Automated Tarot Readings
Recently someone asked me, “Just how accurate are automated Tarot readings?” Of course, the answer to that question was more complicated than the person asking the question anticipated.
Maybe you’ve seen one or two of those websites or used such software. You type in your question and the website (or software) will lay out several cards and give you the interpretations for them. But how can a computer do something that requires intuition? The short answer is that it can’t, but a more in-depth answer is that there is value to those automated readings.
So what is that value? First, these automated readings give you a chance to use a Tarot deck that you may not own. It’s like taking a test drive before you buy a car. Next, the computer is a very efficient card shuffler. And if the Universe can direct the random selection of the cards when we shuffle them, I don’t see why It can’t do the same thing when a machine does the shuffling. Finally, a computer can suggest meanings for the cards. Now, I stress the word “suggest,” because here’s where the intuition part comes in. Ultimately, the interpretations come from you, the human in the equation. But sometimes our intuition may need a little jumpstart, if you will, and the suggested meanings from the automated facility can do that much. I would be quick to point out, however, that we should not rely on these suggested meanings.
So the long answer to this question is that automated Tarot readings can shuffle the cards of a deck – one that you may be interested in but don’t own – and lay them out for you to read. It will give you suggested meanings for the cards, but the intuitive “work” of doing the reading is still up to you.
With that said, I would be interested to hear what other people think about automated reading websites and software.
Also, I now provide a few links to automated reading sites. (See my links list on the right hand side of this page.) One in particular, Automated Readings — “MyDivination”, features my Tarot of the Masters deck as one of its featured decks. If you want to try one and let me know how it works out for you, I would be interested to hear your experiences. Also, if anyone knows of other good free automated reading sites, let me know and I’ll include those links here.