George Noory was joined by Dr. Art Rosengarten, who explained Tarot's origins, 78-card structure, three-card readings, and use in psychotherapy. He traced his own interest to graduate school, when a professor introduced Tarot while discussing archetypes, and Rosengarten recognized its psychological potential. He said Tarot emerged in Europe around the late 1300s or early 1400s, initially as a game among the nobility before later becoming associated with divination and occult meanings. He described the traditional deck as containing 78 cards, though his derivative deck expanded the 22-card Major Arcana to 27 cards, based on his interpretation of Tarot as a map of spiritual individuation.

Rosengarten described his approach to readings as intuitive and present-centered. He said he thoroughly shuffles the cards, spreads them face down, and selects cards based on where he felt drawn. While he normally uses an 11-card Celtic Cross spread, he favors a three-card spread for shorter readings because it provides a dynamic but efficient format. He interprets the three cards as appearance, underlying truth, and what the person should do next. Rosengarten said different readers might use different language but could still capture the same general spectrum of a card's meaning. He described the cards as relevant, viewing them as mirrors of universal conscious and unconscious human experiences.

In his psychotherapy practice, Rosengarten sometimes introduces Tarot to receptive patients when therapy has reached a plateau, noting the cards could open new areas of exploration. His approach is rooted in Jungian psychology, particularly its emphasis on archetypes, symbols, synchronicity, and the psyche. He advised beginning readers to use their intuition, sit with the imagery and symbols, and notice associations that genuinely connect with their lives rather than forcing interpretations. In therapy, he revealed that Tarot confirms things patients already suspect or reveals blind spots that prompt new thought and consideration.

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Open Lines followed in the second half of the program. Chris from Boulder City, Nevada, recalled a strange encounter during the pandemic while staying at a motel in Los Angeles's Eagle Rock neighborhood. Late one night, he and a friend spotted two large creatures across the street, which he described as half-human and half-hyena, crouched on all fours. Chris said the creatures slowly looked directly at them before retreating around a corner into the darkness. He dismissed the possibility that they were people in costumes because they were relatively close, and said the unexplained encounter had stayed with him ever since.

Ben in Arizona shared an experience that he believed was a miracle and said it had brought him back to religion. His young daughter had been diagnosed with irreparable hearing damage and was expected to need a hearing aid. After learning of the diagnosis, Ben said he prayed that if pain were involved, it would be given to him instead. The following morning, he developed severe ear pain and was diagnosed with a boil in his ear canal. Weeks later, when his daughter returned to the hospital, doctors found that her hearing was largely normal. Ben said her school performance subsequently improved and that she eventually became a teacher.

Jeremy from North Dakota provided an update on his recovery from a near-fatal automobile accident that had left him in a coma for two and a half months. He recalled an impression from just before awakening: he was climbing a mountain with his then-wife when falling boulders knocked him from a cliff. As he fell, he heard a voice tell him his tasks were not yet complete, before suddenly awakening in his hospital bed in Casper, Wyoming. More than 8,300 days after the accident, Jeremy said he continued to have physical limitations but had set a goal of running a marathon in Casper by June 2027 as motivation to work harder on his recovery.

The final half hour featured a replay from 12/17/2025 when researcher Simeon Hein delved into anomalous phenomena.

News segment guests: Heidi Hollis / Kevin Randle