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+Tarot
+=====
+
+An automated program to give Tarot readings.
+
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Run `tarot.py`.
+
+
+Tips to improve your readings
+-----------------------------
+
+### 1. Take a deep breath
+
+Before you run the code, take a few deep breaths. Try to relax your body
+and quiet your mind. Allow your thoughts to come and go for a while
+without holding on to them.
+
+
+### 2. Only the question!
+
+Focus for a moment or two on the question you would like to ask, or the
+issue you would like some information about, BEFORE you run the code.
+
+The more effectively you can bring a relaxed focus to the issue at hand
+and clear other thoughts from your mind, the more insightful and helpful
+the reading will be.
+
+
+### 3. Maintain your focus!
+
+Absent mindedly running the code process will not bring good results.
+Focused attention helps to access the synchronicity necessary to gain
+maximum value from an automated reading.
+
+Make sure you take enough time to relax and compose yourself before you
+begin to select the cards. You will be amazed at the difference it
+makes.
+
+
+### 4. Be specific!
+
+The more specific and focused your question, the more appropriate and
+valuable your answer will be. Again, it's a function of synchronicity.
+
+If your question is vague or unformed, how can the cards give you clear
+answers or responses? If you approach the cards wanting an answer to a
+certain question, yet when you select the cards you are thinking of 50
+other unrelated things, the answer you get will often not make sense.
+
+Clarity and a ferocious focus will be reflected back to you by
+mind-blowingly insightful readings.
+
+
+### 5. Read between the lines!
+
+The pre-written text will give you the _feeling_ that each card conveys
+when it is selected in a certain position in the spread.
+
+If the literal text does not exactly fit your question or circumstance,
+it is usually fairly obvious how you can "read between the lines a
+little" and translate the message to suit your personal situation.
+
+
+### 6. Accept the first reading!
+
+With an automated system like this, it's very tempting to immediately
+repeat a reading if the answer you got was either not what you wanted to
+hear, apparently inaccurate or a bit confusing.
+
+Don't! As long as you have followed the previous tips regarding clarity
+and focus, the first reading will always be the most appropriate.
+
+
+### 7. Beware of overuse!
+
+Consulting the cards many times a day, day after day, is completely self
+defeating, as repeating a reading too soon for the same question will
+usually create more confusion, not more clarity.
+
+A good rule of thumb: Until the circumstances surrounding your question
+have changed, don't ask again!
+
+
+### 8. This is not an exact science!
+
+There are no absolutes in Tarot.
+
+Use the readings as a kind of mirror - a way for you to examine a
+reflection of your life, thoughts and emotions at any given moment in
+time.
+
+Making critical life decisions based _entirely_ on an automated tarot
+reading would probably not be a good idea.
+
+
+### 9. Don't fear the "negative" cards!
+
+Some of the cards in the tarot deck are quite challenging to receive in
+a reading, however, don't fear them, they are simply a reflection of
+current influences and often have a positive side to them..
+
+Seek understanding, even when the outlook seems bleak. This is where the
+true value of tarot lies - _Nosce te ipsum._
