| It is said we all have psychic abilities but we just don't | | | | cards which is the other section consists of 56 cards |
| use them. Scientist say we only use 20% of our brain | | | | which can be divided into 4 suits being wands, swards, |
| and they are unsure of what the other 80% is used | | | | hearts and batons with 14 cards in each. This could be |
| for. In this day and age is amazing that with all our | | | | likened to a regular set of playing cards. |
| technology that we don't know what most of your | | | | With my experience and I have had my tarot read and |
| brain does. Now when you talk to a scientist about | | | | read tarot myself for many years and always seem |
| psychic abilities most class it as just mumbo jumbo. | | | | to be surprisingly very accurate. I used the |
| This is because unless they have physical proof they | | | | interpretations from the book I have although some |
| don't like to make a judgment on it. I am sure in time as | | | | more experienced readers will know the meanings of |
| more tests are carried out we will have more proof of | | | | each by memory. For years I have kept a diary of the |
| what that part of the brain does and some proof | | | | readings I have had and as the weeks pass I tick each |
| behind psychic ability. | | | | section as they all come true. Tarot cards are very |
| It is quite possible we have other senses like psychic | | | | easy to use, all you do is tell your sitter to calm his/her |
| abilities which when used correctly can help and guide | | | | mind and shuffle the cards. Once they are happy they |
| us. I for one believe in this ability due to my own | | | | are all shuffled the cards are then passed back to the |
| experiences. Plus I am open to believe. I don't think we | | | | reader. Now when I read the cards before I take the |
| know the half of how the human brain and psyche | | | | cards back I ask the sitter to cut the cards with their |
| works. When we were all cavemen and women and | | | | left hand and pass me one half. With these cards I |
| didn't actually speak a language we all used our intuition | | | | then (for a basic 5 card reading) just lay the cards out |
| to guide us from danger and to find food etc. As we | | | | in a row of 5. This is ok for a small quick reading but |
| have evolved we have relied less and less on our | | | | you can lay 9 cards or lay them in different positions |
| intuition. | | | | like a cross. You then read the cards from left to right. |
| If you're looking for ways to look into the future the | | | | You can also get yes or no answers but shuffling the |
| psyche is where to start. There are many different | | | | cards and spreading them out as a fan and asking the |
| ways to use psychic ability and here I am going to talk | | | | enquirer to the think about the question in mind and |
| just about one, the Tarot as I have personally have | | | | choose 3. You then read each card and if 2 or more |
| experience with. | | | | are positive I would give a yes answer, if 2 or more |
| Generally the typical tarot card deck has 78 cards | | | | cards are not positive then the answer is a no. The |
| which are broken up into 2 sections, one are the major | | | | beauty of tarot is that you can read cards for yourself |
| arcana and the other the minor arcana. The actual | | | | and if you're planning on learning to read tarot this is |
| meaning of the word arcana means 'requiring secret | | | | the best way to go about it. If you have read this and |
| knowledge to be understood; mysterious; esoteric'. The | | | | think this is a load of rubbish, I would say don't knock it |
| major arcana which are sometimes called the trump | | | | until you have tried it. I used to be very skeptical but |
| cards consist of 21 symbolic pictured cards numbered | | | | after years of looking into tarot and the whole psychic |
| from 1 to 22. Pictures/symbols range from the images | | | | subject I find it very hard to dismiss, I just have too |
| of wheel a star, moon, a magician, lovers etc. You | | | | much proof in my mind that it doesn't work. I often ask |
| may have seen the death card which normally | | | | sceptic people "how do you know wind exists?" You |
| consists of a picture of a skeleton. This image is quite | | | | can't actually see it, but you can feel it, and you can |
| frightening to most that are not educated in the Tarot | | | | see what affect it has on matter around it. This could |
| think it means death, but it is nothing to be frightened | | | | be said of psychic ability. Again don't knock anything |
| off as it actually means 'death of an old way of life, | | | | new until you have tired and experienced it for |
| beginning of new' so it could mean the birth of a child, | | | | yourself. |
| or someone giving up smoking! The minor arcana | | | | |