Weird coincidences?
Like most people on this sub, I use tarot as a way to make sense of my own thoughts and to help myself come up with new ways of looking at a situation - but there have been a couple of times recently when my cards seemed weirdly aligned with something that ended up happening in the near future. I don’t believe that the cards can predict the future, but I do think it’s an interesting coincidence when this happens!
(Also, disclaimer that I still use a book to help me read the cards. I’m trying to get better at reading the cards without it, but for now, it’s helpful!)
Example: Recently, I drew an inverted Four of Swords, which I interpret as a need for rest or a short period of illness. I wasn’t sure what to make of that, so I reshuffled and drew a second card…and got another inverted Four of Swords. I don’t think I’d ever drawn the same card twice in a row before. The next morning, I woke up with a cold.
Example 2: Last night, I drew a card to help me make sense of a falling-out I had with a friend a few months ago. I drew the Empress, which I interpret as an influence from an older woman like a mother or grandmother. Again, I wasn’t sure what to make of it - both my grandmothers are dead, and I’m close with my mom but she’s not really involved with the situation at hand (nor are any of my relatives, really). Then today, I got a text from my friend’s grandmother, who I’m casually in touch with but hadn’t heard from since before the falling-out.
Again, I don’t believe that these were signs from the universe or anything, but I do think that these kinds of stories are cool. Has anything like this ever happened to you?