Hello! I’m Jeff Foley, a reader north of Boston who enjoys tarot reading. I’m an engineer by schooling, a marketer by trade, and a musician at heart. I fell into tarot reading as a hobby and have embraced it. Let me tell you about my experiences with tarot, what’s behind this initiative, and what you can expect working with me.

What is Tarot for Good?

Tarot for Good is a project to use tarot card reading as an accessible, positive force for community support, personal reflection, and charitable giving. By offering insightful tarot readings, and donating most of the proceeds to charitable organizations, it turns a mutually rewarding personal experience into tangible social good.

What is your fascination with tarot cards?

I’ve always loved multidisciplinary activities that combine art and science and use both sides of your brain. Tarot also falls into that category of “IQ + EQ” for the way it transforms thoughtful analysis into deeper insights. Personally, I use my tarot cards almost every day as a mindfulness exercise. They make for great journaling prompts and break me out of thinking patterns I can get stuck in.

I love sharing my love of tarot with others. It can be surprisingly intimate to sit down for a reading with someone, whether it be friend or stranger, and plunge into a deeper conversation about life. Making those connections with people and what’s going on in their stage of life is a special experience.

Can you predict the future? Can you tell me what to do?

The short answer is “no.” I’ve published a code of ethics and disclaimer that spells out what I do and don’t do.

Some tarot readers practice divination to predict the future or advise you on choices to make. Others double as mediums to bring messages from those who have passed. I don’t claim any such gifts. I am not ‘psychic’ per se; I’m a storyteller, an explorer of symbolic language, and a volunteer who wants to make our community a little better, one reading at a time. My comfort zone is to be non-predictive and non-prescriptive. Of course, despite this secular, more analytical approach, I have had inexplicable “hits” during readings – as in, I call out something eerily accurate and resonant. My mind is at least open to the “woo woo” nature of tarot. That vague element of mysteriousness is part of the fun.

Tarot cards are based on archetypes, almost like a complicated inkblot test. They tap into our subconscious mind and collective experiences, and reflect messages from ourselves. The pictures, numbers and symbols work together to tell stories and give clarifying insights. It works best as a conversation with a friend who points out your blind spots. It can expose connections or amplify your instincts and inner wisdom.