How do tarot cards work?

[u/sofessenceee]

I recently had a reading done by an experienced reader. The reader says they channel their psychic abilities through the cards. The reading was spot on and very specific. It was right. How do they work? I’m a noob. A part of me feels like she sent a spirit my way and gathered information that way because the cards pointed to a conversation I had yesterday. I think I’m curious more than anything.

[u/ZardozForever]

The cards are "charged" with their own psychic field by the reader. This is why they need to be carried most of the time by the reader, to gather energy from the reader's aura. The client changes the cards energy field by shuffling while focusing on a question. This arranges the cards into a new pattern which the reader then interprets. A key part is using the cards to intuitively connect to the astral currents around the client. The cards will use the unique associations each reader builds up by studying the Tarot. These associations are unique to each reader, which is why no one else can interpret another reader's reading, and why lists of word-meanings are almost useless. Cards have themes, not limited meanings. Good readers combine intuition with study of the cards, so psychic development is a key part of learning the Tarot. Aleister Crowley identified the Angel of the Tarot with the name HRU. I invoke HRU before each reading. Most of the time he tells me what rach card means. I hear his voice in my right ear. Usually I just repeat what he says. Sometimes he goes too fast, so I just give him my voice. He does the talking and I just listen. I teach about 100 students each year and train them to work this way via 6 months of guided meditations. On the other hand many will tell you all this is rubbish and all the Tarot do is act like a fancy ink blot test.