About the Author

KARMEL NAIR was born Catholic, is married to a Hindu and practises the Buddhist way of life. Before turning to Tarot she worked in a media house and as a successful RJ with leading radio stations. Then Tarot happened and opened up a new world of experience and discovery to her. Karmel went on to become one of the leading Tarot readers in Mumbai, India, and also did television shows as an expert Tarot Reader where she reached out to millions, to hear them out and offer tarot-based solutions.

She turned to Vipassana and meditation to deal with the persistent vacuum she felt despite her success. An increasing absorption in her knowledge of the self led to the realisation that we are all here with a purpose, to serve a calling and that the more we align with the same the more we are enriched in life. She counselled and helped many people from all walks of life; sad, curious, distressed, heartbroken people who came to her for a glimpse of the future, and more importantly, to deal with their grief. Equipped with a Masters’ degree in Psychotherapy and her skills as a Tarot reader, Karmel found herself in a position to help people get a glimpse of what the future had in store for them and to mitigate the negatives through correct steps and actions.

This book is a product of her experience, learning and understanding of Tarot and of human nature.

Your Tarot Predictions for 2015
Karmel Nair

www.millsandboon.co.uk

This book is dedicated to the three angels of my life

Sanaa, Madhav and Miara

Acknowledgements

I would like to thank the two most important people in my life who have made this book possible—my husband Manoj Nair and my daughter Miara Nair. Without the timely guidance and encouragement that I received from my husband, I wouldn’t have written this book. He has guided me, walked me gently through its concepts, and more importantly, believed in me. His belief went into shaping my own and thus the book came into being. My daughter is just a toddler, but her intelligence and understanding can put an adult to shame. She has been kind to me when it came to time and deadlines. She is my shining star. I am blessed with two such strong pillars and only thank the Universe for giving me this opportunity to be part of my husband and daughter’s life.

I would like to thank two other important people in my life, my best friends Russell Lobo and Shobha Vikram, two of my severest critics and greatest supporters who have pushed, pulled, guided and motivated me through every page of this book. I owe this book to them. I whole heartedly thank you both for being such great friends and even better critics.

I would like to thank my family; my father-in-law Unni Krishnan Nair, my mom Mary Fernando, dad Anthony Fernando, brother Montanus, brother-in-law Ronald Sequeira and especially my sister Camillia who helped me manage time and write this book. A strong support system like a strong family can go a long way in shaping one’s life and this is what my family is all about, love, adjustment and encouragement. Their belief and confidence that I can do just about anything gave me the courage to write this book.

A book comes into being not just through the author but also due to the opportunities and help that she receives while writing. I would like to thank my publisher Harlequin India for giving me this brilliant opportunity to bring this book out to you. My editor Sucharita Dutta-Asane was a tremendous help in getting the best out of me for this book. She was pushy at times but mostly patient and kind, and I guess these are the qualities that make a good editor.

Last but not the least I would like to thank you for believing in me and in my Tarot Book of the Future for you. I can only say that this book, besides being a book of future predictions, will also guide you to shape your life and discover the new you.

Karmel Nair

Contents

Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Dedication

Acknowledgements

My Journey Through Tarot

Myths About Tarot

Tarot FAQs

What is Tarot

How Can You Benefit From Tarot

How is Tarot Different From Numerology and Astrology

What is in this Book for You?

Some Terms to Remember

The Book of Emperor: ARIES

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions—2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note for You

Your Iconic Contemporary

The Book of Hierophant: TAURUS

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporary

The Book of Lovers: GEMINI

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporary

The Book of Chariot: CANCER

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporary

The Book of Strength: LEO

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions for 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporary

The Book of Hermit: VIRGO

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporary

The Book of Justice: LIBRA

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions in 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporary

The Book of Death: SCORPIO

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual you in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporaries

The Book of Temperance: SAGITTARIUS

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions in 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporaries

The Book of Devil: CAPRICORN

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions in 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporaries

The Book of Star: AQUARIUS

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions in 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health In 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of Your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporaries

The Book of Moon: PISCES

TAROT Trump

Monthly Predictions in 2015

Your Love Life in 2015

Your Health in 2015

Your Wealth in 2015

Your Career in 2015

The Spiritual You in 2015

Summary of your Predictions

Tarot Spreads

Author’s Note to You

Your Iconic Contemporaries

Copyright

My Journey Through Tarot

They say a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. There I was on a pleasant Goan evening right in the middle of a bustling flea market. The stall in front of me was nondescript yet alluring with bold letters inviting visitors to ‘KNOW YOUR DESTINY WITH TAROT’. I took the initial step with trepidation and curiosity, with the keenness to know what was in store for me. I entered the stall and met an elderly lady whose hypnotic and magical eyes belied her age. I took a seat right in front of her. She immediately asked me in a confident tone, “What would you like to know?” Well, this was my first time and I was a total novice at asking questions about my future. With all my inexperience and innocence, I gathered courage and came up with a simple question. “What do you see in my near future?” She shuffled her cards some three to four times and spread them in a circular shape, a total of five cards. They looked colourful and interesting, even magical and mystical. She seemed lost in the cards and this kind of gave me a mixed feeling. Was it good or bad? In any case I butted into the silence and asked, “So what do you see?” To this she answered, “My dear, I am happy to tell you that I see you getting married to your boyfriend, the one you are seeing now, in less than a year.”

This came as a surprise to me as I was unsure of my ongoing relationship and definitely wasn’t considering marriage anytime soon. The other things she said really appalled me. “I see a new beginning,” she said, “a beautiful one, but this comes at a price.” I was sold. “What beginning and what price?” I asked.

“I see you starting a journey that you have never taken before, a journey that will change your life and your life’s purpose, but at a price that you may have to pay now. The price is at the cost of your existing job. You may be asked to leave what you believe is your dream job, only to begin the real journey of your life.”

This kind of disappointed me. I loved my job as a Radio Jockey with a leading radio station; I was doing exceedingly well and there was talk of my being moved to prime time, which was like an indirect promotion. It was out of the question that I would be asked to leave. What journey was I going to start? This didn’t go down too well with me. However, with this I ended my reading and bid adieu to the mystical woman.

When I returned to my job, everything looked good, as it was. It continued in the same manner for a couple of days only for something strange to happen after that. In less than 10 days I was asked to leave from my present profile and this at a time when I was doing very well and hoping to shift into drive time shows. The project I was working on had moved to some other location and they didn’t need me any longer. This shattered me and my dream. That’s when the Tarot reader’s predictions rang like a warning bell in my head. Her predictions were coming true. I felt it deep in my heart. Four months from the time I got my first ever Tarot reading, I was engaged to my boy friend and was married after another three months.

Today I am happily married, leading a different but remarkable life in which I discover myself each day. Everything she predicted went right and I found it difficult to accept this, to even acknowledge it. After a couple of months I went back looking for her because the urge to know what she had left unsaid nagged me. She had mentioned a new journey. What could it be? I went back to Goa where I met her at the same place. Luckily for me, I met her just as she was packing up for Europe permanently. I reminded her that I had been there a few months ago and she had predicted everything correctly but with one undisclosed thread of events.

“You will discover yourself through your instinct and intuition. You are meant to do something related to foretelling the destiny of others. Your calling is to see the unknown.” Her prediction was still ambiguous. On the way back I continued to ponder over her words.

Life got back to normal as usual. I found myself a new job, was getting ready to move on with marriage and the rest, but there were sudden incidents that would bring me back to what the Tarot reader had predicted about my self-discovery. Two of my common friends got engaged; I had a nagging feeling about the eventual marriage and would often discuss the uncomfortable instinct with my husband. I strongly felt that their marriage wouldn’t last long. Since it was only a feeling, an intuition, I couldn’t take it beyond discussing it with my husband. My friends got married and three months later they separated. This didn’t come as a surprise to me for I knew something was wrong, my instinct told me so.

After a while I predicted India’s victory in a critical match, a victory which seemed impossible. Again it was my intuition, my sixth sense. It didn’t stop at this. I continued predicting big and small incidents as if my ability had suddenly assumed a mind of its own. A colleague of mine was going through a difficult financial situation; I predicted an unexpected sum of money for him, a windfall. Of course he didn’t believe me when I said help would come; I didn’t know from where or how, but I knew it would, and it did. Incidents like these would keep bringing me back to the Tarot reader’s prediction and that’s when it dawned on me that Tarot could be the missing link. Probably this is how I could foretell one’s destiny, heal one’s life through my knowledge, and show others the way. This is when my journey began.

I started working towards this new discovery, the discovery of Tarot. I knew the underlying power of Tarot but the success lay in becoming not just a Tarot reader but a good one. I dedicated my life to its understanding and study. I continued working but only half heartedly. I was convinced that Tarot was the big change and I had to master it; my destiny rested upon it.

There has been no looking back. I have excelled at my work as an expert on this subject and in fact Tarot has opened doors to more than what I thought predicting the past, present, and future was all about. It showed me the way to spirituality. Spirituality is about connecting with your real self, with the Being in you. I am yet to get there but the journey has begun. Tarot has opened the door to achieving greatness and success beyond the material wonders of life.

Around this time, Vipassana also happened to me. Vipassana is a scientific form of meditation which releases negative energy from your body and brings your biggest formidable opponent under your complete control, your Mind! I attended a ten day course of Vipassana, and this opened my third eye. I knew my purpose in life—to reach out to others and guide them to their destiny through Tarot. I studied the Science of Psychotherapy and Counselling and this equipped me with a deep and scientific understanding of the human mind and enabled me to understand my clients’ needs beyond just pure tarot reading.

Today Tarot is an intrinsic part of my life and my experience as Tarot Reader gives me the confidence and knowledge to write this book. It is not just a medium to predict the future but a different way of life. As a student and practitioner of Tarot I have learnt that there is more to an individual than just his/her future. As a Reader I don’t just predict the future for my clients but try to equip them, through my intuitive future forecasts, with knowledge of what awaits them and how they can shape their future with this foreknowledge. Tarot gets you to where you want to be. My experience over the years has shown me it is not just the readings that draw people back to me but the whole process of change that Tarot offers. Besides readings, Tarot gives you a new way to handle life by guiding you not only through predictions for the future but also by equipping you with the means to address this future.

The Tarot way encourages and enables a deep understanding of the self that no other medium does. Spirituality is this deep sense of understanding of one’s inner being. Tarot gives you the power to get in touch with this side and change your destiny by thinking beyond the usual ways and means, beyond your mind’s restricted thought processes. Tarot takes you to your soul; it opens doors to the pure spiritual energy which we all have but is experienced by only a few. Tarot does this for you through me, your Reader; I am the path, Tarot the way, and the spiritual awakening the light. With my understanding of the scientific mind and spiritual knowledge, awakening you from within you becomes a simple and enjoyable process. Once you touch this inner spirit, there is nothing that can stop you from creating your own destiny.

The purpose of Tarot, and therefore my purpose in this book, is to lead you to your spiritual being and unlock your latent powers. Tarot is in a way the holy trinity—it is the future, the change, and the spiritual destiny.

