*giggles* He just wouldn't. Would not. I'd ask him to tell my fortune and he'd pick up the page of cups and say, "This means...you're going to get a goldfish!" And I'd be whining, "Da-ad!" But he had some unwritten rule for himself not to get serious about it with me.
I don't--can I say this out loud in this company?--I don't believe the tarot has prophetic powers but I do believe if someone reads the layout for you and tells you what it represents you'll examine how that relates to your own life and use it to make decisions that are premeditated when the time comes to be decisive (regarding what you know is already here or is coming).