Throughout my time of beginning my journey with Tarot and researching whether combining Christianity and Tarot was acceptable by others, I’ve found that there are many combinations of mixed feelings about this. Some people find it okay for a person to be part of a religion and also partake in Tarot, while others find it unforgiving to combine the two because they believe Tarot has everything to do with dark energy and the devil. Everyone knows Church doctrine condemns divination and the Bible is also scattered with condemnations of divination, so it might seem impossible to reconcile tarot with Christianity.

As a person of Christ who partakes in Tarot, I believe that an individual decides how they want to use their Tarot cards. The energy of the person decides whether their own deck will be of the light or dark, good or evil. I am one of many Tarot interpreters who chooses to use Tarot for the purpose of light-work and healing for the greater good of people, allowing myself to be used by God and the Holy Trinity to give messages on Earth.

Fun fact, the creator of the Rider Waite Tarot, Arthur Waite, was a Christian. He littered the deck with Christian symbols and emblems which mostly associates this specific deck with angels and the light. Traditional symbolism of the Tarot is rooted strongly in 15th century Christian culture.

Limited individuals who read what they want out of spiritual text, only see what is written on the pages in front of them. We who discern what is invisible, see between the lines, what is behind the words, and know how to challenge outside opinions. Church as an institution is useful because it shows a paved path to the Divine. We do not have to struggle to unfold the mysteries of the universe, because church, like the Hierophant, unfolds them for us and codifies them into doctrine. Church holds a body of spiritual knowledge that is used as guidance; the Ten Commandments, the Golden Rule, and etc: "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.”

We’re all called to mysticism and instructed by the Holy Spirit. The command “Be holy because I am holy,” found in Leviticus and 1 Peter), is itself a clarion call to mysticism and Oneness. Tarot can unshackle the soul and free it for a heroic voyage of self-discovery, truth and formation of a higher interpretation of the unseen world within us, among us, and eternally is us; similar to that of biblical and church guidance.

Although many people perceive the cards as single spiritual viewpoints, they are both multidimensional and beautifully complex. The Tarot is, essentially, the bible in pictorial form.