Modern Tarot readers would like to think that they are capable of predicting all matters for the future. Many of them would have talked much about national, regional, and global events such as politics, weather changes, earthquakes, and the future for the mankind etc. as if they were given certain supernatural powers to foresee anything in the future by their Tarot cards. It becomes a common belief that one can predict anything as long as he or she has mastered the skills of Tarot, which could be learned in a few months if one truly works hard on it.
In the tradition of predicting the future for the communities or nations, people would consult true spiritual practitioners such as High Priest/Priestess. He or she had spent many years learning meditation and spiritual knowledge since early youth. In addition it was probably the minimum requirement for a priest/priestess to communicate with the spirits. Many of them were very gifted and talented in meditation and spiritual practices. On top of their gifts and talents they still had to meditate and work every day to gain more spiritual understanding and power. There would be definite ways to test their abilities before they can be trusted as the specialists to predict the future trends that involved a tribe or a country.
As 2012 comes near all of us, people try to gather the information for the future to avoid the possible disasters or gain the grand benefits. Now we come to realize that this kind of information could bring great advantages to those who obtain it. Because all the spiritual knowledge comes with responsibilities, it could not be easily possessed. Therefore matters such as lotto numbers and the fortune of a nation or a region are surely guarded unavailable to common people to prevent abuses. Only through the right kind of spiritual practice will the information be revealed. Even then it is usually forbidden to be presented to the public as it would cause unnecessary damages to those who do not know how to react.
Some people believe that the Tarot cards have magical powers, while others tend to think of the cards as useless or evil. Both sides are wrong. It depends on the person who uses the cards. It is only a tool that can help us decipher the future. What we do with that information makes the differences for our life. To obtain the information comes with responsibilities. If one can not make the best of such, usually it would not be given to him or her. A lot of Tarot readers should think long and hard about whether they themselves are worthy of certain revelations from the above. There are still a lot to learn before people know how to apply the spiritual knowledge correctly.
