Do tarot cards work?

I have always wanted to learn tarot cards. I decided to buy some from Amazon.com along with two other books. What do I need to go with them? What about a journal? To write down my findings. Do I need to sleep with them on my heart? I heard of this. Please help.

Do tarot cards work?
Hello





All that you really need is patience, tarot are best approached as a long and pleasant journey. Find a friend who is interested, so that you can practice together.





Make sure that you buy cards that you like, it is hard to build a relationship with cards that have been chosen for you %26amp; you are not over struck on.





A journal is good, you can help to build your relationship with the tarot that way.





Don't sleep with them - it will not aid or affect your development in any way!





Pam


tarot teacher
Reply:A set of seventy-eight playing cards decorated with a variable set of fantastic and mystical diagrams, symbols, and illustrations. The earliest deck still in existence is dated circa 1432. Researcher Norman Schwarz has dated the Tarot to between 312 and 64 B.C., from various clues such as the inclusion of earlier astronomical constellations (such as the Lovers and the King).


The cards are grouped into the Major Arcana (twenty-two trump cards) and the Minor Arcana (fifty-six suit cards). The four suits consist of fourteen cards each, ace through ten, page, knight, queen, and king. These cards were first in use in the mid-1400s and have been used ever since by gullible persons to cast fortunes.





The modern deck of fifty-two cards used in gambling was derived from the Tarot deck, the suits being transmuted so that “swords” became spades, “cups” became hearts, “wands” became clubs, and “coins” (or “pentacles”) became diamonds. (In Spain, these suits were “palomas,” “rosas,” “conejos,” and “dineros”; in France, “piques,” “cœur,” “trèfles,” and “carreaux.”) These are the cards that were called the Minor Arcana. Originally, there were four “court” cards, but the knight (or cavalli) card was dropped in the modern deck, resulting in 4x13 cards, while the Tarot retained 4x14.


The Major Arcana of twenty-two cards are individual figures:








0 The Fool


I The Magician


II The High Priestess


III The Empress


IV The Emperor


V The Pope


VI The Lovers


VII The Chariot


VIII Justice


IX The Hermit


X The Wheel of Fortune


XI Strength


XII The Hanged Man


XIII Death


XIV Temperance


XV The Devil


XVI The House of God


XVII The Star


XVIII The Moon


XIX The Sun


XX Judgement


XXI The World





(In some versions of the Tarot, the Fool is given the number XXI and the World becomes XXII. There is no known difference in accuracy between the two systems as far as prophetic value is concerned.)





For use as a divinatory device, the Tarot deck is dealt out in various patterns and interpreted by a gifted “reader.” The fact that the deck is not dealt out into the same pattern fifteen minutes later is rationalized by the occultists by claiming that in that short span of time, a person's fortune can change, too. That would seem to call for rather frequent readings if the system is to be of any use whatsoever.





The form of deck most used today is the Golden Dawn, designed by A. E. Waite, a mystic, and drawn by artist Pamela Coleman Smith about 1900. The art of reading the cards has been referred to as the “ars notoria.”
Reply:i don't believe in tarot
Reply:repost this question in Society %26amp; Culture%26gt; Mythology %26amp; Folklore section. you would get more answers from those who are readily involved with tarot cards.
Reply:not all the time
Reply:They are used to affirm what you already know.


Their accuracy relies on a reading no more than once daily.