Should you trust a free online Tarot reading?
There are two main steps involved in an online reading.
1. Choose the cards from a deck
2. Interpret the card/s
In a free online Tarot reading, the first step of choosing the cards is often computer-generated and algorithm driven. You randomly click on the cards for your reading. This method of random card selection is similar to physically shuffling and selecting cards in a face-to-face reading.
One can argue that the querent’s energy matters. It’s true but energy also can carry across dimensions through space and time. While an in-person card selection may be more potent, the online selection is not too far off the mark because it carries the intention of the querent.
In the second step, the computer often shows a standard interpretation and meaning of the cards from its pre-loaded set. This is where an online reading falls (terribly) short. An experienced Tarot reader can ‘see’ beyond the card to bring your messages and insights that are most relevant to your current need and question. A computer is unable to do this.
Conclusion: You might pick the same card in an online reading as in an in-person reading. While the computer takes you to a stock set of meanings, a gifted and intuitive Tarot reader will be able to show you much beyond the card’s standard meanings. This customization changes everything.