A common thread that runs throughout every form of religion or spirituality is the innate human desire to feel understood and find an anchor in an all-knowing higher power. For many devout followers subscribed to a certain theology, their experience is often paired with inexplicable, transcendent signs that point you in a particular direction or answer a question on you know you’ve been contemplating. Oracle and tarot cards are a more direct approach to getting answers from an organic, mystical source, shuffling cards and letting the “chosen” ones jump out — or following certain spreads that assign unique meanings to different cards in certain placements, such as your past, present, and future, as an example. Furthermore, this practice is paradoxically more straightforward yet also more ambiguous than a fleeting conversation that feels like a direct nudge from whatever higher power you seek guidance from.

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