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There are those questions that feel as though they might never be answered. There is prayer. There is ritual. There is avoidance. There is reckless abandon. Then, there is tarot.

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There are those questions that feel as though they might never be answered.

Friends, family and colleagues are all consulted; they offer responses and remedies. There is prayer. There is ritual. There is avoidance. There is reckless abandon.

Then there is tarot.

"People think they are coming in for something over their head that they can't manage," explained Yancy Milloy, a tarot reader at Noble Path Metaphysical Books in Nob Hill. "Over time, the readings teach people how to grow spiritually so that they can cope."

In her cozy reading room, adorned with beaded tapestries and soft lighting, Milloy shuffles her deck and reads the cards for longtime customer Tonja Carson.

Carson has sought out Milloy's help for five years and says tarot helps to further her own work with natural therapeutics.

"It keeps me from tripping myself," Carson said. "It's a backup opinion about whether or not I'm going in the right direction with my decisions."

Dale Boyce, one of the co-owners of Noble Path, has been reading tarot cards professionally since 1985.

"My interest in tarot is understanding energies within the person I'm reading for," he said. "I work together with the person to untangle the distortions they have within their life so they can experience relief, or resolution or greater happiness."

The mystique surrounding the practice often scares people off. Even skeptics who try tarot have to believe, if only a little, there is some truth in the cards.

A question is posed, energy is focused, and the cards are laid out. The reader simply interprets the ancient symbols represented on the cards.

"Sometimes, it's the only way to handle a problem," Milloy said.