| Unlike other forms of reading, the knowledge that | | | | This is why, since the first instances of |
| is gained from the observance of Tarot cards, | | | | fortune-tellers and shamans, it has been |
| palmistry or astrology is not something that relies | | | | something that people devote their life to. The |
| on the psychic ability of a person. Instead, it is a | | | | cliché of a village's wise woman or a |
| learnt skill that must be acquired through study. | | | | knowledgeable hermit living in the woods holds |
| That is not to say that anybody can become a | | | | true to a degree. A person must devote |
| gifted reader. Correctly interpreting the subtle | | | | themselves if they wish to fully understand, even |
| nuances of what the signs are saying is | | | | to the expulsion from their lives of all that could |
| something that can not be mastered in hours, | | | | distract them. |
| weeks, or even years; a lifetime of dedication and | | | | There are other methods of divining the future |
| devotion to the study are necessary to truly | | | | which are less practised, or less well-known, |
| understand a reading. Some people are not willing | | | | nowadays. Readings from tea leaves are often |
| to commit to this, or do not possess the mental | | | | thought of, similar to readings taken from the |
| acuity to understand what it is they are beholding | | | | entrails of an animal. Whether these are based on |
| in its fullness. | | | | a learnt skill, or whether the object gives the |
| It is easier to gain experience in some skills than it | | | | reader something to focus on whilst their third |
| is for others, and experience, as with any skill, is | | | | eye roams, is still a subject of debate. Because of |
| key. Palmistry and Tarot reading are easier to set | | | | this, the category of reading they fall in to is |
| up, and so easier to practise. With Tarot reading, | | | | foggy. |
| there are a finite of possibilities that can occur | | | | This article should have made clear the reasons |
| due to the use of cards. With palmistry, hands are | | | | that Tarot readings and other skills are separate |
| in ready supply. With astrology, however, the | | | | to abilities such as Aura reading, Psychometry and |
| heavens can produce an array of dazzling effects, | | | | Distant reading. Hopefully, this information will be |
| and do so alarmingly often. To understand the | | | | of use when choosing the method of divination |
| true breadth and depth of meaning here is an | | | | needed for a specific task. |
| astounding undertaking. | | | | |