“Watch out for wormholes: you never know what may come out of them.” 
— Stephen Hawking

 One of the first things people want to know about Tarot is how it works. Most seasoned practitioners will admit they haven’t a clue but have considered a few possibilities including:

• Carl Jung’s theory of synchronicity (not really a theory but rather a belief in meaningful coincidence) 
• Quantum physics (theory of entanglement, etc.)
• Psychological projection (as a kind of Rorschach test)
• Contact with a Spiritual Being, Higher Self, Universal Consciousness or paranormal force
• Magic(k) (an as-yet-unknown scientific principle)
• One’s subconscious directing the placement of the cards
• Self-fulfilling prophecies
• A mentalist’s set of cold-reading tricks conjoined with the Barnum Effect

I was fascinated to see that the physicist, Stephen Hawking, in The Universe in a Nutshell (albeit a rehash of his earlier work) addresses this very concern. In a chapter called “Predicting the Future,” he compares astrology…