A person can spend years asking the cards what will happen, where am I headed, what should I do next? Another question deserves the same attention. What can these images teach us about how we live?

Tarot offers a language of figures, objects, gestures, and relationships. A crown suggests authority. A cup holds something that might nourish us or poison us. A tower stands until its foundations can no longer bear its weight. Such images invite thought before anyone assigns them a prediction.