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Should I trust the Tarot
There are surely many different perspectives on what tarot truly is and how much we should take the card illustrations literally in to comsideration.
Perhaps it is our instinct or intuition that give us the answers, and tarot may simply serve as a guide.
The origin of tarot is unclear, and some may have different opinions about it. It is debated whether its true origin comes from ancient Egypt, which started with only the 22 Major Arcana, and whether it later became known in Western Europe. From there, the influences of different religions or beliefs and the aristocracy of that time may have altered its original provenance. What do you think? Do you believe that, once it arrived in the West, there was an effort to distance it from certain hidden esoteric knowledge?
“Some may see it as a simple game, while others genuinely connect with the deck and channel with its images, receiving guidance for their concerns.”
It could be said that it depends on the type of reading you do. Therapeutic or psychological readings tend to project our own subconscious. In other words, the cards show us what we do not consciously perceive but already have within us.
Example: “Should I distance myself from this person…?”
For divinatory questions, there can be different nuances: signals we wish to receive from some type of guide/ angel, or readings where we seek probabilities for the future, with answers coming from another source of information and forming part of what may be marked in our destiny.
In any case, what we can say without a doubt is that the illustrations are marvelous, no matter the country or continent they come from.
From Egypt, we have the classic Thoth Tarot, supposedly with channeled images, which combines many esoteric languages (sacred geometry, Kabbalistic messages, astrology, etc.) or the Egyptian Gods Oracle Cards.
The Marseille Tarot is a French classic, in which reversed cards are rarely read because the suits are presented very symmetrically, making it difficult to determine if they are upright or reversed. Visually, it is very pleasing and attractive, with illustrations by Alexandre Jodorowsky.
Finally, from a renowned Anglo-Saxon occultist, we have the famous Rider-Waite Tarot deck, created by Arthur Waite and influenced by the Golden Dawn Order