Today I am not just a Tarot reader but a spiritual guide and a qualified counsellor. This was the metamorphosis the old woman had predicted. I had begun my journey in pursuit of material gains and small successes. Today I know my destiny, my purpose. It is to reach out to you, to show you what’s in your destiny, to guide you through it gently and counsel you through life’s difficulties, to help you reconnect with your soul, your true spirit, and to reveal your ultimate purpose. In this book, you will find all this laid out before you through ‘Future Predictions’, ‘Spiritual Reading’ for the year ahead and ‘The Author’s note’.

Welcome to the magical, mystical and alluring world of Tarot and its readings for your past, present and future.

Myths About Tarot

Before we delve into Tarot, how it works, and what it can do for you, there are some other important facts that you must know. Tarot is a powerful medium used for many reasons. These reasons could be good or bad depending on how one uses it and how the other perceives it. For me, Tarot is the magic that happened several years ago. The woman who brought this magic into my life was some kind of a gypsy whom I will probably never forget. I recall my first experience as I was getting my first tarot reading done from her. She was as mystical as Tarot itself. She brought this interesting aura to Tarot which lured me into getting the reading done rather than the tarot cards themselves. Somehow the whole gypsy presentation was fascinating to me, exciting.

I am certain you too have a similar impression about Tarot, at least before you read this book. A lot of myths go into the making of Tarot. These myths are both interesting and fascinating and I would like to dispel them one by one by giving you the true essence of the reader and the Tarot Cards.

Myth: Tarot is done only/mostly by Gypsies. It is Gypsies who created Tarot.

Fact: Tarot is, was, and can be practised by any normal person who has a heightened sense of intuition and has mastered the art of reading tarot cards through practice and meditation. Tarot is neither limited to Gypsies nor was it created by them. The myth developed because in the olden times, Tarot was very often seen with Gypsies. Gypsies used the tarot decks as playing cards and were responsible for bringing them into Europe. It travelled with them from place to place and thus became associated with gypsy lives. Tarot was used by gypsies but mainly for playing games. Its occultism emerged after it travelled down from them to various other parts of the world. Although today Tarot is used by everyone, we tend to see and remember the most impressionable of our experiences, one like mine. Gypsies provide a dark and mystical presentation of Tarot, which makes it easy perhaps to associate Tarot with them.

Myth: Tarot is Black magic

Fact: Tarot is the prediction of one’s life through plain aura reading. Over the years, due to its association with gypsies, magic, dark energy and negative elements, it came to be identified with black magic. Throughout history, various religious institutions have wanted to keep the power and control of human life in their own hands. This caused them to banish tarot and create negative speculation about it, thus discouraging people from using Tarot for predictions and using it instead only as a plaything. Powerful religious institutions didn’t want the power of the future and positive belief to be handed over to the common man as they feared loss of trust and control. Tarot gives you the power to change your destiny by foretelling what’s in store for you and this shall be revealed in the forthcoming chapters of this book. From this it is evident that Tarot is no black magic but simple intuition and aura reading which gives it a certain magical quality due to its predictive quotient.

Myth: Tarot is Witchcraft

Fact: Tarot is purely energy and aura reading. In keeping with the tradition of condemning anything that was not in line with their religious beliefs, powerful institutions down the ages tarnished Tarot’s name by calling it negative, black magic and dark energy so as to dissuade the common man from knowing its true power and potential, the potential which gives one control and mastery over one’s destiny. These religious institutions successfully banished tarot by calling it Witchcraft, devilish and occultist, and thus people were discouraged from relying on these mediums for guidance, depending completely instead on religious and dogmatic practices.

Myth: Tarot connects you with spirits, the supernatural.

Fact: Tarot is not a medium through which one can connect to the spirits of the dead or the supernatural. Planchet is the known technique used to call upon the spirits and is largely criticised by sceptics and critics. Tarot cards do not have the power to connect with spirits or the supernatural. It may finally boil down to the Tarot reader’s ability, the psychic’s power to perform such an action but most definitely not of Tarot per se.

Some people are gifted and have the skill or power to do the impossible; calling upon spirits may be one such skill. Tarot has no such power to call upon spirits whether from the underworld or from heaven. Tarot is associated with this myth due to its connection with the wicca, occult practitioners and other experts who use it as a medium to reveal the unknown in their own expert ways. The reader’s power will eventually transcend into the cards and turn them into a tool in the expert’s hands.

Myth: Tarot is dark, negative and devilish

Fact: How one uses any given tool makes it negative or devilish. If the power of Tarot is used to foretell your destiny and manifest the change needed, it is unarguably positive. On the other hand, when it is misused to harm people through incorrect practices and wrong ethics of the reader, these Tarot cards can become devilish and dark. It ultimately boils down to the charioteer who rides the chariot; the chariot is in his control and doesn’t have a mind of its own. It will turn right or left depending on where the charioteer wishes to take the chariot. Similarly, Tarot can be positive or negative depending on how the tarot reader wishes to use it. Tarot by itself is magnificent, beautiful and powerful.

Myth: Tarot is Magic

Fact: I like this last myth. It is true yet not so. Tarot is magical when the reader uses his/her powers accurately and predicts correctly. It is magical when the Tarot’s powers are tapped by the reader for the good of the querent (one who questions the reader). The power and intuition which the reader possesses makes these cards magical. Without the reader, these cards are simple playing cards and nothing else. The underlying power of tarot comes from the reader’s abilities to perform the right readings. Tarot is the magic which the reader creates.

All of these myths and facts make Tarot intriguing and fascinating. I am certain you have a lot of questions about Tarot, how it is done, whether it is safe, et al. After unravelling the myths surrounding it, it is time I answered your more practical and generic questions regarding Tarot. We will begin with FAQs about Tarot and then move on to what Tarot is, its history and of course its multiple benefits for you.

Tarot FAQs

Over the years, I have come across various questions regarding Tarot from clients, friends, family, and from my immediate and larger social circle. Some are funny, some make you ponder and some are simply ridiculous, but all of them raise different kinds of issues and express various doubts and fears. I have listed some of them here for you.

Q: What does the word Tarot mean?

A: It does not have a specific meaning but over the years attempts have been made to find its meaning and origin. However the closest one can get is to the Italian derivative for Tarot, Tarocchi, which was the name given to Tarot when it was used as playing cards.

Q: Are the predictions 100 % accurate?

A: Mostly. Yes. I get asked this question very often from almost every patron with whom I interact and from every other individual to whom I introduce myself as a Tarot Reader and Psychotherapist. Most readings do turn out to be true unless of course you, the querent (the one who questions the reader), decide to change your actions to achieve a desired result. In such cases your predictions turn out to be different from the previous ones. The extent to which difference is created in the querent’s life from what was earlier predicted depends entirely on the querent’s efforts in changing his/her life for the better.

Q: Is it scientific?

A: No. It isn’t scientific but can form part of the Metaphysical branch of Philosophy which undertakes the study of subjects which are less easily explainable. You can read more about this in the next chapter.

Q: Is it similar to Astrology?

A: No. Astrology has a scientific base, Tarot doesn’t. Tarot is more of Aura reading, it is energy oriented. However, I have discussed this in detail in the next chapter.

Q: Is it better than Numerology, Astrology, Palmistry, Fortune telling etc?

A: This question is like asking a mother which of her children she loves more. All forms of foretelling the future are accurate. It entirely depends upon the experience and suitability you derive from the above mentioned mediums.

Q: Can it answer questions related to stocks, World Cup matches, sex of the foetus, life and death?

A: Yes. Tarot can answer all such questions. It just depends to what extent the Tarot Reader chooses to use this tool and in what manner.

Q: Can Tarot predict the past, present and future?

A: Yes.

Q: Did Tarot originate in India?

A: No.

Q: Where did Tarot originate?

A: Europe. It is believed to have travelled from Egypt to Europe and found its occult base in France and Italy. More on it in the forthcoming chapters.

Q: Can Tarot be learnt?

A: Yes. Learning Tarot is simple. You can do this in as short a time as 10 days, but to predict accurately, one requires to develop the intuition. This requires years of practice and patience. You may start this very moment.

Q: Can Tarot be done for people of all ages?

A: Yes. It can be done for people of all age groups but preferably 18 and above. Not that you need a license, but it’s better to have a strong heart to withstand what unfolds in your reading.

Q: How often should I do a Tarot Reading?

A: The lesser the better. By ‘lesser’, I mean that you are in control of your life and not the external factors. But usually a minimum gap of 45 days should be good between two readings.

Q: Can my Readings change?

A: Yes. You have the power to change your reading by changing your efforts and actions. This is what makes Tarot so beneficial for you. It shows you what’s in store for you and also guides you to change it if you are displeased with the reading.

Q: Does Tarot give remedies?

A: No. A Tarot reader will never give you remedies like rituals to be performed, gem stones to be worn or other objects to be kept close to heart. It’s in this sense that Tarot cannot be termed as a medium which gives remedies. It purely predicts your future and serves as a guideline.

These are usually the questions that I am often asked. As you read further your understanding about Tarot will get better.

What is Tarot
Tarot and its History

Tarot is a set of 78 cards which is believed to have predictive powers. Tarot cards form a set of cards which in contact with the reader’s psychic powers becomes a tool that can reveal your past and present and predict your future. In the olden days Tarot was not used as a tool to foretell one’s destiny; it got its occult value much later.

Tarot has a strange history, full of speculations regarding its present form and use. To the average onlooker it may appear to be a deck of normal playing cards, which it was in the past. It was only around 1520 A.D that the French and the Italians invested these cards with their occult value. Before this time, these cards were used like all other playing decks, for games and entertainment. Many people believe that Tarot travelled to Europe first from Egypt. It’s also believed that during the great fire in Egypt, which burned down most of the ancient libraries, these cards were the only ones to survive as part of the ancient Egyptian culture and history. It then travelled to Europe where it was used as playing cards. There are various speculations about the history of Tarot, some believable, some not, some exciting and some sceptical. I’ll tell you about some that sound credible to me. I leave it to you to form your derivative of Tarot’s history from what you read here.

Tarot cards became popularly used as play cards somewhere in the 14th century in China. The Chinese used these cards merely to play or even to gamble. Tarot was also believed to be used as a source of money to bet on other types of card games. Around this time these cards were just the normal 56 cards with pictorial representation and used for playing card games. The 22 major Arcanas (main cards that predict the distant future) were added much later. From here it travelled down to the Islamic countries and is believed to have moved from here to Europe where, somewhere around the 15th century, it got its full form of 78 cards as well as its occult bearing. No one knows how these 22 major Arcanas came into being, who made them or when they made their first appearance.

In Europe, according to speculation, the Duke of Italy once wrote to a respected statesman asking about the trump cards of tarot. These trump cards are the court cards like the King, Queen and the Knight, along with the 22 major Arcanas. This is the only evidence in history which confirms the existence of the entire 78 cards as one deck. By this time the deck was formed and was still used for playing purposes. As the cards reached Italy, they started using local Latin suits of swords, cups, batons and coins. However, in other places, this deck still comprised of the normal suits of spades, hearts, diamond and clubs. Italy is the place where Tarot went through its major transformation and also received its occult value. Until then, the cards were being used to play a game called Triumph, known today as Bridge.

The history of Tarot and its occult value raises many questions and much speculation. This deck gained huge popularity across Europe and its use was widespread, but still used only as playing cards. No one knows how it got its occult symbolism; there is a lot of speculation around it, but it is generally accepted that in time the Italians discovered its magical powers and called it the Tarocchi, later translated into French as Tarot. This deck had a royal bearing as the duchess and dukes exchanged letters referring to the Tarot deck for entertainment and play.

