My friend Fordrena Griffith recently asked my opinion: Is tarot reading an art or a science? If science why are not all equal? If an art, what distinguishes gifted readers from others? I think tarot is both an art and a science, in the same way that art or cooking mingles both art and science. And in the same way that all art and all cooking are not equal, tarot readings will also not be equal. So much depends on the reader’s skill, confidence, understanding, and creativity. I’ve had readings where it felt like the reader was simply repeating book definitions for each card in each position without alteration. In a way, they had much of the science, if by science we mean a solid