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Posted August 27th, 2010 at 2:59AM
Tarot cards have always been a wonderful receptor and mental working tool for me, and I still don't believe they hold any more power than a normal deck of cards.
It's of my opinion that quantum physics plays a huge role in the layouts of cards you get, and the system in which the cards are presented. Why? When we look at tarot from a scientific viewpoint, it makes more sense than if not! Read on.
Let's first assume you know something about the way quantum works. If you don't, just assume I know what I'm talking about. In short, the universe is much like an open book made of energy. We, also made of energy, process information in the same way a rock or tree does. This "universal energy" connection, or whatever you may call it, is constantly exchanged data with itself. It's much like your skin, always connected but experiencing certain events in certain places (touch, pain and pleasure.) Yet in the end it can communicate with surrounding cells on an infinite scale across the entire organ.
Using this outlook, we must further assume that our brains are very large receptors/beacons for energy to pass through. They're electrical, so they pull this in naturally! Furthermore, we're able to comprehend and process this information on a subconscious level, recycling information about energy as it passes in and out of our "scanners".
Now, moving back to tarot. With this information we can assume that our mind already knows the positions, names and locations of all the cards in a tarot deck. Your mind also knows that when you sit down for a reading, whether being given one or giving yourself one, you are "asking" for information about a certain thing. So the object of focus (tarot) becomes an instant symbolic resource.
The mind is incredibly creative on a natural level; walk into any bathroom with a marble floor and try NOT to see the sensible pictures and shapes that come out of it. The mind makes normally confusing things seem sensible and real, and if we're focused enough on something it will do it's best to find solutions as well.
So we've come this far: The subconscious knows what it wants (the answer to a problem or question) through the conscious will of it. It subconsciously attempts to collect data from the single most reliable source, or empty canvas (creativity... tarot card). What happens after that?
Well several things. The tarot reader is often a link to the cards, so how come it works when they do it, rather than ONLY when the querent does? The answer once again lies within the way energy information is processed. We must assume that if our minds connect to the rawest form of information about all objects, they must connect even MORE with other brains. To put it crudely, it'sas if an FM radio can pick up AM stations (objects), but when you turn it to FM (other minds) it comes in a hell of a lot clearer.
This increase in energy sharing means that even the most basic conscious information is accessed easily by the subconscious, and even the direct conscious in forms such as decisions or choices. It's not very perceivable, but definitely exists.
So the tarot reader is connected in a triangulation with the querent, both focusing on their medium (cards). The funny thing about quantum mechanics is that when you aren't looking, strange things happen. Notice how most readers that close their eyes get better results? For some unknown reason that even scientists can't explain, quantum particles seem to have minds of their own when NOT being observed. They change the fabric of material itself, even in isolated lab experiments. Scientifically speaking, it's highly probable that the simple act of blinking may give quantum particles the chance they need to, literally, change the face of a card to the desired one.
So then, what happens when the readings start to completely flop? When the card is actually wrong about a situation? It's either a misinterpritation, or simply a glitch. Information has been mis-processed somewhere in the deciphering center, and come out false or opposite. The majority of readings will work, the rest fail, it's that simple. Tarot may be pretty damn close to exact, but there's no such thing as a perfect mind.
When you put all of this together and then look at a reading, it suddenly becomes very intriguing. This however, is nothing more than a theory. Keep that in mind.
What isn't a theory is how the cards work once you reveal them. When a card is turned over, the querent will instantly begin making connections from that card to their life, even if they don't realize it. As I mentioned before, the human mind wants reality to be explained, and an open canvas with no reality is the perfect place. A tarot card is CONFUSING.... so the mind makes sense of it through association.
Through this association, the mind unlocks subconscious levels of understanding. "Why did I really miss that date?", "I bought that car not for the price, but for the colors.", "My marriage hasn't been working out, but I wanted to believe it was" and so on. Answers are given because the querent is open to suggestions, they ARE the ones asking after all. Even if they're unwilling to accept the answers, the very act of asking for the tarot reading was an invitation for solutions.
