@RosieCockle
How can the tarot provide a snapshot of anyone's life? It's just random cards.
Honest answer
Rosie is I don't know.
I'm the biggest sceptic there is but I find the Tarot really helpful in my life in the same way people do yoga, or running or meditation, or even just chilling and listening to music.
It could well be a complete load of bollocks. It could well be positive bias, it could well be wishful thinking. But I find it helpful.
I don't make any claims for it other than it helps me. I don't charge anyone for readings, I don't make things up, I don't claim to have any psychic powers (on the contrary) but what I do know is if I'm got something going on in my life, the tarot has an uncanny ability to capture that, and give me food for thought.
Carl Jung's theory of synchronicity is the nearest thing that I can find to explain how the Tarot might work and that is based on the premise that your choice of card might not be as random as you think, but other that that I've got no idea how or why it might work.
I find it helpful. I use it. I have no plans to stop using it in my life in the same way I won't give up putting moisturiser on my face at night or going for a daily walk.
What else can I say? I can only go on my own experience. I'm not on here to argue the case for the Tarot. I only came on here because the two posters were asking for readings.