zodiacs and Tarot

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Sister Mary Lunatic" <klaatu at p...> 
wrote:
> I also have a spiffy computer program that does
> Tarot readings for fun (Tarot Magic - http://www.tarot.com ). 
> When I run one of these off for a friend,

I would never trust a Tarot reading by a computer. Surely the only 
way Tarot can work is if the unconscious mind of the person laying 
down the cards secretly makes the hands do card-sharp tricks to put 
the right card in the right place.

I like horoscopes by computer: astrology is a science.

My friend asked the I Ching, back in the 1960s, whether it made a 
different whether she used 50 yarrow stalks or 3 coins (if it were 
random, the odds are different in the two methods) and it replied 
Ting, the Cauldron: pay attention to the contents not the container. 
Then her husband put the I Ching on the computer in the 1970s and 
asked it whether it minded being on a computer, and it repied: Ting, 
the Cauldron. My friend said the I Ching has a very stable self-image.

> I always include my personal Tarot philosophy, which is that the 
> cards are not predicting the future, 
> but triggering a response in your own mind that helps you to judge 
> the situation, true or false against the stated meaning of the 
> cards.

I was taught that the Tarot shows the forces and influences 
affecting the situation, and the 'outcome' card merely indicates what 
would happen if no one did anything to change the current trends.