It is also believed that somewhere around the 17th Century, Tarot found its occult value in France and England. Here the followers of occult discovered in Tarot a medium to predict the future. They developed divinatory meanings for the pictorial representation of tarot cards and thus invested it with occult significance. These cards were used by occult writers and thus it became part of the occult philosophy. As time passed, Tarot graduated from being used as playing cards to being used for occult purposes. As of today, Tarot is used by the occult, the pagan, Wicca and the common man as a tool to predict the future, know the unknown, and help achieve a certain change or balance needed in life to arrive at the desired outcome.

What is a Tarot Deck

A normal deck of cards has four suits—Club, Heart, Spade, Diamond and Court cards, a total of 56 cards. Tarot also has four suits—Cups (signifies emotions), Pentacles (signifies health and wealth), Swords (signifies thoughts and deeds) and Wands (signifies career or ambition) along with Court cards like the King, Queen, Knights and Pages; it has an additional 22 trump cards, a total of 78 cards. The total of four suits and four court cards for each suit make a total of 56 cards. These 56 cards are called the Minor Arcana. The Minor Arcana are cards that predict one’s future or reveal one’s past or present for a short period. The Minor Arcanas have ten cards in each suit starting from Aces to the Ten and each denotes a certain stage of your life. The 22 trump cards are called the Major Arcanas which predict one’s characteristics and the distant future ranging from over one to five years or more at times. The combination of these big and small cards, both the major and minor arcana form the Tarot deck, a total of 78 cards that go towards predicting your future. The Major Arcana starts with the Fool cards which marks the beginning of one’s life’s journey and ends with the World card that stands for completion and accomplishments of desired goals.

Major Arcanas are also widely used to predict personality type and characteristic features. I too have used Major Arcanas to describe you in correlation to your zodiac sign in this book. This will give you an interesting perspective of how Tarot perceives you at its best. The 56 Minor cards and 22 major cards can also be segregated into four elements namely Earth, Fire, Water and Air that form our existence in this Universe. In the four suits, Cups stands for WATER, Wands denotes FIRE, Swords signifies AIR and Pentacles EARTH. Similarly the 22 trump major arcanas too can be divided into these 4 categories. I have divided the 12 zodiac signs into the 12 tarot trump cards associated with them under these four elements:

Aries- The Emperor (fire)

Taurus- The Hierophant (earth)

Gemini- the Lovers (air)

Cancer- The Chariot (water)

Leo- The Strength (fire)

Virgo- The Hermit (earth)

Libra- The Justice (air)

Scorpio- The Death (water)

Sagittarius- The Temperance (fire)

Capricorn- The Devil (earth)

Aquarius- The Star (air)

Pisces- The Moon (water)

Each of these 78 cards is numbered. These numbers have a bearing on the person’s readings as and how these cards appear. The numbers especially on the 12 major Arcanas mentioned above delve into the individuals’ characteristic traits and other qualities associated with their personality.

How is Tarot Reading done?

Tarot reading involves two key elements:

The Tarot card Reader

The querent (one who questions the reader)

The process of tarot reading is an exchange of energy levels and aura which travels from the querent to the reader and then to the tarot cards which finally reveal the answers to your questions. Much of the occult and magical powers that tarot exhibits come from the Tarot Reader’s psychic ability. The stronger a psychic’s ability, the more accurately does the Tarot perform as a tool to predict the past, present and future. So it eventually boils down to how a Reader uses her skills to interpret your destiny from these cards, thus giving them their occult touch.

The querent may start by asking a few questions or giving a brief of concerns for which the querent seeks guidance from the reader. On the basis of the keys concern areas, the reader will formulate precise and direct questions with the querent’s consent and get the answers to them through the querent’s cards. The precision and clarity of the querent’s questions will determine the precision and clarity of the reader’s questions and thus, the response from the cards. It is thus the responsibility of both the reader and querent to be clear and distinct about the nature of queries put forth to the cards. If the querent is clear in her queries, the reader will be in a position to ask pointed or accurate questions and thus arrive at accurate and certain responses from the cards.

Tarot works primarily through the Aura one brings at the time of reading. Aura can be better explained as the energy frequency that the mind and body exude at a given time. This frequency can be happy, sad or simply confused. The energy that you emit is your aura. When you sit for a reading, Tarot predicts your fate on the basis of this energy frequency. This is Tarot’s most important benchmark. So in simple terms, Tarot is nothing more than a reading of your Aura or Energy level. On the basis of your present state of mind, your past, present and future are predicted. Tarot has no scientific base but a strong metaphysical essence. It is like this; you may not have seen god but you believe in divine power and presence. This strong belief system gives life to an unseen, unknown subject. Similarly, Tarot’s powers are unscientific and unexplainable, yet seductively convincing and real. When your readings come true, this fact is reaffirmed.

Tarot derives its power of unravelling fate through the Reader. The Reader is the one who pulls the cards that addresses your questions, concerns and doubts. The reader’s intuitive abilities give tarot the power to transform its projections into reality. Tarot’s success rests with the Reader’s intuitive psychic ability. The more a reader is in close contact with his/her psychic powers, the more accurate the reading. We all have intuitive abilities, what we generally call the sixth sense, but only a few are able to develop the power and the potential to use them constructively. One needs to harness this sixth sense through dedication and perseverance; to explore the realms of the subconscious (mind) and at times even use the powers bestowed upon one through their super conscious being (soul/spirit). To reach this level we need to dedicate our life to the study of aura through constant meditation and the practice of spirituality. This is the only way for a psychic to tap her full psychic ability. A reading or a prediction may go right or wrong depending upon the psychic ability of the Tarot reader to interpret the cards’ outcome in the context of the seeker’s questions. If the reader interprets the cards’ outcome correctly, the predictions will be right; else they will falter.

Tarot Reading is thus the process of foretelling the future, looking into the past or revealing the present through a series of 78 cards. These cards turn bewitching and mystical through the intuitive and psychic ability of the Tarot reader. A good reader holds the key to your life and I would like to thank you for believing in me and giving me this opportunity to read your future for you.

What kind of questions does Tarot answer?

Tarot can answer just about anything that you wish to ask the cards. However, in my experience, most questions revolve around the five important aspects of life: Love, Health, Wealth, Career and Spirituality. These five aspects form the crux of your future in this book of Tarot. You will get a detailed understanding of where you stand in the year to come vis-à-vis these five areas. However, I would like to share a few of the popular questions my patrons often ask in their readings. These questions may be of concern to you too at this moment. If so, then this book could be the answer to these questions:

When will I get married?

Will my relationship last?

Will my marriage last? Do you see divorce or any other such setbacks?

Will peace be restored in my love life?

Would I get the house that I wish to buy?

Will I be successful in my career?

Will I get the desired promotion, incentive or bonus?

Will my return on investments be as planned?

Will my health be good? Do you see any serious worries?

Will my stocks shoot or fall?

Will my finances be good in the year ahead?

Will my job last?

Will I get my dream job and would I be successful at it?

Where am I headed spiritually?

What is the purpose of my life?

What was I in the last birth?

Where do you see me five years hence?

Tarot has answers to all of the above. It can predict your future, reveal your past and present with respect to anything that you may ask. You have to be clear in your mind about your concerns and accurate in your questions.

The next chapter focuses on how tarot can help you. It is not just the predictions that can make a difference to you, but also the overall change that Tarot can bring about that will help you in shaping your life ahead.

How Can You Benefit From Tarot

In my long practice and experience of reading people’s future, I have come upon three important ways in which Tarot can help you. This book of future is based upon these three aspects of Tarot. Let us begin to unfold the potential of Tarot with the first and most popular benefit.

I. Tarot as a medium for prediction

This is the first and most important aspect of Tarot, also its most attractive. Based on the reader’s potential, Tarot can predict your entire future life in a single sitting. Clients typically come to me with their problems, issues or confusions and Tarot offers them a sneak peek into what awaits them with respect to their questions. This prepares them for the better or for worse. To explain this better let me tell you about a few real life examples.

I had a client who visited me just once. It’s difficult to forget her because of the condition she was in when she met me to ask about her marriage. She was 36 years old, had a string of failed relationships and had lost faith in finding the right match for herself. Her parents were desperately seeking a bridegroom for her through various arranged marriage portals. She was convinced that because of her age her chances at marriage were bleak. When she came to me she was dejected, lost and tired; the process of making her past relationships last and the ongoing process of finding a bridegroom had drained her completely. She wanted to know if she could ever get married and live happily ever after.

My reading of her cards showed marriage within six months. Unbelievable as it sounded to her at that time, she took the reading with a pinch of salt. A few months later, I received an e-mail from her. She was getting married and that too, within the stipulated time I had predicted.

In this instance, Tarot served purely as a tool to predict the client’s future.

In another case, I was often visited by a client who had just one question; he wished to buy an apartment of his own in Mumbai. His salary was meagre and this was his only dream and vision for the future. On reading his cards, I told him it would be another two years before he could fulfil his desire. To my dismay, he wouldn’t believe me. He often visited me to cross check this probability and Tarot’s accuracy as his finances dipped or improved. Given his current financial position, this seemed a far cry. Believe it or not, two years later he succeeded in buying his dream apartment on his own merit. The prediction was as true as his home.

Tarot can thus work as a tool purely for future predictions. However, its benefits are not limited to this.

II. Tarot gives you the power to change your reading to achieve the desired results

Tarot’s potential is not limited to merely predicting your future life or reading the past. It goes beyond that. When a prediction is made by the Reader, there is a possibility that the prediction may undergo change and thus become the opposite of what was predicted. This primarily happens because tarot is the only form of occult or a medium which gives you the flexibility to change what you don’t like about your reading. When you see something negative predicted for you, you have the time to invest efforts and energy to bring about a change in the reading and achieve the desired results. Tarot thus gives you the power to change your life and shape it the way you want to. It will show you where you stand at the present moment and what your future looks like considering your present actions and aura. If you like it, keep it the way it is; if not, change it by changing your actions before the predictions manifest themselves.

Tarot therefore serves as a guideline to show you what you can do to improve your future by changing your present. Some of my clients feel happy when their readings go wrong, because the ultimate outcome was what they originally desired.

Three years ago, I had a client who was studying Chartered Accountancy and was preparing for his intermediate exams. He was confident when he came to me; his questions revolved around the jobs he would get after completing C.A. However, when I did his reading he was shocked. His cards revealed that he would fail his intermediate exams; his plans would undergo a complete downturn. I explained to him that his present efforts weren’t enough to help him clear the exam and that instead of dreaming about the future he needed to dedicate all his time and effort to changing the outcome.

He called me after six months to tell me that my reading had gone wrong and that he had cleared his exams as he had planned. He thanked me for guiding him and letting him know his true position and potential on the day he had visited me, for helping him address the possibility of failure before it could happen. Tarot showed him his true position and its consequences had he continued in the same vein. A change was needed and Tarot forewarned him about it.

Thus, Tarot gives you the power to change your destiny. You have it all, but the knowing is often amiss. Tarot is the missing link which connects your actions with the desired future. It tells you what can be done to get from here to where you want to be and not land someplace else, where you don’t wish to be.

