Tarot Cards: A Scientific and Marvelous Approach to Thinking

First, let’s be clear: tarot reading is not fortune-telling. Unlike superstitious fortune-telling, tarot draws on psychology and uses the symbolic meanings of the cards to surface your inner thoughts and expectations about the future. At its core, it’s a form of self-interpretation. Tarot will not tell you your fate, help you sidestep disasters, or change your destiny.

So, what can tarot do? The answer begins with the subconscious mind. Scientific research shows that the human brain is the most complex and astonishing machine in existence. How do we think? How do we control our behavior, experience emotions, and form ideas? Even now, there’s no definitive answer—many consider the brain’s workings one of the great mysteries of the world.

Scientific data suggests that, at our current stage of development, humans have tapped into less than one one-hundred-thousandth of the brain’s potential. What extraordinary abilities may lie dormant remains unknown. What scientists do agree on is that the subconscious and intuition are brain-based processes—and they can have a predictive quality. The challenge is that today’s science still can’t fully explain how intuition arises or how the subconscious can independently work on our behalf.

This exploration isn’t new; long ago, people began probing the brain’s untapped potential. It’s widely said that most people operate with four-dimensional thinking (one-dimensional, two-dimensional or flat thinking, three-dimensional spatial thinking, and four-dimensional temporal thinking). Some scientists, artists, and spiritual figures can access five-dimensional thinking, while products of six-dimensional thinking are exceedingly rare and often regarded as miraculous. For example, the meanings embedded in the Chinese Taiji diagram and practices like Qigong are seen as creations of six-dimensional thinking—works whose full significance and functions still elude complete understanding.

Who creates these products of six-dimensional thinking, and how they emerge from the creator’s brain, remains unknown. What is certain is that, under specific conditions, a particular area of a person’s brain can develop the ability that leads to such creations. Likewise, individuals with extraordinary abilities (those with genuine gifts, not charlatans) may, under certain conditions, inadvertently activate a specific brain region and develop a unique capability. By comparison, the subconscious is easier to work with: by learning certain scientific yet engaging methods, anyone can attempt to interpret their subconscious, capture the insights offered by intuition, and clarify their true thoughts—thereby analyzing how situations may unfold.

The I Ching is one such method, and tarot is another. By studying tarot, you can learn to analyze how situations develop, calmly face your true thoughts, interpret the foresight hidden deep within yourself, and align with the natural flow of life—ultimately reaching the state of harmony between heaven and humanity described in Buddhist teachings and becoming a wiser person. Remember: your own heart already holds the answer; tarot simply brings it to light.

After all this, I just want to remind anyone interested in learning tarot that it isn’t fortune-telling. It simply reflects how, based on your current circumstances and your thoughts and actions, things are likely to develop. If you want a different outcome, you must take different actions. Whether you act on the insights tarot offers is entirely up to you. Tarot won’t change your destiny; you must shape it yourself.