Tarot

[dukealien]

I bought my first Tarot deck about a month ago.  Not sure about the divinatory nature of the cards, but what little time I've spent "reading" the cards, I'd say they are frighteningly accurate about the present, if not the future.  I put them away after a week or so; but then I'm a coward.  I'm easily led by the nose by mysteries.

As to modernizing, I think cards for things like The Printed Word, The Party (e.g. political party), The Dictator (instead of the Emperor), The Actor, The Criminal, The Business Man (The Executive?), The Machine (or The Mechanic)(The Technician), The Physician, The Virus, The Revolution (instead of Wheel of Fortune) and I'll stop there.

If you can find a copy, I highly recommend thumbing through the Taschen Books publication, just called The Tarot, published in 2020.

Great topic, C.  Thanks for starting this discussion.  I haven't read all the responses yet, but I will be doing so.

I do a reading every New Year's Day, record the results, and see how they panned out the following New Year's.  Accuracy is over 51%, with the proviso that only events which seem to match come to mind when recollecting.  My significator:  Knight of Swords.