predicted" it? Or was it just a simple hunch from the fortune teller that turned out to be correct?

If it were an accurate prediction, as seen from the Tarot cards, we should be able to explain how it was made. For years, this question has remained unanswered. There has always been a divide between believers and doubters. Most professional tarot readers admit they don't know how they get the insight they receive. It just comes to them.

Tarot has remained a tool of divination for over two centuries. How could so many successful tarot readers, over such a long period of time, make accurate predictions with this system?

Why can't any of them explain how it works?

We can apply vague labels to the Tarot to help us justify its ability. Labels like psychic abilities—intuition, synchronicity, assistance from a Higher Self, or being born with a "gift." All these labels help us accept what we can't explain. And people will always be curious and drawn to the inexplicable.

We know that the Tarot contains many unanswered questions. Questions like its origins and its original use. But the biggest is: what gives these cards such a powerful insight?

We even selected all the images of the Tarot cards, analyzing all the possible symbolism found in the various decks. Symbolism that, it is doubted, the original artists themselves deliberately created with a specific purpose and objective.

The mystery of the Tarot gains further interest with stories detailing specific procedures for its use and handling. Some are very detailed and explicit: such as cutting Tarot cards with the left hand, as this is the hand closest to the heart, or wrapping the cards in black silk when not in use to protect them from external influences.

Even the layout of the papers is specified with extreme care and attention to detail.

But do these things really influence Tarot card readings? If so, why do they do so?

This question has never had a clear answer, not even from the most advanced mystics or occultists on the subject.

The reason for all this practice is simply that we don't have all the answers about these mysterious cards. So, from what we can tell, if you do these things exactly as instructed, the cards seem to work mysteriously. And we accept that.

Not having all the answers makes it difficult to adjust or change anything for fear of losing what little insight the cards seem to show us.

We try to improve what we can, which is leading to reinterpretations of the original Tarot cards, each to our own liking, giving them their own meaning and significance. We change the cards because we can see them. We can hold them in our hands. Therefore, it's easy to visualize the modified images as we please, trying to create a better Tarot deck than the previous ones.

The paradox is that the more we look at the cards rationally, the further we distance ourselves from the true secret of the Tarot cards. But now, it's widely accepted that the secret was never in the cards. The real secret lies in their application.

The app hasn't really changed much over time. Even the way we think about the app itself hasn't changed.

Some people still don't have a clear idea of ​​the true power of the Tarot. Some say it depends on the layout of the cards, others that it depends on the question.

It has been proven time and again that cards can be replaced with something else to provide advice and answers to our questions. But the true power of Tarot lies in the mystery surrounding its images and the history that has been passed down for hundreds of years.

If we keep looking at Tarot cards to find the answer to why this system works, we'll keep coming up short. It's almost as if the cards are purposely distracting us from the answer, giving us false clues, as if to say... "Keep looking at me and you'll never know my mystery."

As mentioned, the secret has never been in the cards, but in their application. With today's knowledge and resources, tarot reading can now be seen as an ingenious, centuries-old technique for finding answers and making accurate predictions. And this ingenious technique can now be explained.

What this new understanding will do is allow us to improve our methods of applying Tarot. Once we understand why something works, it allows us to advance by finding new ways and new applications. This will make us better readers, more than ever before.

An unfolded card mimics the way a brilliant mind naturally thinks. Examining a question by sections allows us to delve deeper into all the aspects related to the question asked.

The Tarot is and will remain the most mysterious and magical divination tool that has ever existed.