Whenever I do face-to-face tarot readings and ask people to shuffle the tarot cards, they (almost without fail) grimace and say they don’t know how to/aren’t very good at shuffling/might make a mess.

Shuffling a pack of cards isn't as easy as you think, not if you want to truly randomise the cards. Most people will give a pack a few shuffles with the overhand or riffle methods (where the pack is ...

Shuffling cards is a tricky business. It’s also a lucrative one for gambling casinos. In a game such as blackjack, an astute player can try to memorize the cards already played to have a better chance ...

Tarots cards are a tool used for advice, wisdom and to explore yourself. But how you store them and cleanse them are things that actually matter! When you start on your tarot journey, one of the first ...

Most people can handle a simple card shuffle. Shuffling with style and minimal wear and tear on the cards, however, is another story. Hone your shuffling skills with these video tutorials. At the ...

If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...

Graham Kendall does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Many people should have experienced the situation that 'no matter how many times the cards are shuffled, they don't mix neatly'. Fred Hohmann, who is working on machine learning and interface ...

Alex Stone is the author of Fooling Houdini: Magicians, Mentalists, Math Geeks and the Hidden Powers of the Mind. His writing has appeared in DISCOVER, Harper's, Science, The New York Times, and The ...