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– Don’t try to bend the spoon. That’s impossible. To begin with, you must grasp the main point.

– And what is the main point?

– There is no spoon.

(The Matrix: Neo’s conversation with Indigo, at the Oracle’s, in the hallway.)

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Fig. And the Word—weighty—of the Prophet shapes Destiny… …by the Will of Fate… 7

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Practicing Tarot readers, whom the profane generally call 'fortune-tellers,' are faced with the following situations in their dealings with clients:

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The client wishes to be assured that the 'fortune-teller' is not a charlatan. To this end, the Tarot reader tells the client’s past, employing this or that form of vision. In doing so, the cards usually serve merely as a tool for the Tarot reader to attune to the informational channel. And, more often than not, they serve merely as a smokescreen for his extrasensory talents and, in truth, he needs them about as much as a fish needs an umbrella.

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Once the Tarot reader has conquered the client's trust, he proceeds to an analysis of the current state of affairs. In such cases, as a rule, he employs the ritual of having the client draw or toss 'random' cards. Which, in one way or another, the Tarot reader interprets in relation to the client. Since the client's life is a multifaceted structure, the current situation is typically considered from a particular angle. The usual suspects: career, love, money, enemies, and the like.

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And then, as a rule, the treacherous fog of the Future begins to roll in. The Future itself—though a peculiar reflection of the Past—contains, at its pivotal moments, certain 'forks' in the road. From these, in due course, the Tree of Future Variants for the particular client quietly takes root. At this stage, the Tarot reader’s professional mission is to locate these Key Events and analyze how the client might employ them to their own advantage.

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At the same time, most clients, to put it delicately, are hardly interested in the causes and consequences underlying such a particular configuration of the Future. Tarot readers themselves rarely possess a complete Vision of the client's Karma and, more often than not, fail to discern the causal chains of Past Incarnations or the current imprint of the client’s Future in the Mirror of the World. And explaining to the average client the link between their Past Lives and their present circumstances—and further, the unfolding of events in the Future—can prove rather complicated.

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Thus, the typical scenario when working with a client, for the average Tarot reader, generally unfolds as follows: the Tarot reader, in one way or another, 'sees' scattered fragments of the client’s Future and a small zone of 'branching' in the Future, clustered around these Key Events. But he perceives only fragments of the

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imprint of the Future. Which, more often than not, possesses rather serious limitations along the borders of possible outcomes.

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A good and honest Tarot reader will candidly tell the client what may come to pass for them—and what simply cannot occur, under any spread whatsoever. And a reasonably balanced client soberly recognizes the limitations of their Fate. Yet such a pairing of Tarot reader and client is a rare occurrence indeed. The very premise—a diagnosis without radiant prospects—can hardly be considered commercially viable. No one is inclined to pay for the obvious statement of fact: that their Life resembles that of a 'grey mouse,' with no chance of finding themselves 'swimming in chocolate,' no matter how the cards are spread.

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The ordinary client, by and large, isn’t all that interested in the particular Fate life has allotted them.

He wants a specific Fate, tailor-made to his desires. And all that truly concerns him is how to achieve such a Destiny with the least possible effort.

Meanwhile, the majority of clients are willing, at best, to exercise their initiative solely in the form of a weighty 'no' to various proposals. And thus, their engagement in shaping their own future generally comes to an end. Those who, in fact, live by different principles typically do not seek out the Tarot reader.

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Thus, the average client wishes to get from the Tarot reader, in exchange for their money, precisely the version of the Future they want—regardless of any objective preconditions for it. A host of Tarot readers and charlatans, eager to maximize their profits, merely pander to the client, telling them exactly what they wish to hear. Naturally, if the client is not especially given to self-critique, the portrayal of the so-called ‘predicted’ Future is often nothing but exquisite nonsense—inevitably crowned, as surely as the sunrise, with a resplendent Hollywood-style Happy Ending. Yet in reality, such tactics can hardly serve as a winning strategy for a 'parlor' Tarot reader, for he will swiftly acquire the reputation of a charlatan and the flow of clients will dry up. It can be used only by ‘itinerant performers’ of various stripes, forever fleeing their own reputation as a ‘soap bubble’ and the wrath of disillusioned clients.

