{"id":82887,"date":"2026-05-13T09:05:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82887"},"modified":"2026-05-13T09:05:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T13:05:52","slug":"how-tarot-readers-are-using-ai-and-what-it-says-about-our-growing-reliance-on-chatbots-for-emotional-support-and-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/how-tarot-readers-are-using-ai-and-what-it-says-about-our-growing-reliance-on-chatbots-for-emotional-support-and-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"How Tarot Readers Are Using AI \u2013 And What It Says About Our Growing Reliance On Chatbots For Emotional Support And Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>The Conversation:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever turned to artificial intelligence to try to figure out\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anthropic.com\/research\/claude-personal-guidance\">how to handle a tricky situation<\/a>\u00a0with a friend or colleague, you\u2019re far from alone. For many, AI has become a modern oracle \u2013 a source of guidance, emotional support or clarity in moments of uncertainty \u2013 though\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s42256-025-01093-9\">critics worry that they could lead to<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/info16121025\">emotional dependence on the technology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once fringe, these practices\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bads.gold.ac.uk\/tarotcultures\">have increasingly become mainstream<\/a>. According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/religion\/2025\/05\/21\/3-in-10-americans-consult-astrology-tarot-cards-or-fortune-tellers\/\">a 2025 Pew Research survey<\/a>, nearly 1 in 3 Americans consult tools such as tarot or astrology at least once a year, interest that\u2019s thought to largely be fueled\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/astrologys-appeal-in-uncertain-times-264174\">by Gen Z and social media<\/a>.\u00a0Now, we\u2019re seeing these two forces \u2013 AI and occult practices \u2013 meeting in strange and fascinating ways. An increasing number of tarot readers, from novices to seasoned practitioners, have been turning to AI to help make sense of their tarot readings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1778663152\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"How Tarot Readers Are Using AI \u2013 And What It Says About Our Growing Reliance On Chatbots For Emotional Support And Advice\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Conversation: If you\u2019ve ever turned to artificial intelligence to try to figure out\u00a0how to handle a tricky situation\u00a0with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82887","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82887"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82888,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82887\/revisions\/82888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}