| Greeting Cards and What They Mean to You | | | | are one and the same as tarot cards. |
| In this day and age of electronic greeting cards, | | | | Tarot cards which date back to an Egyptian origin |
| greetings come to you in all designs and styles. With | | | | influenced European cultures like those of Italy, France, |
| the technology of animation and enhanced graphics, | | | | and Sweden around six centuries ago. The cards first |
| the illustrations could either be in cartoon form with | | | | started out as a deck designed for fun and games, but |
| humorous lines which make you laugh or colored | | | | they later became associated with the practice of |
| photos which portray nature and provide spiritual | | | | fortune-telling, magic, and the occult. It is said that, lest |
| quotes to inspire you. | | | | you want to be cursed, you cannot use the deck |
| There another generation of greeting cards, the wish | | | | without the owner’s permission, unless it has been |
| cards, which are patronized by the New Age markets | | | | given to you. |
| who are into forms of esoteric art. This type of art | | | | Like modern greeting cards, the medieval pictures of |
| portrays impressions of the spiritual world as | | | | tarot cards are also wonderfully illustrated as fine |
| perceived by modern visionary artists. The stage is set | | | | pieces of art. Some of the most popular tarot cards |
| and there is some form of role-playing among the | | | | we know of are the Lovers, with the Sun, Moon, and |
| characters. Depending on how sensitive you are, it is | | | | Star, and the Wheel of Fortune, the Magician, and the |
| up to you to interpret what is going on behind the | | | | Fool. |
| scenes. People who are quite sensitive and perceptive | | | | But unlike Justice and Death which play an important |
| sense the energies behind the artwork. | | | | role in tarot readings, greeting cards like wish cards are |
| In contrast with extreme forms of esoteric arts, wish | | | | infused with all the positive energy of words you can |
| cards deal with energy on the positive and lighter side | | | | freely give away like Love and Peace. They offer |
| of life. They invite people to share random acts of | | | | good Health and Protection, and they assure Luck and |
| kindness by giving away greeting cards to people | | | | Success. Once you have collected all your wish cards, |
| within their sphere of influence like family members and | | | | your Ultimate Wish will be revealed to you. |
| friends. They do have very beautifully designed and | | | | Greeting cards are foreseen to be agents of change |
| illustrated art, but their themes are not heavy. They are | | | | with touch people’s lives one person at a time. |
| all about Love, Peace, Protection, Health, Success, and | | | | They are tools with the power to transform society |
| your Ultimate Wish. | | | | into a better world starting with yourself and your |
| However, due to the strong influence of both medieval | | | | immediate circle. The only thing they have to do with |
| and esoteric art and the New Age concept of wishes | | | | spells is to spell a big difference in lives through small, |
| which bring you Luck and other positive things like | | | | random acts of kindness everywhere. |
| Love and Success, there is a misconception that they | | | | |