Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account? Who writes the interpretation? Which spread should I pick? What if I don’t know my birth time? The most common questions about tarot, cowries, birth chart and numerology.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need an account?
No. T4rot has no sign-up and no password. Each reading is kept at a secret, unique address — save the link if you want to come back to it.
Who writes the interpretation?
An artificial intelligence writes the text from our own knowledge base, hand-written and versioned in here. It searches nothing on the internet during the reading: it receives the slice of the base matching what came out, plus your question.
Does the oracle get the future right?
We do not work with closed predictions. The texts speak of tendency and of material to work with; what happens still depends on choice, context and other people. Nothing here gives deadlines or promises outcomes.
Can I make an important decision based on a reading?
A reading is for comfort and reflection, not for deciding on your behalf. It is not health, money, legal or relationship advice — and whoever makes the decision, and lives with what follows, is always the person making it. A serious matter also deserves someone trained in it.
Does this replace a doctor, lawyer or accountant?
Never. A symbolic reading is for thinking, not for deciding treatment, lawsuits or investments. For health, legal or money matters, see a professional.
Frequently asked questions about tarot readings
Which spread should I choose?
Closed question: Yes or No. A day starting with no settled subject: Card of the Day. A situation in motion: Three Cards. A relationship: Love Spread. A decision that needs pros and cons: Simple Cross.
What changes if I turn reversed cards on?
A reversed card is not the opposite of the upright one: it usually speaks of the same force blocked, delayed or turned inward. If you are starting out, leaving it off gives a cleaner reading.
Which deck is used?
The Rider-Waite-Smith of 1909, all 78 cards: 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor, split into Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles. The images are the original ones, in the public domain.
Can I ask about another person?
You can, but the table answers from your side of the story: what the bond shows and what is within your reach. Tarot does not state what someone feels, hides or intends — nobody could verify that, and a serious reading does not invent it.
Do I need to write a question?
No. Without one, the spread speaks of what is most alive in you right now. With one, the reading gets more specific — it is worth writing a sentence, even an imperfect one.
Frequently asked questions about the cowrie game
Does this replace a throw in the terreiro?
No, and it does not intend to. It is study and a supporting reading. A real consultation happens in person, with an initiated person, within the tradition of the house.
Why does the same odu say different things?
Because an odu is not a ready-made sentence: it is a path, a way life presents itself. It is read alongside the question asked and the moment of whoever asks.
Do you prescribe prayers, baths or obligations?
Never. Nothing here orders any religious practice, and teachings reserved for initiation are not — and would not be — on a website. Prescription belongs to the terreiro, not to an app.
Where do the names and correspondences come from?
From public Brazilian sources, recording the most frequent variants. Names, spellings and ties to orixás change between houses, nations and regions: there is no single standard, and no variant invalidates another house’s.
Frequently asked questions about the birth chart
What if I do not know the exact time?
The chart is still produced: the planets are calculated for noon and the reading speaks of inner structure. What is left out is the Ascendant and the twelve houses, which depend on the minute and the place. If the birth certificate turns up later, it is worth redoing.
Is this the same as a magazine horoscope?
No. The daily horoscope speaks of the Sun and splits the world into twelve groups. The chart starts from your instant of birth and includes Moon, Ascendant, houses and the angles between bodies — which is why two people of the same sign come out so different.
Which bodies are in the calculation?
Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, plus Ascendant, Midheaven, North Node, Lilith and the Part of Fortune — each with sign, degree, house and retrograde status.
Does the chart predict what will happen?
No. It describes tendencies and material to work with, never a closed fate — and it gives no deadlines. The decision stays with whoever asks.
Frequently asked questions about numerology
Which name should I use?
The full registered name is the starting point: Expression, Soul and Personality all come from it. After the reading, the app also shows variations of your name — with and without particles, with other spellings — and what each one changes in the numbers.
What about master numbers 11, 22 and 33?
When the sum lands on one of them the number is not reduced: it is marked as a master, and the reading covers both layers — the master and the reduced number, which still runs underneath.
Does changing my name change the numbers?
It changes the three that come from the name. Destiny comes from the date of birth and never changes — the one piece of the reading you did not choose.
Does numerology say when something will happen?
No. The four numbers describe a pattern, not a calendar: what repeats in your story, not the date the next thing arrives.