Unlike traditional occultists, Jodorowsky rejects the use of Tarot for predicting the future. Instead, he views the cards as a mirror of the reader's own inner world.
: The goal is not to see what will happen, but to understand what is happening within your psyche.
For decades, the Tarot was often dismissed as a mere fortune-telling parlor trick. This changed profoundly with the work of visionary filmmaker and psychotherapist . In his seminal work, The Way of Tarot , co-authored with Marianne Costa, Jodorowsky reclaims the deck as a "nomadic cathedral"—a portable, symbolic temple designed for psychological healing and spiritual awakening. A New Philosophy: Tarot as a Mirror