So why do Tarot and divination work?

Tarot works because there are causes and effects, this is true. Basing the following on what we said about randomness and causality, the fundamental causes are : attention and intention. Focusing on an outcome and working actively toward that outcome. ...But the whole range of what, from our perspective, looks like "true randomness" - is not random.

It is also the result of attention and intention, and therefore, the effect of causes. And although these causes impact the physical world, the attention and intention given to them often does not come from physical "sources".

Randomness as we know it is the space where the consciousness of divine guides, angels, and other beings manifests to the physical world. It is where their observation can bend the quantum collapse of an event and make the future happen, with our help. It is where the "possible" is filtered to result in something tangible.

So when talking to those spirits, in this case with divination, the more randomness produced, the more room they have to co-create an interesting discussion. Then there is another major "component" of divination, other than understanding randomness, I call it the "creative process".

The Creative Process : art is divination

Any and all artworks contain, to a degree, transcendental truth corresponding to how they've been "impregnated" and marked by the creator's spirit and energy. Simply think about : "Jules Verne" or "Da Vinci", for example. This is also true of many other works, be it movies, paintings, comics, novels, music... The spectrum is broad, and all these may act as divination artifacts or devices - think about the way your favorite song touches your soul, or how a given movie changed the way you see the world. When art touches us, it becomes a doorway to the divine. And our own works of art, in any medium, offer us another opportunity to tap into transcendental truth and awareness.

Creating is part of unconditional love. Anytime we perform a creative act, it is an act of Love to the creation - the universe acknowledges it as a tribute. If we perform it with an empty mind (see - The Inner Eye) we invariably align all our levels of existence. Tantra and Buddhism believe that we always exist on all levels at once, from Buddha-form to physical form - and that an empty mind aligns all levels of consciousness. Other mystical schools share this belief. Thus, full abandonment to artistic creation (or ANY form of creation), when it comes from the heart, is a form of channeling, and recovers information from higher levels of existence. And not only this : drawing upon such resources from our inner world allows us to co-create our outer world, in partnership with the divine. And pulling Tarots to create a new layout is.. guess what? Tapping into the creative process.