Hey everyone! I know the general advice is to avoid yes/no questions in tarot, since the answers often aren’t that black-and-white. Life is complicated, and tarot is such a rich, layered tool — it usually has way more to say than just a flat "yes" or "no." Most real-life situations fall into the "yes, but…" or "no, unless…" category anyway, and of course, energy is always shifting, so answers can change.
That said… what about when the situation is really clear-cut? Like, when it’s something that’s already happened or is fixed in time and unlikely to change?
Lately, I’ve gotten kind of fixated on asking my deck yes/no questions — like, I’ll ask if a jumper card was meant to be read or just a shuffle error. I’ll also sometimes question the accuracy of my interpretation and tweak it slightly until I get a solid "yes." It’s like I’m using the deck to confirm itself 😅.
In one case, I even used yes/no to figure out the best time to send a really important email — and that worked out perfectly. I’ve also guessed a friend’s exam grade with scary accuracy. And when I’ve asked the deck directly if I’m bothering it with yes/no questions, I consistently get “No.”
Still, I can’t shake the feeling that I might be overdoing it, or maybe missing the point of tarot altogether. Even if I’m just asking “Is this the right card?” or “Was that interpretation accurate?” it still doesn’t feel quite right, even when the deck says it’s fine.
So I’m wondering — when is it okay to ask yes/no questions and trust the answer as (almost) 100% accurate? Like if the outcome is already decided — say, asking who won an election after polls close but before results are announced? Or even something like guessing the Oscars or lottery numbers, since there’s no free will involved at that point. But that feels… wrong? Too much?
And if we can’t trust the deck to be accurate in those cases — when the answer is supposedly fixed — how much can we trust it at all?
Curious to hear your thoughts and experiences. When are yes/no questions appropriate? And when are we just better off asking something deeper?
