I’ve always thought of them as stupid and pointless to a degree. I’ve had people try to do tarot card readings and their predictions were way off lol on so many levels.
Eh, I think it's fun and sometimes can be a good introspection exercise, but that's about it. I collect Tarot decks, too, because I love the art on them.
Lame.
Lol I thought the same thing. Some tarot card reader once told me I was supposed to win a large sum of money.
@EmeraldJewel Lol.
@EmeraldJewel If someone did somehow win money, people who are silly enough to believe this nonesense would probably go back and give even more money to these charaltans. I know of several people who have these kinds of readings and are told that they will come in to money. I think these kind of things can be fun if not taken seriously, but when people start spending significant amounts of their money because of a genuine belief, then it becomes a case of taking unfair advantage of vulnerable people. Thats the way I see it anyway
All lies, just for the money at people's gullibility!
They just do cold readings on the people who come to them, tell them what they want to hear. Another fraudulent way to make money.
I was interested in Tarot reading as a means of divination when young but later I read a bit about the Thoth philosophy which posits that a good reading of the cards can result in greater self understanding. Actually just talking with someone about a Tarot reading probably can shed some light on individual personality and motivations similar to talk therapy.
I have my own tarot cards - stopped doing readings years ago. Did it for fun.
Lol...no .... i don't believe in the supernatural or spirits or ghosts or graves or dead people or the afterlife. I do believe in free enterprise and making money. Cons are all over. Preachers are the biggest ones.
The Australian Skeptics have $100 000 for anybody that can prove that they can tell the future with taro cards.
Flip a coin. The moment the coin is in the air, you will have your answer, you will know what you want. Tarot readings, palm readings, tea leaves and all the other bunk can be useful because it is exposure to someone who is attempting to intuit you. It can provide an opportunity to look at things from a different perspective. As an software engineer/software mechanic, I believe fresh eyes are often useful in debugging, even if they are uneducated and barely "intelligent" in the field.
It's a fun "parlor game"
Nothing more than that.