When the reader gives his or her explanation of the cards, it acts as further openings for decoding the puzzle. From this point, the querent begins listening to the voice rather than looking at the cards (or maybe both), but the effect is exactly the same: find reality in something confusing. As you can imagine, it's important that the reader leaves enough open ends for the querent to decode the information.
On the other side of the coin, if the querent is an unwilling participant (a forced reading, or a reading for the person without their consent), the effects could be the same or completely different. If you do a reading on an unwilling person, you'll normally only get outside perspectives, especially if it's about a problem. This is because the person isn't willing to share this information, and the unwillingness itself is a piece of information, a command even. You'll only see what others can see, and that gets foggy. Are there ways around it? I'm not sure, I've seen it work before, but in my experience there's 60% fail rate.
The subject of long-distance readings (such as on the Internet) has always been up for debate. When it's a computer generated program, the results can actually be quite clear, since in the end it too is made of energy and subject to editing. But this is something I haven't delved into, so I can't say. I do know that long distance readings, when done by a live human being, are just as accurate as present readings. Energy doesn't weaken with distance, it's a constant and remains the same. Different forms of energy travel faster or slower than some, but quantum particles can even be in multiple places at once. Literally a modern day teleporter for information. That's fast AND acurrate.
For some reason, the downside to this is that if a person doesn't want a reading, the effect it has on an unwilling reading it more drastic. I'm not quite sure as to why this happens, but my best guess is that distance = more information in between = too much data to sift through in the short time you do a reading.
On a final note, I've had quite a few questions about tarot cards predicting the future. Simply put, it does and it doesn't. Tarot predicts the most probable outcome, since that's all we're able to predict. As humans, we collect experience and store it energetically through memory, and part of this experience includes subtle patterns that show up in life. These patterns become more and more predictable the longer they occur. For example, it's consciously easy to predict the weather, or a rise and fall in the economy. These are patterns everyone recognizes. Subconsciously, life has a much bigger pattern wave, but it's not noticeable because of variables. Luckily we have tarot to help decode those to some extent. General rule: Tarot's future predictions aren't set in stone. They are, in fact, easily changed.
So meshing this all together, we have a thought-provoking theory that has hopefully enlightened some of you, or made you brain dead. Is tarot explainable by science, or does it chalk up to mysticism and magic? Maybe both? That's up for you to decide, but thank you for listening to my opinion on the matter. Let me know if you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them. This is Dreaming Wolf, signing out.
It's of my opinion that quantum physics plays a huge role in the layouts of cards you get, and the system in which the cards are presented. Why? When we look at tarot from a scientific viewpoint, it makes more sense than if not! Read on.
Let's first assume you know something about the way quantum works. If you don't, just assume I know what I'm talking about. In short, the universe is much like an open book made of energy. We, also made of energy, process information in the same way a rock or tree does. This "universal energy" connection, or whatever you may call it, is constantly exchanged data with itself. It's much like your skin, always connected but experiencing certain events in certain places (touch, pain and pleasure.) Yet in the end it can communicate with surrounding cells on an infinite scale across the entire organ.
Using this outlook, we must further assume that our brains are very large receptors/beacons for energy to pass through. They're electrical, so they pull this in naturally! Furthermore, we're able to comprehend and process this information on a subconscious level, recycling information about energy as it passes in and out of our "scanners".
Now, moving back to tarot. With this information we can assume that our mind already knows the positions, names and locations of all the cards in a tarot deck. Your mind also knows that when you sit down for a reading, whether being given one or giving yourself one, you are "asking" for information about a certain thing. So the ob
The mind is incredibly creative on a natural level; walk into any bathroom with a marble floor and try NOT to see the sensible pictures and shapes that come out of it. The mind makes normally confusing things seem sensible and real, and if we're focused enough on something it will do it's best to find solutions as well.
So we've come this far: The subconscious knows what it wants (the answer to a problem or question) through the conscious will of it. It subconsciously attempts to collect data from the single most reliable source, or empty canvas (creativity... tarot card). What happens after that?
Well several things. The tarot reader is often a link to the cards, so how come it works when they do it, rather than ONLY when the querent does? The answer once again lies within the way energy information is processed. We must assume that if our minds connect to the rawest form of information about all ob
This increase in energy sharing means that even the most basic conscious information is accessed easily by the subconscious, and even the direct conscious in forms such as decisions or choices. It's not very perceivable, but definitely exists.
