Evidence, Belief and the Cards on the Table

It appears I have once again been invited to darken the digital doorway of Learning Tarot.

This may come as a surprise to those who assumed I had expired quietly beneath an avalanche of old decks, incense burners and badly photocopied occult manuscripts. I am pleased to report that I am not dead yet. Admittedly, I look rather more like Gandalf with each passing year, but so far I have resisted both the grave and the temptation to shout, “You shall not pass!” at delivery drivers.

Since I am still among the living, it seems an appropriate moment to discuss a question which haunts nearly every serious student of tarot:

What counts as evidence that tarot works?

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