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Thanks for the explanation Zanadoo. Me.... I'm sort of open minded but sceptical. I do think if you're told certain things it can become a self-fulfilling prophesy. (if that's the expression) t. I also think to be a good tarot reader you'd need maybe years of study?
My friend is rather gullible and it's only because she's so low at the moment that she went in the hopes of getting good news. So big fail.
And yes I love the artwork on the cards too.
It could take years of study, but it also depends on what deck you use. Some of them are pictorial enough to make them easy to remember or to at least give you clues as to their meaning. Or if you simply have a good memory when learning about them that's even better. 
(I found it fairly the easy to remember the meanings of the major arcana, but the minor arcana....not so much).
As for pets and life expectancy...you never know and I'd be VERY sceptical that a fortune teller would know when they'd never seen the pet. I lost my previous cat to cancer - she was 16 which was a good age. The thing is, she had an overactive thyoid and was getting regular blood tests are more examinations besides, one of which was only one month before the diagnosis and one where if she'd had cancer then it should have shown up (according to the vet). So even the vet didn't know. I can't speak for dogs (I haven't owned one in years) but once a cat is seriously ill, you've tried everything and it can't or won't eat, the hard decision has to be made. 
How old is your friend's dog? Is age an issue? I hope your friend doesn't dwell on this tarot reading. The trouble with fortune tellers is they are so sure they are right.....even when they get it wrong. To do the job you need to have faith in your predictions, but having faith is a nebulous thing. You've only got to look at the number of them that come out of the woodwork in the new year with all kinds of claims.....and at the end of that year it can be amusing to look back and see how wrong they could be. - and that's just the famous ones that regularly appear on TV and in magazines. 
