Dangerous game?

Tarot: What the cards reveal – and what they don’t!

Useful or useless? Opinions differ when it comes to tarot.(Bild: @crisblazmar/stock.adobe.com)

They play leading roles in a current horror film and on the channel AstroTV, which will be discontinued at the end of 2024: Tarot cards. What some see as a guide to the future, others see as a toy that should not be taken seriously and can be dangerous in the "wrong" hands. Does the truth lie in the middle? To find out, let's mingle with the fortune tellers.

Let's play (attention, bad pun!) with open cards: I myself am a skeptic and highly unmusical when it comes to esotericism. I don't believe a word of self-appointed oracles. I only follow commuters on the train. Personally, I have little faith in energy fields that defy or fail to stand up to scientific scrutiny. I am also suspicious of horoscopes - whether this is due to my star sign ("Cancer") is something only others can and must judge. But when it comes to card reading ...