One of my clients was an excellent worker, ambitious and goal oriented. She often did readings with me to know about growth and success in her career. However, once she came to me for a different reason. She was given a new role under a new boss. Just before taking over the new role, she had been looking forward to a promotion and a hefty incentive. Apparently, with the new shift and the teething problems with her new boss, she was unsure of her promotion. She wanted a reading primarily to know about her expected promotion. Unfortunately, when I picked her cards, they gave no indication of a promotion. On the contrary, she was set to lose her job! The new boss had taken the decision as he found her overbearing attitude unacceptable. When I told her this she was obviously shocked, but I also informed her that it was in the near future, it hadn’t already happened, and she had the time to turn things around by changing her actions and attitude, by working more patiently, approaching work with a modest attitude and adjusting a little more with her new boss. Tarot also suggested that the less she fought with her boss the better it would be for her. She was advised to be more accommodating towards the new changes presented to her.

She called after a few months. She had had her promotion as against what I had predicted, but it was because she had done as advised, changed her approach to work and therefore gained a better future. If Tarot hadn’t shown where she stood as on that day, she wouldn’t have gotten the promotion and instead would have lost her job.

Tarot thus gives you the power to change your destiny. Positive thinking and a strong belief system can go a long way in changing your life from the present state. Tarot is this source of positive energy. It shows you what you need to do to get what you desire. If your cards predict a certain future and it isn’t what you want, then the solution is simple—what you are doing presently isn’t working for you. Thus change your actions, increase or reduce your efforts as per your Tarot reading and get what you ultimately desire.

Most of my patrons visit me at a time or stage in their life where they have either given up on hope or feel lost and defeated by life’s struggles. Besides predicting their future, my Tarot readings focus on what the future looks like depending on their present stance. I inform them about this undesirable future if so predicted or a desirable one as per the outcome of their readings. In a situation where the readings are undesirable I gently guide them to how they can change their life, by instilling faith and courage in them that they have the power to change their destiny. Tarot guides you and shows you where you will be if you walk a certain path. If the destination is not what you wanted, change your path and transform your life.

Astrology, Numerology or any other form of occult mostly dwells on your life and tells you what is in store for you in time. Tarot goes beyond all this. It definitely tells you what is in store for you in your future and also gives you the magical power to transform your life. No one can take this power away from you and Tarot’s indicative philosophy only reaffirms this. The reading that you do can reflect this change from time to time depending on how you decide to shape your life on the basis of the future predicted in your last reading. Tarot is like a guide or a mentor who holds your hands and takes you to your success. Every step that you take, every change that you bring about in your life on the basis of your Tarot Readings will reflect a different and a better future. It all depends on how you use this power of Tarot to your advantage.

III. Tarot as a Counsellor and a way to spiritual enhancement

This third and last element of Tarot is something I have acquired over the years of practice and experience, my personal contribution to enhancing Tarot readings and their potential to guide lives. Tarot doesn’t necessarily play a direct role of counsellor or a guide to spirituality but it does so indirectly, through me. When I started doing Tarot initially it was only limited to the above two elements, a medium to predict the future and to change your destiny by showing you the way forward. As I grew in my experience as a Tarot card reader I realised that most of my clients kept coming back to me to be healed and, most often, just to open up and pour out their heart to me. Most of my experiences revolved around helping clients battle their life ahead through constant motivational talks and strategies to help them create a better life.

This led me to study ‘Psychotherapy and Counselling’. I did my masters while I was practising Tarot and it helped me immensely to shape my clients’ lives for the better. The scientific understanding of human psychology enabled me to come up with interesting behavioural therapies, methods of psychotherapy and various ways of counselling. Sometimes I deployed assertive therapy, sometimes aggressive therapy, and sometimes plain pep talk therapy. My intervention as a Counsellor started making huge positive changes in my clients’ lives. They developed a more positive and healthy lifestyle and started achieving more out of themselves.

This art of positive reinforcement and scientific intervention was initiated through Tarot in my life. It helped me become an expert at reading the mind and heart and guiding my clients on the basis of these enhanced readings. I struck the right chords of intuition and scientific intervention to heal my patrons. This brought about a phenomenal change in my own perspective of life and a 360 degree shift in my outlook. I started seeing things differently. This is also the time Vipassana happened to me.

Vipassana is an art of self realisation, a way to Nirvana, the method practised and preached by Gautama Buddha. This further enlightened me and opened the door to spirituality. I dedicated a lot of time to studying spirituality and ways to attain self realisation through meditation. During this time I came upon various forms of meditation to heal my clients by helping them reduce stress related problems, address interpersonal issues, and guide them towards self realisation.

Self-realisation is an overwhelming concept or perhaps it is the perception that makes it so. Hence I will dwell a little more on its details to give you a brief understanding of what this concept truly means with respect to Tarot and how each of these three benefits that you derive from Tarot are interrelated.

Nirvana/Self Realisation/Liberation

In my understanding, self-realisation is synonymous with Liberation which is synonymous with Nirvana. Nirvana was the term coined by Gautama Buddha during his phase of actualisation and realisation. Self-realisation as such means your inner realisation where you discover the true essence of your inner being. To be more precise, it is an awakening of the being within. The process of self realisation leads to the answer of the biggest ever rhetorical question ‘Who Am I’?

It may sound untrue if I say you are more than your skin, more than your present body, more than your achievements and are far greater than time. In all honesty and reality, you are. You are a soul who has travelled hundreds of births to achieve this human form. Hence do not let this human form go in vain. The sole purpose of your human form is a blessing, an opportunity to establish oneness with the Universe. When I say oneness I mean harmony, peace and realisation. In a lay man’s terms, realisation is the process of taming the human mind, humankind’s most formidable opponent. This opponent lives within and conquering it delicately and gently is your biggest challenge. This can be done through meditational techniques listed down in the chapter ‘Author’s Note’. You can use the technique listed in the particular volume for your Zodiac sign or read through the rest and choose the one form of meditational technique that suits you the most. I perform the Vipassana meditation. It has become a way of life for me. Vipassana is a simple technique which promises remarkable results. It is a tried and tested technique strongly recommended for achieving glimpses of spiritual enlightenment. I am confident that once you start meditation and see the positive results, you won’t stop what you started. As the saying goes, unless you fall in love, you won’t know what love is.

In our modern times, we are busy with achieving material and emotional gains. This larger purpose is completely lost and you thus lose the purpose of your birth. The sooner you realise that your greatest achievement rests in establishing oneness with the universe and not going against it, the better it will be for you. Now you may ask, why should I even be discussing realisation when I am already happy and content within or without? If this question plays in your mind, I have the answer to it.

Why should I realise?

You may not know what success is unless you have tasted it. You may not know what chocolate is unless you have eaten it. You may not know what love is unless you have felt it. So it is with self-realisation. You may not know what you are missing out on unless you have had a glimpse of it. These glimpses I have had through my study, belief and open mindedness to accept spirituality. You won’t know how beautiful it is, how happy one feels by being in this state, how simple detachment seems, which is probably the main reason for our misery, unless you have had glimpses of realisation. To achieve this and to help you get on with it I have introduced Spirituality readings in this book.

When it comes to liberation I am not there yet, but my attempt is to help with whatever I have studied and understood about the Body, Mind and Spirit. ‘Your Spiritual Reading’ for the year ahead is a special chapter in this book that arose from this understanding and experience through Tarot. It informs you about where you stand spiritually and helps you take the first step towards your ultimate purpose—self-realisation, to get in close contact with the real Being in you.

I have also created a final chapter in each book—the ‘Author’s Note’—which will guide you towards improving your life. This chapter has two exercises, one to read and one to perform. Both are goal-oriented and will help you achieve your dream, desires and eventually self-realisation.

These three benefits of Tarot—future predictions, the concept of change, and ultimately spiritual enlightenment—are inter-related. These three levels of life—the physical level (Predictions), the mental level (the power and control to change your life) and the Spiritual level (the realisation)—are like the three corners of a triangle. As you achieve one, the next will follow. This book aims to give you a glimpse of all three and I only hope you use it your fullest advantage and restore oneness with the Universal energy.

How is Tarot Different From Numerology and Astrology

If you have ever wondered how Tarot predictions are different from Astrology and Numerology, let us unravel this mystery now. In most cases, you would have your own preference for Astrology or Numerology. In picking up this book, you are giving Tarot a chance and I am sure you will not be disappointed.

Astrology is the study of planetary positions in relation to your birth date and time. Through this celestial study an astrologer can predict your personality, strengths and weakness, and past and future events. In Astrology, the Sun and the Moon’s positions play an important role in the celestial chart that reveals a person’s destiny. As these planets revolve and change their positions, so does an individual’s fate.

Numerology is a symbolic study of numbers and reveals one’s characteristic traits. This study of an individual’s characteristics helps us in understanding his strengths and weaknesses which can then be applied to various aspects of life like work, love, or health to get the best out of them. This study is done through the frequency of energy emitted by these numbers within the physical Universe. Birth date plays an important role as most Numerological predictions are based on it.

Tarot is a set of cards used to predict one’s future. Tarot Reading is not just about the cards but also about the Reader’s intuitive skills. Every individual possesses what we call a sixth sense, but only a few develop it to reach a point where it can become a power, beyond the understanding of normal consciousness. This intuition, when combined with the mystical Tarot cards, becomes a perfect tool to predict your destiny. Tarot is thus very different from Astrology and Numerology. It isn’t scientific as the other two mediums but it is definitely metaphysical.

What is this Metaphysics? It is the branch of science or Philosophical Science which studies the less explicable concepts, like the existence of God, the study of what is there and what isn’t, what is cause and what effect, what exists, why and how. It is the study of all reality, visible and invisible, natural and supernatural; for instance our belief in the existence of spirits whether evil or benign, or of the origin of the Universe, which despite all the scientific reasoning and explanation, still retains a tiny seed of mysticism. Another such example is the belief in life on other planets—we haven’t discovered this but we do believe or at least argue on the existence of Aliens and their UFO’s. One may not have seen God or experienced divine presence, but the belief in God’s existence is strong. You may even want to consider the human soul; it has no form, no colour, but we believe that it exists. In my experience, intuition too belongs to such an area of study and exploration. How can one explain the sixth sense, the intuition that something will happen or it may not, the intuition that guides me to predict your destiny which is unexplainable but with results that are acceptable and believable? This is the place where Tarot fits in perfectly. It is inexplicable yet remarkably accurate.

Tarot predicts everything that you may want to know about your life. You just need to find the right Reader. Therefore the accuracy of Tarot cards entirely depends on the skill set of the Reader. A reader develops this skill with great effort by deploying techniques of meditation, patience and constant study. The knowledge of these tools makes the Reader sound in her intuition, thereby helping her relate better with her deck of Tarot cards and providing a prediction that is unmistakably precise and accurate. Astrology and Numerology lack the mystical divinity which a Tarot reader brings through her intuition. The cards whisper your destiny into the Reader’s mind and enable forecasts for your life.

Astrology uses planetary positions and Numerology the science of numbers to foretell your Future. Tarot uses a set of colourful vibrant cards. Let me explain how these cards work.