So the tarot reader is connected in a triangulation with the querent, both focusing on their medium (cards). The funny thing about quantum mechanics is that when you aren't looking, strange things happen. Notice how most readers that close their eyes get better results? For some unknown reason that even scientists can't explain, quantum particles seem to have minds of their own when NOT being observed. They change the fabric of material itself, even in isolated lab experiments. Scientifically speaking, it's highly probable that the simple act of bl
So then, what happens when the readings start to completely flop? When the card is actually wrong about a situation? It's either a misinterpritation, or simply a glitch. Information has been mis-processed somewhere in the deciphering center, and come out false or opposite. The majority of readings will work, the rest fail, it's that simple. Tarot may be pretty damn close to exact, but there's no such thing as a perfect mind.
When you put all of this together and then look at a reading, it suddenly becomes very intriguing. This however, is nothing more than a theory. Keep that in mind.
What isn't a theory is how the cards work once you reveal them. When a card is turned over, the querent will instantly begin making connections from that card to their life, even if they don't realize it. As I mentioned before, the human mind wants reality to be explained, and an open canvas with no reality is the perfect place. A tarot card is CONFUSING.... so the mind makes sense of it through association.
Through this association, the mind unlocks subconscious levels of understanding. "Why did I really miss that date?", "I bought that car not for the price, but for the colors.", "My marriage hasn't been working out, but I wanted to believe it was" and so on. Answers are given because the querent is open to suggestions, they ARE the ones asking after all. Even if they're unwilling to accept the answers, the very act of asking for the tarot reading was an invitation for solutions.
When the reader gives his or her explanation of the cards, it acts as further openings for decoding the puzzle. From this point, the querent begins listening to the voice rather than looking at the cards (or maybe both), but the effect is exactly the same: find reality in something confusing. As you can imagine, it's important that the reader leaves enough open ends for the querent to decode the information.
On the other side of the coin, if the querent is an unwilling participant (a forced reading, or a reading for the person without their consent), the effects could be the same or completely different. If you do a reading on an unwilling person, you'll normally only get outside perspectives, especially if it's about a problem. This is because the person isn't willing to share this information, and the unwillingness itself is a piece of information, a command even. You'll only see what others can see, and that gets foggy. Are there ways around it? I'm not sure, I've seen it work before, but in my experience there's 60% fail rate.
The subject of long-distance readings (such as on the Internet) has always been up for debate. When it's a computer generated program, the results can actually be quite clear, since in the end it too is made of energy and subject to editing. But this is something I haven't delved into, so I can't say. I do know that long distance readings, when done by a live human being, are just as accurate as present readings. Energy doesn't weaken with distance, it's a constant and remains the same. Different forms of energy travel faster or slower than some, but quantum particles can even be in multiple places at once. Literally a modern day teleporter for information. That's fast AND acurrate.
For some reason, the downside to this is that if a person doesn't want a reading, the effect it has on an unwilling reading it more drastic. I'm not quite sure as to why this happens, but my best guess is that distance = more information in between = too much data to sift through in the short time you do a reading.
On a final note, I've had quite a few questions about tarot cards predicting the future. Simply put, it does and it doesn't. Tarot predicts the most probable outcome, since that's all we're able to predict. As humans, we collect experience and store it energetically through memory, and part of this experience includes subtle patterns that show up in life. These patterns become more and more predictable the longer they occur. For example, it's consciously easy to predict the weather, or a rise and fall in the economy. These are patterns everyone recognizes. Subconsciously, life has a much bigger pattern wave, but it's not noticeable because of variables. Luckily we have tarot to help decode those to some extent. General rule: Tarot's future predictions aren't set in stone. They are, in fact, easily changed.
So meshing this all together, we have a thought-provoking theory that has hopefully enlightened some of you, or made you brain dead. Is tarot explainable by science, or does it chalk up to mysticism and magic? Maybe both? That's up for you to decide, but thank you for listening to my opinion on the matter. Let me know if you have any questions or comments, I'd love to hear them. This is Dreaming Wolf, signing out.
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