| What is the difference between prophecy and | | | | situation, and information concerning that subject is |
| divination? In simple terms, a prophet relies on mystical | | | | sought. The Tarot has been a popular divination tool |
| powers to make themselves and their intentions | | | | for hundreds of years. The reader analyzes each |
| known, while a medium uses tools and age-old | | | | card's meaning, and applies that meaning to the needs |
| traditions. In defining exactly what is the difference | | | | of the querent. To do this, the reader must not only |
| between prophecy and divination, we must also keep | | | | know the meanings of the cards, but must align |
| two things in mind. Both acts are of divine, or mystical, | | | | themselves with powerful energy sources that fill the |
| origin, and both are attempts to foresee events which | | | | universe, as well. In essence, a Tarot reading is more |
| are unknowable by any conventional means. | | | | of an attunement to psychic forces, and interpreting |
| What is the difference between prophecy and | | | | the physical evidence returned by those forces. |
| divination in relation to religion? We can look to religious | | | | What is the difference between prophecy and |
| writings, for examples of prophets, but must take note | | | | divination is generally broken down into two groups. |
| that many religions take an ill view of any other claims | | | | Those who use tools to gain information from mystical |
| of contact by cosmic forces. Prophets commonly | | | | sources, and those who allow a godly source to visit |
| went into the desert, or climbed a high mountain. This is | | | | them and make random information available. A |
| such common description that we have popular | | | | prophet has little hope of helping the querent resolve |
| stereotypes of wise men who live on mountain peaks | | | | problems in a relationship, because he or she is not |
| and offer guidance. Aside from this seclusion, a | | | | attuned to the situation or the querent in any way. A |
| prophet may go without food or water. They may or | | | | reader uses cards, stones, or other artifacts and |
| may not pray, depending on how closely they are in | | | | facilitates information passing between the divination |
| touch with God. | | | | tools and the subject of the reading. What is the |
| What is the difference between prophecy and | | | | difference between prophecy and divination can be |
| divination using the Tarot? For a reader, medium, or | | | | defined as the difference between using tools to |
| seer, a session usually begins with a precise conflict or | | | | complete a job, and doing the job bare-handed. |