In my talk at the Los Angeles Tarot Symposium (LATS) this past weekend, I asked participants to draw three cards that would predict something specific that would happen to them within the next week. They were to get suggestions regarding what this might be from other tarot readers at the symposium and write these down. Then I asked that they watch what actually happens and what most relates to these three cards over the next two or more weeks (timing is not one of tarot’s best features), and report back here in the comments section of this post.
I invite anyone else who wants to “play” to comment here. Please state:
- what three cards you drew,
- the specific prediction made for the following week,
- and then tell us how these three cards most relate to what actually happens.
Feel free to come back later and add anything else to the comments section that seems relevant down the road.
Thanks to Barbara Rapp-Geerling and The Crystal Cave in Costa Mesa CA for making this event possible.
Here’s a photo showing one of the moments missed if you didn’t attend this year’s LATS (please come next year). A great time was had by all with many talks on the theme of happiness. From the left: James Ricklef (see his self-published deck Tarot of the Masters), Thalassa, and Sandra Thomson (read an interview with her) click on their names to find out more about what they’ve contributed to tarot.
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October 1, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Maureen
Thank you for the photo. Sandra was signing my copy of her book.
I enjoyed your talk very much but I was wishing you had more time.
I forgot my homework assignment so I will get on it now.
I learned so much last Saturday. I need to review my notes…
February 9, 2010 at 4:25 pm
James Ricklef
Hi Mary,
Interesting picture — what a mangy looking cast of characters! 😀
Seriously, tho’, I’m wondering if you’ve gotten much (any?) feedback on this experiment? If so, I would love to see a followup post on the results.
Best,
James (Mangy) Ricklef
February 9, 2010 at 5:49 pm
mkg
James –
I’m afraid no one responded to this experiment. I did something similar on the aeclectic tarotforum and got many people to play. The difficulty is in getting people to ask questions with definite time limits and parameters such that there is no ambiguity in the responses. A few people got a “yes” for instance, concerning something that didn’t come to pass and then they would explain how the specific cards were really trying to tell them “no,” or that it was answering something else that they had really meant to ask. Personally, I can understand how the cards will sometimes do this, but it makes objective testing and evaluation really hard. Still, I think we should try to find some realistic ways to test our readings.
February 11, 2010 at 2:57 pm
James Ricklef
Just FYI, I pointed people in my LA Tarot club to this post, and may get some feedback. However, as I tend to see Tarot readings as a way to influence the future more than to predict it, I’m dubious of this test being able to prove such predictions. However, I’m certainly open to seeing that happen! Of course, objective testing in such a chaotic environment (the human experience) is inevitably difficult, at best. 😀