All the 78 cards in the deck I use belong to one of the four Universal elements: Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Fire denotes passion, Water emotions, Air knowledge and thought process, and Earth all the worldly goods like wealth and health. Tarot comprises of Major Arcana (major cards which predict characteristic traits and distant future) and Minor Arcana (small cards which predict recent developments in one’s life). Like in a normal card deck, Tarot also has four suits—Wands represent Fire (passion and work), Cups represent Water (emotions), Swords represent Air (the mind) and Pentacles represents Earth (wealth and health).

Unlike Astrology and Numerology, Tarot predictions are dynamic and are subject to change depending upon the efforts you put in to change the future. This dynamism makes Tarot magical and intriguing. Tarot is the only form of occult which gives you the power to change your destiny.

My Tarot readings for your future, as detailed in this book, are based on the 12 Zodiac signs, the mystical Tarot cards, and my own trained and unerring intuitive abilities. The categorized sections have been designed to make it simpler for you to relate with your future as predicted in this book. Limitation in performing individual readings has led me to this segregation which is convenient as it clearly separates you from the rest in a specific Zodiac sign. Tarot is most definitely intriguing and brings in a refreshing perspective and serves more as a guideline than purely a medium to predict one’s future. Besides just predicting the future, it offers solutions, warnings, and guidance for what is to come.

These 78 colourful cards talk to me about your destiny. Come, find out what’s in store for you in 2015.

What is in this Book for You?

This book is the key to your destiny. It lets you see the unknown and unravel the future. This is purely a book of future predictions for 2015. You can use this information or the knowing plainly as an intriguing and interesting reading material to know your future or consider this book as the key to your destiny that gives you the power and control to shape your life in the manner you want it to. You can use these readings to your advantage and make the necessary changes or corrections now to ensure you have a beautiful future, the way you wish it to be.

This book unravels your future gently and delightfully by taking you through a series of chapters divided into five different aspects of life along with some important observations and recommendations to you to better your future. It is based on generalized reading for the 12 Zodiac signs through the mystical and intuitive Tarot Cards. It has no relation to Astrology or Numerology except for the 12 Zodiac titles used in this book. Please do not confuse this book to be a book of Personality, Astrological charts, Numerological Remedies or Rituals or any other form of occult practices. It is purely a book of future which offers you an opportunity of a lifetime to know the unknown.

I have used the Rider Waite Tarot deck for the readings in this Book. This deck is one of the most popular decks created by Mr Arthur Waite and illustrated by Pamela Smith. It is also known as the Rider Waite Smith deck. This deck plays an important role in the first chapter of each book of Zodiac sign as it visually refers you to the Tarot Card that describes you. The book is arranged in twelve volumes for the twelve Zodiac signs. Each volume consists of ten chapters. The chapters are described briefly as follows:

I. Tarot Trump

This chapter describes the card associated with your Zodiac sign in complete detail

II. Your Monthly Prediction in 2015

This chapter gives you your detailed and complete monthly predictions for 2015

III. Love and You in 2015

This chapter gives you your detailed Love prediction for 2015

IV. Your Health in 2015

This chapter gives you your complete and detailed Health prediction for 2015

V. Your Wealth in 2015

This chapter gives you your detailed Wealth prediction for 2015

VI. Your Career in 2015

This chapter gives you your detailed Career prediction for 2015

VII. Your Spiritual Reading in 2015

This chapter gives you your detailed Spiritual prediction for 2015

VIII. Tarot Spreads

This chapter is dedicated to your Tarot Spreads in 2015. Please read through for a clear understanding of spreads.

What is a Tarot Spread?

A tarot spread is a cluster of cards put together to give an overview of a querent’s life. In this chapter we try to understand two of my favourite spreads for every Zodiac, namely:

Past-Present-Future Spread: This spread is most often used when the querent wants to know what has happened in the past, what is going on presently in his/her life, and what the future has in store; it is a snapshot of the querent’s entire life. The time line of the three tenses (past, present and future) could range anywhere between 6 months to 6 years or even more at times. It is all subject to the querent’s Aura as to what cards, whether distant or near, come up in this spread. This spread involves three cards for each tense. It is also popularly known as the three-card spread. It is one of most basic spreads and the simplest to understand and hence it has found importance in this book.

After this basic spread, it could be interesting to understand one of the most important and somewhat complicated spreads in Tarot.

The Horoscope Spread: The Horoscope Spread is a ten-card circular spread which gives you a complete overview of your entire life with emphasis on aspects close to the mind and soul. This spread is like taking a sneak peek into what has gone into making you (your past life and karmic deeds), the person you are (present), what is to come, and what will shape you in the future for your own good. This is your entire life predicted through ten cards, each associated with the 10 most important aspects of your life according to Tarot. This spread is most often done to understand the querent at a macro level which isn’t time-bound but depends upon the kind of person you are on the basis of the karmic deeds of your past births and present life. In this spread ten cards are placed in a circle where each card reveals the following in the order given from right to left.

1: Personality

2: Health

3: Wealth

4: Career

5: Love

6: Spirituality

7: Travel

8: Dark Secrets/ Fears/Hopes

9: Knowledge /Creativity

10: Family Background

The above two spreads are subject to change except in the case where your past is involved. Your present and future depend on the actions you take, which will change your aura thereby changing your readings year after year. These spreads can best be taken as a guideline to know where you will go from where you are now. If you don’t like it, you have the power to change it. The last chapter helps you do just that.

IX. Author’s Note to You

In this chapter I have written a customized note to you considering your performance in the year 2015 with the intention to help you improve your future. It involves two exercises based on my analysis of the year’s predictions. I have devised these exercises from my own experience and understanding of spirituality and intuitive abilities.

X. Your Iconic Contemporary

In this Chapter I have shared the lives of two real life personalities who belong to your Trump Tarot card. These personalities reflect the achievement of success and happiness by using their innate power and skills which you too possess. Let these personalities inspire you to reach for the best in you and your life.

Some Terms to Remember

While you read this book, you may often come across terms like Healer, Medical practitioner, Therapist, Instructor, Guide or Mentor which may recur consistently across the Twelve Zodiac Signs. These terms remain common to two of the aspects of life, mainly Health and Spirituality. Health for obvious reasons; you will come upon a doctor, a healer or a therapist in the year ahead to deal with one or the other small or big issue related to health.

The term Mentor or Guide may often be seen in your Spiritual reading or sometimes also in your Career predictions. This mentor or guide is mostly a person or an object that shows you the way to your spiritual enlightenment. As I see a mentor or a guide in your cards, so these terms shall appear in your Spiritual readings across the 12 volumes.

The words Mentor or Guide may even so appear in your career which denotes a helping hand in the form of a senior, a colleague or a new entrant who may open doorways to new and better opportunities.

If you find them repetitive it is simply because they form the essence of your reading and there is no escaping your thoughts manifesting help in one or other of the above forms.

I hope you enjoy unravelling your future and use this information for your good. With this I leave you with your Destiny.

Happy Reading!

Aries—THE EMPEROR

Taurus—The HIEROPHANT

Gemini—THE LOVERS

Cancer—THE CHARIOT

Leo—THE STRENGTH

Virgo—THE HERMIT

Libra—THE JUSTICE

Scorpio—DEATH

Sagittarius—THE TEMPERANCE

Capricorn—THE DEVIL

Aquarius—THE STAR

Pisces—THE MOON

Sample PAST PRESENT FUTURE Spread

Sample HOROSCOPE Spread

The Book of EMPEROR ARIES

TAROT Trump
Aries—THE EMPEROR

Aries is the first of the twelve star signs and therefore has this peculiar trait of childish stubbornness and overpowering zest. In Tarot Aries is described by the Emperor Card. Now if you compare the qualities you as an Aries exhibit to those of an Emperor you will realize that there is a remarkable similarity between the two. You are childishly stubborn, authoritative, and easily influenced. You have the natural knack for being a good leader, you are patient and very sensitive, and this makes you an emotional individual. Now lets us compare these qualities with those of an Emperor. An Emperor is strong headed and focused. He is authoritative and easily influenced by factors like the urge for conquests, hunger for wealth and the unrelenting desire for power. On the flip side, the Emperor is also childish when it comes to his overbearing emotions. Sometimes this could make him sensitive towards the needs of his people, thus making him a good leader or, conversely, make his emotions overpowering enough to force people to succumb to his demands. You are described in Tarot with the Emperor card as it perfectly fits in with your qualities in every aspect—your personality, mental strength and your spiritual inclination. Let’s now turn to the Emperor card and understand its implications on your personality and your life.

If you look at the Emperor Card from the Rider Waite Tarot Deck, you will first see a King seated on a majestic throne wearing a red robe. The throne is the symbol of power and authority and his robe, red against the card’s orange background, stands for the elements fire and earth in amalgamation. Fire denotes aggression and fiery stubbornness while earth stands for stability, poise and calm temperament. The staff in his right hand symbolises authority and dominion and his crown experience and wisdom. The colour of his robe stands for courage, valour, and aggression to take on new challenges. The Ram’s head on the throne, also the sign of Aries, denotes enthusiasm and vigour. The card is numbered IV, as in the fourth month of the year, i.e., April, the month of Aries. Four is considered a masculine number, true to its association with the Emperor card in Tarot. It is a divine number, a number of the right balance between law and order and fairness.

In my explanation here Emperor denotes both the Aries Man and Aries Woman. Emperor classically symbolises the head of the family, a dominating spouse, a temperamental and a fair boss, or an enthusiastic lover who is perceived as the more mature one in a relationship. As the head of the family, you are the provider who is also gentle and kind, a good mentor for your children and a rule setter for the family. This is your emotional and sensitive side at its best. You will see to it that the laws are obeyed and also question when they are not followed. You are a natural leader and therefore command the authority and power that the Emperor exhibits.

The Emperor has his negative aspect too. Your demanding, aggressive and hot headed nature could cause issues in upbringing and exert the wrong kind of influence on family members. As a spouse, the Emperor is the dominant one in the relationship, constantly wanting to prove his point and therefore, most often, imposing it on the other. Your authority and enthusiasm make you very attractive to the opposite sex but at times you can be unnecessarily possessive and dominating, making the relationship lopsided.

As a boss, the Emperor is the perfect leader; authority, stability, dependability, and equality are the ruling attributes of this card. These qualities make you a natural leader and a good one too. The Emperor is a perfect example of courage and valour and this is why you are often ready to plunge into challenges. You stand up for your own decisions, good or bad. However, as a difficult boss, you can be a tyrant, someone who is over-demanding and assertive, making life difficult for your followers. On the negative side you can be the don’t-mess-with-me kind. Spirituality doesn’t come naturally and easily to the Emperor. He is a master sign of Ego and Power, the two qualities that take him away from spirituality. In order to walk the path of spirituality, you will have to shed the Emperor’s skin, meaning you will have to forsake your power and ego, which, in all honesty, I see as a rare possibility. The Emperor’s only saviour here is his need to help his people; this alone can liberate him. Likewise, you may choose spirituality only if there ever arises a feeling to serve mankind with an urge to reach out to others and end the suffering. This could be the only reason why you would ever abandon your throne and kingship and choose to follow the path of spirituality. However, knowing the emperor’s strong will, he is quite capable of doing this and when he does so, we will have the next Gautama Buddha emerge from amongst us. You, as the Emperor, may just choose to be that one.

I hope you have enjoyed knowing yourself through Tarot. As Aries, The Emperor, you have a lot waiting for you in 2015. It’s time you know your Destiny. Let’s now begin to unfold each day, week and month in the year to come.

