The way intuition works is weird. It is definitely like something other that kicks in. Normally with tarot you work with a low-level intuition - i.e., the base meanings are mostly the same but in each reading they may change slightly; you get a slightly different sense of what the card may mean to this person; or you find yourself saying - or seeing - something that you haven't said or seen before. So for example, with the Lovers: with one reading the card will be about change, about growth, and about becoming mature. For another reading, it might be about a relationship that has become too stifling and the client needs to move away into the big world.

But as I say, that's all low-level intuition. Sometimes, though, something else kicks in. The client is often someone who has done a lot of work on themselves so is very aware; or they are pretty psychic themselves. And then, it's like a path opens up onto a different plane altogether, and information floods through. It's not INFORMATION like writing on the wall (although it might be for some people); with me, it's quite subtle and sometimes sounds a bit crazy - but if I trust it, it usually opens up all sorts of avenues for the client.

The trouble with it is that it is so 'other'. It doesn't feel like thinking usually does. Trying to explain it is almost impossible, but when I was trying I wrote 'it comes through' or 'something opens up'. Is this opening up to the right brain, or to some other dimension? Who knows? I think this question is one I must put to other tarot readers and psychics to discover how they see it. Meanwhile, if you have any thoughts on this, please send them in!