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Fig. And however much one may yearn, in a flash, to have it all swiftly and easily, experience—unfashionably—remains the only loyal friend. Everything else is mere phantasm…10

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Those Tarot readers who are reliably effective and successful in their dealings with clients typically employ direct seeing at the Vishuddha level. For such Tarot readers, the Tarot cards are no more than a curious screen—a convenient cover for their extrasensory talents. Meanwhile, true Tarot readers of such calibre are rare indeed, and the price of their services is simply astronomical. They have no need for advertising, nor any desire to expand their roster of clients. Most potential clients will never hear their names, for they bend every effort to evade the unwelcome attentions of the general public. Readers of this level typically accept clients only upon the recommendation of their most trusted patrons.

As for the reputation of Tarot readers of a rather lower-frequency Assembly Point, it is under bоооооооооооооa rather significant question. They can 'snatch' or pick up isolated fragments of the client’s life, their past and present, and thereby impress the uninitiated. However, to genuinely and deeply 'see' the Future may be beyond their Forces.11

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So how, then, does one reconcile the irreconcilable?

How does one remain an honest Tarot practitioner, train one’s powers—which are often far from ideal or all-encompassing—and at the same time be useful to Society? How does one earn their 'bread and butter' and remain an in-demand practitioner with a durable, positive reputation?

In the author’s view, within the bounds of the 'usual' ‘divinatory’ practice, there is not, and cannot be, any intelligible answer to this question.

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However, an affirmative answer does exist, but it lies outside the domain of divination.

Tarot cards are a practical tool, founded on the principles now known as Hermeticism. And one of the central Universal Principles of Hermeticism, as everyone knows, states: 12

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‘That which is below is analogous to that which is above.’

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It is precisely thanks to this Principle that divining with Tarot cards becomes possible, and may reflect what has already been inscribed in the Higher Spheres.

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Yet many forget the second part of this Principle:

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‘And that which is above is analogous to that which is below, in order to accomplish the wonders of the One World.’

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The second part of the principle allows us to construct the Future ‘below’ and bring it into being, so that it is, as a matter of fact, already mirrored in the Higher Spheres.

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In other words, the Hermetic Principles make it possible not only to divine with the Tarot cards, but to construct the Future with their help.

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So why is it that this part of the principle is still not embraced by Tarot readers?

Fig. And since the prognosis was not composed, it crumbled… it crumbled…13

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In the author's view, the following is taking place here:

Quite often, novice Tarot readers, having seized upon isolated bits of the Future, attempt to offer this prognosis to their clients. And they really can 'see' individual elements of the Future. But since they do not perceive the whole picture—in its entirety—they do not convey it to the client in their prognosis.

An incomplete prognosis, in turn, is no more stable than, say, a table with two legs in place of four. Accordingly, what happens is usually much the same as with such a table: the Future predicted to the client collapses the moment they set about trying to realize it.

When the Tarot reader perceives only a fragment of the Future, countless Forces are left out of the equation—and these are precisely what begin to sow Disharmony and Chaos in any attempt to enact the half-seen scenario.

Thus, for example, a Queen bereft of Mercy becomes a Tyrant, and instead of winning the people's affection, transforms into their waking nightmare.

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The main reason for the fiasco of beginner Tarot readers’ prognoses is their incomplete vision of the Future.

An overreliance on too few ‘points of support.’

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Medici Solitaire, however, deploys ALL possible variants of the Forces.

All Forces involved within it are balanced by the very rules of the Solitaire itself. 14

Such equilibrium of Forces within the solitaire allows for the projection of event scenarios that have a fair chance of materialization.

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Moreover, constructing, rather than divining, makes it possible to shape precisely the Future the client themselves desire.

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Of course, such an approach cannot make every Tarot reader’s client the CEO of Gazprom overnight. But it can help them realize their karmic potential to the fullest, without the destructive effects of disharmonized Forces.15

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Thus, the main reason to use the Medici Solitaire is the chance to achieve ANY final scenario outcome that the client themselves genuinely desires.

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The upshot of this approach is that the Tarot reader becomes a Conductor of Fate, rather than a mere fortune-teller, and the client in turn becomes a Stalker.

In practical use of the Medici Solitaire, the Tarot reader is by no means obliged to explain in detail the Principles of its workings—or how they differ so radically from those of your average Tarot reader.

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Fig. And no matter how much he resisted, he was transforming… transforming…16

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Bonus: For a sense of what’s actually being discussed, it’s recommended to watch the film 'Horoscope for Luck' (2015).17

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Below, the author—as a true slacker and perpetual student—will be drawing upon excerpts from his already written books.

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