Unpopular Opinion: Tarot Isn’t 100% Accurate

Tarot — Is it always correct? (Short answer: no.)

This might be an unpopular thing to say as someone who reads tarot, but… tarot is not always correct.

I usually joke that I’m 80% correct, 80% of the time. And honestly? That feels accurate.

When I do prediction readings, I often see things unfold in a loose timeframe — something like 8 days, 8 weeks, 8 months… and yes, occasionally 8 years. If you’re skeptical, that probably sounds like a convenient hedge. Fair. But there are actually a few reasons tarot timing can be wildly variable, even when readers genuinely know their stuff.

A few big ones:

• Free will – Tarot doesn’t override your choices. If you take a different path, the outcome shifts.
• Divine timing / life timing – Not everything is ready to happen just because we want it to. (Tarot works off of Divine Timing, not Human Timing)
• The question itself – Vague questions = vague answers. Hyper-specific questions can also lock things up.
• Energy changes – Yours, theirs, the situation’s. Nothing stays static.
• Tarot shows potential, not guarantees – It’s more “here’s where this is heading if things continue as they are.”

I think where tarot actually shines isn’t in fortune-telling, but in pattern recognition. It reflects what’s happening under the surface — motivations, blocks, fears, blind spots — and those insights tend to age better than predictions.

So no, tarot isn’t a crystal-clear movie of your future. It’s more like a weather forecast. Useful? Absolutely. Infallible? Not even close.

Curious how others here view it — believers, skeptics, and people somewhere in between.