When people are at a loss, asking God for help has become what many people call a solution. However, this generation of young people prefer foreign things to their parents' fortune tellers, and tarot cards are one of them.
Young people are willing to look for "answers" from tarot cards.
"Here are four groups of cards. Please choose a group with the most cards according to your feeling. Have you chosen? Then reveal the answer ... "
This is a process of tarot divination. According to the data, tarot cards, as an ancient divination tool, have been popular in Europe since the Middle Ages. There are 78 tarot cards, including 22 big Alcana cards and 56 small Alcana cards. You can use divination alone or 78 cards together.
In China, with the popularity of social media, this ancient divination has also gathered many fans.
On B, "When does your right edge appear?" "What is the value of your object?" "Who will you marry?" "Someone has a crush on? Is this person a rotten peach blossom to you? " All kinds of tarot divination emerge one after another.
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From the interpretation of B tarot cards, the analysis results are more general and can be applied to many people. For example, "You will meet a handsome, rich and gentle boyfriend." "You will think a lot in your feelings." For another example, "he is introverted and steady, maybe your right edge has already appeared beside you."
"This actually takes advantage of the psychological Barnum effect." Some insiders said that Barnum effect means that people can easily believe a general description of personality and think that it is particularly suitable for them and accurately reveals their personality characteristics, even if the content is empty.
This point has also been recognized by Zong Chunshan, director of the Municipal Youth and Psychological Service Center. "Its principle is actually psychological projection. The so-called psychological projection is what you think, and then you will devote yourself to this matter. It will give you a very broad and vague answer, and then you will have a good psychological hint. "
The reporter noticed that at present, the tarot divination in Part B has reached hundreds of thousands or even millions. A group of head tarot bloggers with tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of fans.
Not only B, on the Weibo, the topic of "Tarot divination" has reached 2.88 billion readings and 3.978 million discussions; On wechat, there are many small programs that provide tarot divination services; Tik Tok, little red book and other social activities, Tarot divination has many praises. Among them, emotional answers are more popular.
1 divination 1 charge several hundred yuan an hour.
With more and more fans, some divination bloggers will mark their own micro-signals socially and provide personal payment services.
After adding a blogger's micro-signal, the reporter sent a bill to the reporter. According to the bill, in addition to tarot cards, it also provides services such as palm reading, personality reading, astrolabe reading, double constellations reading, name selection and geomantic omen reading. One and a half hours 1399 yuan is the most expensive. Palm reading, tarot cards, astrolabe, you can ask one thing or ask one question, and provide two-minute comments. 199 yuan.
A fortune teller's bill.
There are also some bloggers who will mark and lead their fans. In one of the bloggers' shops, you can see that 500 yuan is needed for divination once, lasting for 45 minutes, by phone or text message.
These "outside" bloggers are one of the most expensive bloggers in the divination market. Some Tarot divination shops charge less than 10 yuan for divination once. Some shopkeepers claim to be masters of CTA and COA certification tarot cards, and even shopkeepers who claim to be the president of the Asian Tarot Association charge relatively high fees.
However, the reporter inquired, and there is no such thing as a related occupation. "Tarot divination has no certification. CTA, COA and B of Asian Tarot Association are private organizations. You have to attend paid training and have a certain ability to get it. It's the Tarot brand that thinks it's awesome, but it's useless. " A friend who calls himself a Tarot soothsayer said socially.
Turn objects and rituals into money-making weapons.
In addition to one-on-one fortune telling, these divination bloggers also sell transshipment goods. In a blogger's shop, the reporter of Zhongxin. com noticed that merchants would sell some copper stickers, transshipment necklaces, Wenchang towers and the like, and the prices ranged from tens of yuan to hundreds of yuan. At the same time, there will be escorts with different functions such as Wangcai, Wangye and Fangxiaosan, and the price is above 200 yuan.
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It is worth mentioning that when the calculation results are not good, some fortune tellers will provide extra services such as lighting candles. "A few words. I want the fortune teller to say more, just light a candle for 338 yuan, so don't be so pitted. " In the comment area of a Tarot divination shop, consumers spit. There may be something behind this.
On February 2 1 day, the police in Longgang, Shenzhen investigated and dealt with a shop named Tarot Divination. According to the investigation, since 2022, the store has provided fortune-telling and psychic services to induce customers to buy products such as crystal and cinnabar on the grounds of helping to pay off debts, and the charge is as high as 10,000 yuan.
According to media reports, at the end of 65438+February in 2022, the Fair Trade Inspection Bureau of Nanning Municipal Market Supervision Administration of Guangxi received a report from the masses that a flagship store named "Tarot of Destiny" was suspected of propaganda. From the store's sales records in the past two months, it is found that the turnover exceeds 6.5438+0.3 million yuan.
As for these high-priced products, are they miraculous? The legal representative of the store said in response to law enforcement officers: "There is no impact". She took a project called "Shower" () as an example. Although the price is as high as 3,800 yuan/time, it is actually "taking some flowers to give him (the customer) a cold bath" and "mainly a ceremony".
Data Map: In Lyon, France, there is a "only" law school in Europe-AZRAALD. I have classes here every weekend. Courses offered include divination, literature, rituals, tarot cards, clairvoyance, crystallography, alchemy and herbalism.
Is it legal to make money by tarot divination?
The definition of tarot cards has been debated endlessly. Is this divination an activity? Is the buying and selling of transshipment goods and transshipment ceremony?
In this regard, Yan Bing, director of Yuntong Law Firm, told reporters that "Tarot cards are an ancient divination. If it is regarded as cultural sharing or philosophical research interpretation, it is understandable, but it should be discussed in different situations if it is paid to engage in tarot card management. "
"If you only engage in the spread of tarot theory or divination, it can still be attributed to the cultural level." Yan Bing pointed out, but if we emphasize its divination attribute and pay for the fortune-telling of tarot cards, then it should be classified as "".
"If the merchant sells related transshipment goods and transshipment ceremonies, it may constitute false propaganda." Yan Bing said.
Have you ever done tarot divination? Can you believe it?
Editor/Fan Hongwei
The above is related to the free eight-character test. Do you have money with you? It's about sharing tarot cards. I saw Jacky Peach Blossom, and I hope this will help everyone!