Monthly Predictions—2015

Before you proceed, I would like to inform you that this is a general prediction for you. A lot depends on how you take control of your life and use these readings to your advantage. This reading serves best as a guideline and shows you where you stand as of today. If you are unhappy and dissatisfied, you have the time to change the ultimate outcome on the basis of what has been predicted through my readings in this book.

January – January brings a message. You have been waiting to start something or do something new for a long time but didn’t know what you could possibly attempt. January clears the confusion; you may start a new setup, new assignment or a new love affair. I see you trying too hard to make things work too fast. Relax. Take it easy. If needed, isolate and introspect as to how to put this idea to best use. It is a time of introspection. Ask yourself and you will know what needs to be done next. Seek, and you shall find. This month also brings in a situation where I see you balancing two opposite elements; for instance two difficult bosses or two opposite and difficult relationships like wife and mother-in-law. Beware! You can’t keep two swords in one sheath. You will have to make a choice here. Initially the choice seems impossible but you must initiate it and it will gradually fall in place. The earlier you choose one and let go of the other, the more peace and harmony you will find. The good news is I see you doing just that. In January your work seems to be doing well; a lot of appreciation and rewards coming your way.

February – February is the month of multi tasking. Honestly speaking you shouldn’t be multi tasking at this time because I don’t see you striking success, especially with your finances. If you are juggling two jobs or job offers, two marriage proposals, two love relationships, two money related opportunities, then I would recommend you stop juggling and settle down. The good news is I see a new beginning, one with a deeper meaning. You may choose to do things like a new course in your chosen hobby, meditation, or simply start a new venture. This month is very exciting because this start-up will energise you completely and keep you in a positive frequency mode, meaning a month filled with happiness. However it’s also time to use your intuition in certain situations to come. Follow your heart. For once, make the decision emotionally and not professionally. If you are a male Arian, it’s likely for you to lose the woman you desire. But it’s all going to turn out good eventually. The good news here? February is the moolah month. The wheel of fortune is set in motion. You will be making extra money some way or the other. Make the most of it.

March – March seems to be a difficult month, at least in the beginning. Don’t push yourself too much to do the right thing. Don’t let external factors influence you or your actions. If need be, take time off alone to introspect and return fresh, and I know you will since I see you involved in a small celebration or a reunion. Happy times are here again but a short one. Post this small celebration, I see you taking a break. ‘Break’ implies a small vacation or a time for recuperation. It could mean hospitalization, but not for serious ailments. It might just be a break to be with yourself. In either case, take this time off. It will charge you up for what’s coming next—news of wealth. You will soon hear news that will cheer you up. We all love wealth and this month is just the beginning of it.

April – April is the continuation of wealth. What we saw happening last month end, continues in this month. You will embark on the journey to acquiring more wealth. This is a month of happiness and success. You can expect the best to happen initially but emotionally there could be a down time. Rejection, disappointment, deception or treachery is likely to happen but it is only a phase and will soon settle. Don’t get overwhelmed with this because this month is really as promising as it had begun, especially as I can see a positive change on your work front. Professionally things will be looking up very well. News comes in which only makes work better. The most important bit about April is completion. You will complete the cycle of good-bad-good again. Life picks up from here and there’s no looking back. Just go with the flow and enjoy all of it while it lasts.

May – May is the time to put everything into execution mode. Everything that you have planned to do will now be implemented. The ultimate motive of all this is to gain wealth and become prosperous. This month you will spend a lot of your time, energy and money to make life more comfortable. If you are a male Arian, this could be the time you find an interesting companion, authoritative and attractive. Kindly note, don’t get too carried away with all the spending and trying to lure the opposite sex because this might land you in trouble. Don’t let temptations possess you. Everything done in moderation is good, be it spending or romancing. A situation is likely to arise where you might have to leave your comfort zone to follow your dream (a new job, a passion or marriage that calls for relocation). If so, don’t feel bitter about such small sacrifices and take up the challenge for it’ll be ultimately for your own good.

June – June brings success at work and work related tasks. People will generally look up to you and follow your verdict without question. Success in new projects, promotions, incentives and rewards are likely to flow in. You will be embarking on the path to glory and power. You will feel like a king with your subjects praising you for everything you do, delegate and execute. Your superiors and contemporaries too will be supportive of you.

June is especially good for love. If you are a female Arian, you are likely to find true love now. Nurture this relationship well, since it will go a long way. Ambition and love will be the two sides of the same coin. Flip it either way and you will only get success.

July – July is the month to feel good about yourself and take some pride in the work you do. This month will be promising for work as in the last. In fact a message is to come, a message of betterment, positive news that will charge you up and increase your efficiency and productivity. You must give yourself a pat on your back for doing professionally well in July. To focus on other aspects of life, July will be the time to take an epic decision. You will have to evaluate all the options and choices, resolve the internal conflict in your head and make this decision. The best thing to do here is to use your intuition. Not all decisions are matters of the head; some are of the heart too. Decide right, although I see you going wrong here and breaking your heart. Deceptions and disappointment may trouble you emotionally in your personal life. Now that you know what awaits you, I advise you to change this negative outcome by putting in the right efforts needed to arrive at a desirable future.

August – August is a challenging month. The first of its kind so far in your yearly reading. I see theft happening. Theft, big or small, of money or credit, of love and spirit. Someone somewhere is out there to steal from you, to discredit you or to backstab you or simply cause disharmony and chaos in your life. So beware. This could be correlated to your difficulty in handling two opposite elements and trying to work out a balance between them. Like for instance two difficult bosses, two friends who are giving opposite kinds of advice. Something of this sort is likely to land you in a pickle. One of these two opposite elements might just be the thief. Apparently I see you doing fairly well in handling this messy situation. You will balance it out well and will also do a fairly good job at giving it proper closure. If there is litigation involved in your life around this time, you are likely to win it. Work related news that you have been awaiting for a long time will come through in August.

September – September is a good month for you dear Emperor. Although you may feel bored initially with the routine responsibilities and activities, especially on the emotional front, things will change later and for your good. Relationships might get boring and seem saturated. But this is just a phase and will therefore pass. Rather than jump to conclusions, be patient with your counterpart in all types of relationships. This will do much good, and fortunately, as I see, you would be doing just that. A new message, a happy one, or a new idea is likely to excite you and bring about a positive change. From here on September only gets better. I see this positive change bringing in wealth, fortune from a sudden event or a sudden shift in your destiny. This month also looks positive for a home purchase or marriage.

October – October starts off as a busy month. Your marriage or your home purchase keeps you busy with instant expenditure in all aspects—money, time and effort. Enjoy this phase but avoid overspending and collecting debts. Moderation is advised.

However, difficult times come in the form of difficult decisions to be made in October. You might have to leave a relationship, a job or a home that you love for your own betterment. This you will have to do because it is not working for you. While doing this safeguard yourself from being cheated emotionally, professionally or monetarily. I see you at your fairest and doing well in decisions where justice is required. Basically, October ends well with you playing a fair game.

November – November is a time to take a break. You have been working very hard and deserve a break for this. Pat your back for all the efforts you have put in matters of head and heart. This month I see you spacing out a bit; it will do you good. A new assignment or a new job offer is likely to come in, so don’t get too overwhelmed. Finish with the break and then submit yourself to new tasks. In matters of love you will be perceived as a very attractive person this time around. Fatal attractions are likely to happen, in a positive sense. If you are in a relationship already you are likely to do better in it and if you are single, then you are at a point of attracting true love. Do not restrict yourself from doing this for I see you holding back. Just break free and make the most of this phase. Don’t over assume or be negative towards the good that is to come. Love it and embrace it.

December – December is the beginning of the end, obviously also because we are at the end of the year. Now is the time to let go, to give closure to everything that hasn’t worked out well in 2015. I see you painfully letting go of difficult relationships and situations. You will fight the odds and come out victorious like the Emperor who wins a war. This month is very rewarding emotionally because you will manifest everything that makes you happy. You will be emotionally more stable, ready to take on a new year and will make the most of this month as it will be the best time to cheer with family, friends and loved ones. I see you taking a break, a vacation to clear your head, your heart, and more importantly, to celebrate the New Year. You will be all out for a reunion or a gathering of your own or of someone important to you. Go forth and make merry. You deserve this celebration.

Hope this monthly prediction has brought clarity to what you could expect from 2015. If you are pleased with what has been predicted in your Monthly Readings, I am glad I could be of help in unravelling the future. However, if you are disappointed with what’s been revealed, like I have said before in the introductory chapters, you can turn it around by using this as a guideline.

In the next sections, we will discuss each of the five aspects of life in detail. We begin with the first and I consider this to be more important than the rest. Love. Without love, life is not worth living. I am sure you will be curious to know what is in store for you in your Love relationships. With this we begin our next chapter.

Your Love Life in 2015

Love is beautiful, blissful. It completes your life. If you are single and have been waiting to meet your soul mate, then read on to find out if this really happens in 2015. If you are already married or in a relationship, then you should definitely read on to know how this relationship will shape up. I have structured this chapter according to the four quarters of the year 2015. Each paragraph is dedicated to a quarter.

January-February-March – Brilliant beginning for love in 2015! If you are already in a relationship, then I see you feeling comfortable in it in the first quarter. Everything that you desired from a relationship is already there; stability, love and freedom of speech. There will be equality and balance in your relationship, an important element of every successful partnership. Be more vocal about your love and express it to your partner. They will appreciate it.

Now if you are looking for love, don’t go too far. The one you are looking for is already part of your life. It’s all about giving that person a fair chance. If you were concerned about love and romantic linkups, then don’t be. Love is at hand and things are likely to shape up pretty well for you. The only problem here is that I see you making a few hasty choices. Now that you know this, try to avoid doing so. If you have more than one option for partners to choose from or to choose between love and other aspects of life, prioritise the right option. Think well and make a decision. Anything done hastily or wrong will land you with the wrong person or wrong situation. So think before you act.

April-May-June – In an existing relationship scenario things are likely to get a little stressful. However, there is hope that things will settle in this very quarter. The relationship will pick up as it was in the last quarter but not without the understanding and support of both the partners involved. There is hope so don’t get too worked up over trivial issues and avoid making a mountain out of a molehill. If this happens, it might take that much longer to settle. The good news? I see you adopting the right attitude, a positive outlook towards your relationship. You will be in control of the situations and trust yourself to doing things right. This will only bring a spark to the existing relationship and make it look new and exciting once again.

If you are single, don’t get disheartened or sad if you haven’t attracted the right person yet. This quarter is most powerful for meeting the right person. There is always that silver lining after the darkness, so be patient. If you did meet someone and it failed, don’t lose heart because you will attract a new partner soon. I see you doing just that. A beautiful, attractive, dominating yet loving woman / man will walk into your life. Don’t rush into anything serious too soon. Enjoy this phase of playing the persuasion game. A new beginning awaits you beyond this stage. Get ready for it.

July-August-September – There is an external factor playing dirty in your relationship. This factor could be a woman, a queen like person; a mother or a sister, a woman friend you or your partner has. Don’t get carried away and question your relationship due to this external influence. This is a cautionary suggestion, dear Emperor, because sadly enough I see you doing precisely this and pushing your beloved and your relationship off the limits. This will only cause trouble and unsettle the relationship. Your partner at this juncture is already feeling lost and defeated in love with you; taxing the equation further will end this love which was so beautiful. Adopt caution. Look back and undo what you did. There is still a chance to save it if you take the right actions. Gladly, in the last month of this quarter I see a new spark developing between you and your partner which only denotes a positive beginning all over again. Let it not be ruined now. Work on it with a positive attitude.

