The tarot is most commonly viewed as a tool for divination. A traditional tarot reading involves a seeker - someone who is looking for answers to personal questions - and a reader - someone who knows how to interpret the cards. After the seeker has shuffled and cut the deck, the reader lays out the chosen cards in a pattern called a spread. Each position in the spread has a meaning, and each card has a meaning as well. The reader combines these two meanings to shed light on the seeker's question.A Tarot deck consists of 78 cards. The first 22 cards are the Major Arcana. These cards have symbolic meanings focused on the material world, the intuitive mind, and the realm of change. The remaining 56 cards are the Minor Arcana, and are divided into four groups or suits: Swords, Pentacles (or Coins), Wands and Cups.HISTORYThere are many different theories as to the true origin of the Tarot deck, but the first documented deck was painted in fifteenth century ItalyThe tradition began in 1781, when Antoine Court de Gébelin, a Swiss clergyman and Freemason, published Le Monde Primitif, a speculative study which included religious symbolism and its survivals in the modern world.Gébelin claimed that the name "tarot" came from the Egyptian words tar, meaning "royal", and ro, meaning "road", and that the Tarot therefore represented a "royal road" to wisdom.

ASTROLOGY-A RELATIVE VIEW
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Astrology….A relative view?Astrology is a subjective mystical art of decoding a pattern of the course and make up of an individual mind body complex [self] by its relative relation to a group of celestial bodies.
Everything in the universe has got to be connected to each other,if the universe is a play of one energy and everything has got to influence each other if specific gravity concept holds good. Astrology is a tool of linking the planetary position and movement of stars to individuals constitution and the future events ,one attributes as ones own personal events.
Time is mind or mind is time, And though we live in a timeless and space less dimension our present is but an incessant oscillation between past and future, present craving, everlastingly for future!
Word 'astrology' generally brings to mind curiosity and excitement of knowing ones future life.HOW DOES ASTROLOGY WORK? DO STARS AND PLANETS INFLUENCE HUMAN BEINGS??Do stars just symbolically point out at an individual ,his constitution and the all the upcoming life events? or have they a concrete affect on the person's life?There is a school of thought,[most common]which believes that they are constantly affecting us physically as well as mentally. Vedic astrology gives them astatus of god and god heads.Planets are thus worshiped and various mantras and gems associated with the planetsThe other theory is that ASTROLOGY is a mystical art which deciphers the course of ones life with the relative current relation of planets[9 of them] to there position at the time of the individuals birth at a particular place[longitude]So in that case, The astrological chart is just a symbolic code ,Which can be decoded to know about the subject.and the planets are mere pointers,with no substantial effect on humanity.Author here maintains that all the planets and the constellation are independent,potent images of energy ,built over a period of time as a result of a belief[content of collective consciousness] of a society.The images[of planets and constellations ] which was coined "archetype" by c jung have a physical existence of their own and impact on the psyche of an individual and thus influencing the course of actions. Astrological chart is a symbolic representation of ones genetic make-up.As ones entire life is determined by the D.N.A,The chart in a way represents one's character which eventually turns into action!REMEDIES AND RELIGION-Thus work by influencing the "archetypes" , which in turn influences our mental picture in a desired way.All the mantras,worships and upayas have the same principle. This explains ,how belief in any religion or god and its practice is aimed at bringing about the 'desired change' or fulfilling ones desire. The image [mental,with physical substance] of a particular god,with its unique way of worshiping ,its symbolic language has become potent due to the combined input of mental energy[worship,mantras,belief in mythological stories,and various other religiuos practices], of a group or a sect of people sharing same cultural belief and mythologies over a large span of time .They now in turn influence the individual psyche of people of a particular cultural background.This explains why some 'forbidden practice's in say,HINDU religion ,if practiced by a Christian doesn't seem to have any impact on him and vice versa!
learn [not just] ASTROLOGY, CONTACT mailto:drvikaskhanna@yahoo.comcouple astrologyWHEN HARRY MET SALLY!When two individuals meet,they carry with themselves, their individual chemistry and the outcome is akin to a chemical reaction when two [or more] chemicals react.There may be a glow!,a spark!, fumes! ,chemicals not mixing[retaining their own identity] or in some cases a BANG!!!!!The outcome of the interaction between different personalities may have or lackthe "rasa".The pre-determined genetic make up or dosha in ayurvedic terms determines ,how a person is going to react[as one never acts] in different circumstances.couple astrology aims at predicting the outcome of a 'union'Do they agree,adapt,disagree,confront,understand or misunderstand with each other .HINTING at their physical and mental compatibility,weather the 'events' in ones life are going to facilitate peace and harmony in ones life.LOVE ASTROLOGYStars indicate one's love preferences,one's tastes,one's idea of romance,passion. What one is looking for in one's spouse.What qualities are attractive in opposite sex.for your love report send your inquiries to highsandlows6@yahoo.com or call 91-9211709076