How do Tarot cards work?

The Tarot is a handbook to higher consciousness that can be utilized to accelerate the process of self-realization. A book of wisdom disguised as a pack of cards, it is a river of knowledge into which the streams of Kabbalah, Alchemy, Astrology and Hermetic philosophy have flowed.

The overwhelming message of The Tarot is Know Thyself. Although different meaning may be associated with each card, The Tarot was designed so that the archetypal imagery of the cards might work as a mirror of our own minds: What is it we want? What is it we need? What is it that is holding us back or launching us forward? The Tarot can guide us in all of these areas and more.