Okay, I know everyone says yes/no questions aren’t ideal for tarot because life rarely boils down to a simple yes or no. Most answers are “yes, but…” or “no, but…” and the cards usually want to talk about those layers. Timing and energy shift too, plus the wording can mess things up.
But hear me out — what about situations that actually are a straight yes or no, with almost no wiggle room?
Lately I’ve been sliding into this habit. I’ll ask my deck if a jumper is actually meant for me or if I just shuffled weird. Then it becomes “is my interpretation accurate?” and I tweak the wording until I get a clean yes. Like, shouldn’t the deck know what it’s doing?
And sometimes it does work. I used it for when to send an important email and the timing was spot on. It predicted a friend’s exam grade once. Every time I ask, “am I annoying you with these yes/no questions?” the deck says no, which is reassuring. But it still feels off, like I’m leaning on it too much.
So when is it actually okay to expect a reliable yes/no? If a situation really can’t change — say election results after polls close but before counting, or award winners, lottery numbers — is that fair game? Those are technically deterministic, so why wouldn’t tarot answer?
I’m skeptical. I can’t imagine tarot reliably predicting Oscars or lottery numbers. But if it can’t give accurate yes/no answers even for static situations, can we ever trust them? Or should we just stop asking yes/no altogether?
Curious how others handle this.