October-November-December – I see you getting carried away here. A new love attraction emerges from your past. The pull of this is way too strong. But look back and ask yourself—do you really need this kind of a relationship, a clandestine one? This could ruin what you already have, a beautiful, rewarding relationship. If things still get difficult around this time, I recommend you isolate yourself and introspect. Think hard about what you intend to do next. I’m glad to see that you choose to do the right thing, of staying back in your own space within the existing relationship, bidding adieu to this fatal past attraction. Balance and equality is restored in your life when it comes to love relationships. Your love for your beloved is even stronger now and better. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger and I am glad it has. This year, love wins. You have done well for yourself, fought all the odds and come out victorious but has this taken a toll on your health or have you managed to sail through without a scratch, stress, a touch of sickness, or the burden of other ailments? If Health is good, then everything else is good too. So let’s now check your Health Reading in 2015.

Your Health in 2015

Health is Wealth. This statement is 100 % true. If health doesn’t favour you, the other aspects won’t matter, however potent and promising. So let’s look into your health reading for 2015.

January-February-March – This quarter is about taking control and acting fast. You have been ignoring the signs your body has been giving you lately. This could be terminal aches, pains, stress related issues or chronic ailments. Nothing is going to help you unless you decide to do something and act anew; for instance, introducing a certain type of workout regime or following a new diet plan. You need to do this fast before external factors take you down completely. If you have been holding on to some past baggage, let go. If you did something wrong or someone did wrong to you it’s in the past and the earlier you forgive and forget the better for you and your health. The stress arising out of this negative emotion will hound you to the extent that it hampers your health, which is what I see happening. If you are a female Arian and trying to get pregnant, then this quarter will bring good news for you. However, if you are not planning parenthood, then this time may bring in positive news of an unplanned pregnancy. It’s better to take the right precautions.

April-May-June – Work related stress and other issues might be of concern in this quarter. External factors play dirty. You have been pushing yourself too much; your body has not taken this too well. It’s asking you to slow down, to relax and unwind. Unfortunately I see disappointing news related to your health coming your way. This could be an ailment either big or small. Whatever the prognosis, be positive. Love yourself and be kind to your body. It has the power to heal itself and from what I see, you will succeed in doing that. To heal faster, surround yourself with positive, healthy influences. This phase of ill health too will settle. If need be, take a break, a small vacation or just a day’s break; it will rejuvenate you. If ill-health prolongs, it might bring in hospitalization. Now that you know this, you must choose to watch out and work on your body first. Take care of it and nurture it.

July-August-September – Don’t be too worried about your health. I see you all worked up about your health this quarter. Relax. It isn’t that bad. You will survive and sail through. If you have been overworking either professionally or simply because of a new workout regime, just take it easy. You have been working too hard and pushing yourself way too much. This is creating a lot of mental stress that in turn is causing related health issues. If you can balance these aspects, your health will spring back and you will feel as good as new. Everything in moderation and balance is the key to better health this quarter and you need to do just that.

October-November-December – Your recovery begins this quarter. If you have been worried about your health or were battling difficult times concerning health, it will all settle starting October. You should be feeling robust and fit by now. However, I see you again trailing the downward path. Avoid getting involved with stressful issues like difficult work targets and emotional matters. Stay away from these. Calm your mind and rest. If needed, take a break and come back. An art of living therapy, Yoga or Meditation should do you wonders. Finally, I see you becoming very energetic and have this grandiose quality which makes you very attractive and happy too. Indulge in this happiness and your health will be renewed.

Your Health has seen its share of ups and downs but what matters is your will and determination to overcome them. This is due to your strong spirit, the will to fight and the strength to achieve stability just like the Emperor. I am glad that towards the end it all turned out good, obviously because of your inner strength. So now you have the wealth of robust health. Let’s now turn to your other wealth, your material assets in 2015.

Your Wealth in 2015

Wealth is not happiness, but definitely a means to it. Everyone in this age strives for a better life and a better life comes with financial security. It is therefore important for you to know how your wealth and assets shape up in 2015. Come take a look at your Wealth Reading

January-February-March – Before this quarter began, everything seemed stuck financially. Nothing was moving. Money wasn’t coming in. You have been expecting a message about wealth which has been delayed but I see it all working out now, starting this quarter. Things will get better and you start getting money from unexpected sources. You can buy, sell, and invest profitably, starting now. Go for it. The money that’s coming will back you up well. In fact this quarter brings in the good omen. If you have held back from taking risks, now is the time to go all out and experiment. There is nothing to lose. The wheel of fortune favours you this time around.

April-May-June – You will be buying something related to transportation, either a car or bike, or simply travel tickets. This is a victorious period for you with your finances looking good. You must balance what comes in and goes out. Give priority to your debts by paying them off. I see you having the right temperament to do this. This way the balance will be maintained. Towards the end of this quarter you are likely to face some difficult situation regarding your financial decisions. Either stocks or your other investments don’t reap the fruits you’d wished for. Don’t fret. This is a temporary phase.

July-August-September – Difficulties from the last quarter end in this one. You will be back in the game. Things are likely to look up and your investments will repay well. Your investments, salaries, promotions, incentives, all seem to be looking good. The struggle will cease and you will come out glorious. You might have the idea to start something or do something with your money. Be prudent. Involve someone who has sound knowledge in money matters. It’s always good to ask and even better to depend on help in this quarter.

Just because I have set out this prior warning, you needn’t worry. I see you having this fear psychology about your money. Fear is a harmful emotion, let it go. Your money is not going anywhere. In fact it will only increase provided you share. Stop counting each penny.

October-November-December – I see you making good recovery from where you were in the last quarter. Take time off to focus and reconsider your financial decisions. If need be, stop all investments for a while and think. If your debts are increasing then there could be a problem with the way you have planned your finances. Fortunately there is good news of money coming in. It may take a few weeks to realize but it will come. This should take care of things. However, now is the time for you to know that you can be successful and this belief will go a long way.

The end of this quarter will bring in disappointing news about money. Don’t freak-out or break down. It will be hurtful but I know you are strong willed and can put this behind. It is best to learn from this situation and plan things better the next time.

There has been some disappointment regarding wealth, but at least you have the hope that it can only get better from here and not worse. Keep this spirit up and things will change for the good.

Your Career in 2015

What you do defines you. You could be engaged in activities and work that is not close to your heart, that does not define you, and this creates a negative feeling that reflects in your work. On the other hand, you could actually be enjoying your work, the one that brings in your bread and butter. How do you fare in either case? How long will the good times last? How soon will the bad times end? Let’s find out.

January-February-March – In the first quarter of 2015 I see you getting insecure about your position at your workplace. Don’t try to hold on too tight to what you are doing; it might be a particular assignment or a job which you don’t like much. The more you cling to it out of fear and insecurity, the more you will drive it away from you. If it’s work that you don’t enjoy, then this is the time to question yourself about what you should be doing if not this. If this job is just the source of your food, then it definitely doesn’t define you. Well, the good news is I see change coming—news of a new job, a new assignment, a good omen that will bring in temporary spark. But let me tell you this, this quarter is very important to get up there and speak up and take the right actions. If you feel you deserve the position, or a new job or reward, then go for it. This quarter will fulfil this wish of yours, like something magical happening to you when you least expect it. You have all the essential qualities to make a good start this year. Don’t wait too long if you feel you need it.

April-May-June – This quarter you seem to be spoiled for choices, especially if you are in a business or doing something of your own. Too many choices will confuse you and if you make the wrong decision, you find yourself in a spot. This period is also about being practical and not a dreamer. It’s like a wakeup call to get down from cloud nine. Success comes to those who work and not just dream about it. In this quarter you will also have to make a significant decision in your workplace, either about shifting department or switching to doing something you love. The best part about this is eventually you end up with what you really wanted to do work wise.

There could be teething problems in this new phase, but only initially. You will tend to feel restricted, constrained with people around you and the way they function. In such a situation it’s best to speak up and open up your mind. You have a good point and it needs to come through. This approach alone will help you in this kind of a scenario.

July-August-September – Competition is going to be stiff this quarter. If you are slacking off, its time you pull up your socks and work hard. All eyes are on you and you will face healthy competition from your contemporaries. Play fair and square even though it might look like the others aren’t doing so. That shouldn’t be your concern, what others do. Prove your worth at the workplace. I would also like to forewarn you about dejection or a disappointment that you may face at your work place. Don’t make this the focal point of your life. It’s a part and parcel of your professional life and this phase too will pass. Towards the end of the quarter you will have to pay attention to the details of your work. You are being watched and your efforts right now will leave an impression. Relax. The good news is this will all turn out to be in your favour and the upheaval at your workplace will settle. Time to take it easy now.

October-November-December – This quarter is a time to make an important decision. Analyze things well at your workplace. If you are at a stage where love and business tend to mix, look out. This can get messy. And if you still choose to mix business with pleasure it’s better to know your stakes. Work is going to get difficult. Work pressure, targets, and other details will play devil’s advocate. It might all look too difficult to handle but don’t stress too much. You will sail through, as I see; you have the temperament to handle such pressures. I would however like to prepare you for a defeat. It is possible that situations and people make it difficult for you to win. You may lose to a tyrant boss or menacing colleagues. There is very little that you can do about this. I would advise you to keep calm and let go. This obviously is going to be difficult for you to do, knowing the intrinsic emperor’s Ego in you, but any more fighting or speaking up will only create more uncertainties for you. There is very little that you can do on a stormy day. Let the storm settle on its own and the day will get brighter. Let’s try to be hopeful for a better beginning in 2016.

All is fair in love and war. Career isn’t less than a war in this modern world, one needs courage, valour and immense patience to get where one desires to be. It is like a battlefield, only persistence and the right strategies win. On one end is your formidable opponent—your boss, your clients or your stressful job—and on the other is you. This whole setting is nothing less than a war; well, you are the Emperor after all, the mightiest of them all. You came, saw and conquered. This phrase so perfectly suits you, doesn’t it? I have covered almost everything important for you in these chapters. But is this all? Apparently the Universe thinks differently. It places Spirituality ahead of all of the above aspects we have done so far. The Universe believes we were born for only one purpose, to realize ourselves in God. In this context Universe implies the gambit of the entire living existence of which we form a part. At the present moment we seem to have moved away from this ultimate purpose of oneness with the Universe, in fact, my dear friend, we have completely erased it from our present time. So let’s turn to your spiritual reading for 2015 and see whether you are able to get in close contact with your inner self, the Being in you, and transform your life.

