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Gestalt Tarot
Gestalt Tarot works in much the same way that the Rorschach inkblot test does, except that the querent interprets the meaning, not a psychologist who may scarcely be acquainted with the individual looking at the inkblots. There is another psychological test called the Thematic Apperception Test, or TAT, where a person looks at a picture of people interacting and makes up a story about it. The story reveals more about the story-teller than about the picture.
To gain self-understanding, the rich symbolism of the Tarot works even better than such pictures. Here we have kings and queens, warriors and angels, merchants and adventurers, in a variety of evocative landscapes. When we look at these figures, at a deep level we see ourselves and the people in our lives, acting out the stories we are living day by day. And it doesn’t take a doctorate in clinical psychology to help people find those stories.
One marvellous thing about Gestalt Tarot is that it works with any deck. Any image can evoke ideas and feelings if we look at it long enough, and if we have someone asking us provocative questions about it: “What’s the first thing you notice in this card?” “What do you suppose that person might be thinking at this moment?” “How does that other figure feel about him?” “What is he going to do next?” Of course, on one level we don’t know what a two-dimensional figure on cardboard is feeling. But when we look from a place of starlight vision, when we step into the world of myth and fantasy and our own deep minds, then we all become story-tellers, and we do know. Knowing their story, we understand ours.