answer:I’ve been reading tarot cards for about 16 years. I read for myself, for friends, and for strangers. I’ve been told by friends and strangers that my readings are accurate. If you are looking for more information along the lines of symbolism, this book is invaluable. The author Angeles Arrien is a leading scholar on the subject especially as it relates to tarot. Personally, I don’t believe that the symbolism is written in our DNA. Nor do I believe that we interact on a quantum level. (I have to say that I did not read your links in full.) I think the symbolism is learned. It’s interesting that you say you’re absorbing knowledge is different. Bravo. You’ve possibly opened a door to a part of yourself that you had not known before. Where is the ability coming from? I don’t know. I would like to give you a few examples of some of the odd things that have happened with me using tarot cards. I was attending a psychic learning circle with tarot and different people would come before the group to ask a single question. I shuffled my deck for the first person very thoroughly card over and under card and by the traditional shuffling method. I repeated this to get a good clean shuffle. I then cut the cards to reveal a single one. This single card gave me information, which I didn’t think worthy to share. I then thoroughly shuffled my cards again using the same very lengthy method to obtain a clean mixture. I cut the cards to reveal the exact card that I had seen the first time. There are 78 cards in a tarot deck, so you can figure the odds. What was remarkable was that this happened to me no less than 3 separate times that evening on 3 separate questions. I have since experienced this phenomenon for myself on various occasions on many different topics for my own readings and for others. I have seen the same card appear in the same position of a reading after many days. (I keep a tarot journal of readings and can accurately check.) I do not pretend to know how tarot works, but I know that it does.