The Spiritual You in 2015

When the Universe created us, it made us for one purpose, to rejoin the Supreme One. This process may also be called Liberation, Nirvana or Enlightenment. But do we really believe that we were born to do this? I’m sure you don’t. You are way too busy right now with more important things like making a living, picking up right clothes, cars, investing money, getting in shape, fighting workplace politics, and much more. Not anymore. Through this chapter I request you to take a minute off and think about why you were given this human form. The answer to this question is simple—because you are a blessed soul and therefore the Universe gives you the opportunity to realise your ultimate truth—Enlightenment. I have picked four cards from my Tarot deck and these will tell me your Spiritual health and quotient in 2015. You begin fantastically this year in Spiritualism. You will start a new course or class or simply pick up an interesting reading material about spiritual stuff. This is a good beginning. As I see it, you need to spend some more time this year for your inner healing and enlightenment. Don’t put this on the backburner. Finish what you have started. You have what it takes to be a good Soul; all you need is to know that what you are doing is good. This brings about a positive change in your life, a journey to begin. This book might just be the start. Don’t stop the fire here. Keep it burning. I also see you meeting a Mentor; not exactly like a teacher and not someone with whom you can have a direct teacher-student relationship but someone who from a distance can be a huge positive influence on you. Let this influence be; don’t get carried away if others mock you on this new beginning. They will eventually follow your path too. That’s natural. Unlearn your old belief systems, put them away and learn from this master who will show you the new way. You will have a huge positive reinforcement in your spiritual goals and belief which I think is phenomenal considering the busy life you lead. As an Emperor, it gets very difficult to attain even a modicum of spirituality, given your authoritative nature. Such was the case with Siddhartha Gautama too, a prince who would have soon been ordained as the Emperor if not for the sudden turn of events in his life. This is how his true journey began and with your spiritual predictions I hope you too choose to focus on not just being an Emperor in the material world but also an Emperor deep inside, a winner who achieves Realisation.

I see you enjoying this learning, a good emotional shift from where you were. You will be happy about what you learn. Don’t be too hard on yourself to finish the entire learning in a day. Take it slow and easy. Don’t be the Hare. This learning brings about a huge change in your life and this change is significant. It will shape you up to become another person, a better version from the Emperor you are now. The Wheel of Fortune favours you and with fortune I mean spiritual Enlightenment.

I am glad you have got these wonderful cards. I hope you realize what a remarkably good spiritual beginning you will have in 2015. Enjoy every bit of it and keep the purpose close to your heart. Don’t let this Human birth go vain. Make the most of it. Liberate yourself. Now is the beginning…

Summary of Your Predictions

Highlights of 2015 – This year looks financially great for you. You will make money from unexpected sources and even go on to investing in a new home or some kind of real estate. You may also end up buying a car or some other kind of automobile. This year is a great omen to make wealth. For female Aries there is a high possibility of conception if you have been considering this for some time now.

Areas of Concerns in 2015 – Don’t ignore your body’s signs during its low times. Give it timely attention. When it comes to love, avoid hasty decisions and don’t be pushy if you are in a committed relationship. Your professional life may see some difficulties due to insecurities, but this isn’t anything that you can’t deal with. It is a fear that your mind has created and you can tackle it by dealing with your mind calmly.

Revelation – Despite the above I see you making a marvellous spiritual beginning this year. You will choose to walk this path probably for the first time. You will be provided with all the help and this book may just be the first help extended towards you.

Tarot Spreads
Spread I
Past-Present-Future

1: Past—Ten of Swords: This is the beginning of the end card. In your recent past you have decided to end something or have ended a good relationship of some sorts. This was a painful decision but there was nothing to be done but to end it.

2: Present—Five of Wands: You are facing stiff but healthy competition at work. To tell you honestly, you have all that it takes to withstand this competition and come out victorious.

3: Future—Nine of Cups: In the forthcoming months you are going to be emotionally happy and content with the way things go. If there is anything you ever wanted, just make a wish and it will be granted. Next few months are worth looking forward to.

Spread II
Horoscope Spread

This spread describes your entire life through a cluster of 10 magical cards. Come, take a look!

1: Personality—Queen of Pentacles: You are an excellent executer. Whatever tasks are entrusted to you reach completion systematically and beautifully. You also have the tendency to be an authoritative person who would like to either lead or be the next in command. You may also think of starting something new this year.

2: Health—Knight of Cups: New beginnings in love will keep you happy and charged. You are a knight in love, always ready to embark on new beginnings and new affairs or bring freshness to existing relationships. Health looks all well in the times to come.

3: Wealth—Three of Wands: Overall, your wealth history looks decent. You will make good wealth in your lifetime but your tendency to overspend has to be curtailed to make better savings.

4: Career—Five of Cups: You tend to regret the past in your career. I see you doing that most often in your work life. Kindly use this as a guideline to get over the past regrets and establish a happy work life balance.

5: Love—Six of Pentacles: Love will come easy to you. Your spouse is like a charitable person who gives you the charity of love whole heartedly and generously. You are one lucky person.

6: Spirituality—King of cups: You are truly an Emperor or a King. Both in terms of ambition and spirituality. You feel more spiritual than you act. I know that spirituality is a topic close to your heart and if not, then soon it will be one, considering your emotional quotient. Time you started working on this.

7: Travel—Seven of Cups: You will have abundant options to choose from when it comes to Travel. Prioritize your travel plans keeping in mind the other aspects of your life. Travel will happen frequently in your life time.

8: Dark Secrets/Fears/Hopes—Death: As the card’s name suggests, your biggest fear is Death. Questions regarding death hound you and make it your greatest fear. What kind of death will come unto me? What will happen to my family? What about my dream? The more you fear death, the more harsh and cruel it would get. Therefore let go. Befriend this formidable opponent and you will conquer your fear.

9: Knowledge/Creativity—Hierophant: Your best qualities are your leadership skills and listening skills. This makes for a successful Arian.

10: Family Background—Moon: Your family background has been disturbing with things like an early death in the family, loss of a loved one, an early separation between parents. These don’t create an impressionable family picture in your mind. But all of this can change. You don’t have to carry this baggage, just drop it now and move on.

Author’s Note for You

Dear Emperor,

You are a powerful person and so is your card, the Emperor. The hunger for power and the power games that you often play to satiate this hunger is your only formidable opponent. You tend to take power way too seriously and hence my following observations:

The areas where I primarily need you to work based on the predictions made in this book, are Career and Wealth, the two aspects which hold you back this year. In order to better your prospects in these two areas, I recommend you perform the two exercises described below diligently and consistently till you make a habit of them.

Visualisation Meditation: In this form of meditation, you have to close your mind and quell the chattering in it. Then focus on what you want about your wealth or career. See it in your mind’s eye like a movie running in your head. Imagine receiving that cheque of a certain amount of money you need or your boss giving you that appraisal letter you deserve and desire. See yourself buying that beautiful home or imagine receiving that reward you deserve at your work place. See it with clarity. Initially, this will be difficult, but as you do it this exercise will become more interesting and a lot of fun. Five minutes of it every day and you will master your mind. Remember, what your mind perceives it can conceive. Through this exercise my attempt is to push your mind to tap its unexplored and latent potential. However, you will implement this with faith in what you see, in its potential to actually come true, and it will surely become the reality you wish for.

The Master Key System: ‘The Master Key System’ by Charles F. Haanel. This is a remarkable book that will teach you all that I have written under point A above. Charles Haanel suggests a daily exercise to improve your visualization skill, thereby improving your belief system and faith. After all, everything boils down to faith. This book is like a school catalogue emphasising the steps to be performed for your own good. Do read this book and most of your worries will be resolved. After you have finished this, you can read the book, ‘The Science of Getting Rich’ by Wallace D. Wattles. This is another beautiful book emphasizing the power of the law of attraction. However, you need to read this only after you have read ‘Master Key System’.

I had suggested this book to a very young patron of my Tarot Reading service. He was an aspiring actor and wanted to become a big name in the industry. He would come to me very often with his apprehensions and doubts regarding his choice of career. This had to be considering how highly qualified he was and the kind of stable and successful job that he had given up to follow his dream. My sessions with him were initially limited to readings, but as time passed I realised he needed more than mere predictions. He had the vision, but lacked the direction to achieve the vision. I recommended this book to him. Knowing how sincere he was, I was certain he would follow anything, especially something as good as the above mentioned book. He did what was written by Charles Haanel and called me a couple of times to inform me about his progress. It was some time before I heard from him again; when he called, it was to inform me that he had become a TV actor and had bagged his first big role in an upcoming movie. Well, he did achieve his dream and is now working on bigger projects. I wished him luck. I knew the book and the meditation technique had worked.

If you too do as I have asked you to, you will soon get what you’ve always wanted. This is a tried and tested technique which I know has always been successful. Your story will only reaffirm its power to make the impossible happen. If you wish to share your experiences on performing these exercises or have queries, do write to me at karmel@tarotreader.in and I’ll be happy to help.

Go forth and unleash the power within you and as you read the next chapter it will reveal two such powerful personalities who have been successful Emperors in their life. You too are an Emperor and the next chapter will only reaffirm the real life powers that you as an Emperor have.

Your Iconic Contemporary

As the Emperor, your primary job is to lead, to show the way. You are the King, the ruler who rules by example. As the King, you are the epitome of power and a figure of majesty and courage. In my experience as a Tarot Card Reader and Counsellor, I have interacted with a few Emperors but in this chapter I would like to refer to two personalities who I believe are the perfect examples of the Emperor card. Besides the above qualities, these two celebrities hold their enviable positions in real life due to their focus, dedication and, of course, their personality type.

My first pick for the Emperor Card is Ajay Devgn, one of the finest and most talented actors we have known in Bollywood. However, neither did he start off that way nor was he born with the proverbial silver spoon. Ajay Devgn has worked his way up to his success and to the position that he holds today. When he started his career, people ridiculed him for not having the stereotypical looks of a hero. We also questioned his acting as he was better known as the son of a stuntman and therefore was branded as one himself. We resigned to this concept of his being good at stunts and nothing more. But little did we know that one day this actor would rule our hearts through his work, like the Emperor. He has worked hard with full dedication to get to where he is today. With critically acclaimed awards and commercially successful movies to back him, there is no turning back for this Emperor. His courage, dedication and persistence have catapulted him to the top. Today he is a top grosser with phenomenal hits in his oeuvre. An Emperor is known by the courage and valour he exhibits. Ajay Devgn has done so through his persistent work and by taking criticism positively. He has transformed himself to achieve this success. Achieving success could be easy but sustaining it is another game altogether. An Emperor is known for his ability to do so and his will to fight. Ajay Devgn has proven himself as a fighter and has sustained his position through resilience and passion. This makes him my pick for the Emperor card.

My second pick for the Emperor card is Lady Gaga. The name resonates with confidence and the courage to comfortably pull off something out of the ordinary. She rules in her genre of music; her singing skills are second only to her vivacious personality. She is known for her experimental singing and new concepts. If you have listened to her music, you will realise it does not revolve around the usual topics of romance, war, hurt or pain. It’s starkly different; it’s about a moment, a time or a phase she experiences. What I most admire about this woman is her confidence that anything she creates will sell, and indeed it does. Her confidence and enthusiasm establishes her in the Emperor’s shoes. She is a trend setter with her looks and style. Only an Emperor can exert such powerful influence. Lady Gaga is different yet leads with her own style and charisma. This makes her my Emperor.

If Ajay Devgn and Lady Gaga can be successful as Emperors in real life, so can you. Your positives are your strengths, and your weaknesses, when you know them, can be turned around into assets to help you achieve what you want. You are the perfect Emperor who has a beautiful future awaiting you. All that you need to do is believe in yourself and walk the unknown path with the knowledge that you are the master of your own destiny, the captain of your own ship.

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