Program:  CyberTarot
Copyright by AxisMundi, Inc.

Distributed by SunStar Interactive
277 Chapel St, Suite 4A
New Haven, CT  06513

CyberTarot is commercially distributed by SunStar Interactive and is also available via download through many sites on the web.  The program reviewed here was purchased at my local computer superstore.

CyberTarot installed on my computer without any problems.  Starting the program brings you to the “Setup Tarot Reading” screen.  From this screen, you select various options for your reading.  You select from one of 6 spreads, with the Celtic Cross being the first on the list.  There is a layout information button that brings up help text describing the spread selected if needed. There is a “Custom” button that allows you to create a new spread or use a previously created spread.  Creating a spread is a simple drag and drop operation after telling the program the number of cards to use and the name you want to give to your new spread. Continuing with this screen, you also can check a box to tell the program to use reversed cards.  There is a deck option for the number of cards to use from the deck and the options include the full 78 cards, majors only and major and court cards.

Before going on to the reading, you will want to go to the Preference Section. Here you can change the background color, card back colors, select the general settings where you can choose to play the music, have a voice interpretation and have the program print the card images on the report. You also get to select from the two decks supplied with the program.  The decks are the Rider-Waite deck and the Mythic Tarot deck.  Finally, you can choose the font size for the printed reports.

Shuffling the cards involves a mouse button - Control key combination.  The cards are spread out at the top of the screen and appear to move on the screen until you lift your finger off either the mouse or keyboard.    You then select the cards you want to ‘pull’ and place them in a Box at the bottom of the screen.  When the correct number of cards are pulled, the screen changes with the back of the cards facing you in the layout you chose.  You can then choose to reveal one card at a time or to reveal all at once.  Clicking on the Interpretation button brings up a card by card interpretation.

Interpretation is pretty much what you would get from doing a reading with a book.  You get the meaning of the cards but not a specific meaning of the card for the position.  This is not a problem since this is how we learn the tarot and there is more information per card than in a LWB.  You can save readings for reviewing later if you would like. There is also a “Create Reading” button where you can choose the cards and place them in position in the layout.  This can be used to save a reading you have done with your actual cards. This then creates a computerized tarot journal of your readings done both with your cards and the program.

I like the ability to add my favorite spreads to the program and the ability to save the readings. This is a program I would recommend if asked about tarot software.

Copyright © 2000 by Wm. Romano. All Rights Reserved.  Used with permission.

Visit Roman’s Tarot Page

Click here to return