Are there cards predicting the end of the world?

by Mark Strange

(Oklahoma)

Well, frankly I don’t hold to any belief in things like 2012, or tarot cards at that matter, but I do find them interesting. Have Tarot cards ever been used to predict the end of the world? Can they traditionally be used for that purpose?

Mark,

Tarot cards can and have been used to predict the end of the world. Because tarot card readings are so subjective, people might take a particularly bad spread––say, The Tower, Death and the Ten of Swords––as proof the end is nigh.

I don’t advise using tarot cards in this way. It’s irresponsible, and if you’re wrong (which you probably will be) you can cause a lot of misery for yourself and others.

But let’s say, on some off chance, you do find the true date of the End of the World. How does that help you live a better life?