This is a tricky one to answer. To get a proper understanding of this, we need to understand what ‘random’ truly entails. The point of tarot, or the understanding, is that we assume we choose the cards which we are meant to see. Our common sense and logical minds will tell us that the cards are chance, and therefore devoid of any special meaning. However, if an act is truly random, then it is the result of a chance interaction of mechanical forces. There is a set of possible outcomes (or cards to choose), but the one result occurs. To define this as random, we would have to admit no particular reason for this. Additionally, the definition of ‘random’ implies the following two key points: • The result happened become of mechanical forces • The result has no meaning However, the tarot and the act of choosing cards are not solely mechanical. Conscious actions brought me to study the tarot. I consciously chose to do a tarot reading, and you consciously chose to read this article. And when you do a reading, you consciously select the cards. Sure, you did not see the images, but by definition, the cards you choose cannot be random.