Have you ever wished you could predict the future? If you have, a new application by Focus Multimedia could be the answer you've been looking for.

5th Realm Tarot is a combination of tarot cards and astrology designed for PC users by professional tarot reader, Robert Fitzpatrick. This really is information technology taken to extremes.

The application allows you to produce your own personalised tarot reading for every day of the year.

According to its developers, 5th Real Tarot can help people make important decisions and offers a comprehensive guide to the meanings behind the star-signs.

The user, guided by his or her star-sign, chemical element or intuition, chooses from a deck of virtual cards and creates one of four card patterns: The seven-card star, nine-card Celtic cross, ten-card wheel or seven- card crescent. The patterns are then analysed by the computer, which delivers a reading.

Tarot dates back to the 14th Century and comprises a pack of 78 cards split into two parts, the Major and Minor Arcana. This application recreates the apparent random nature of card layouts in a way that is attractive and easy to use.

The user can discover his or her ruling star sign by establishing the location of the sun at the time of his or her birth.

All aspects of the tarot are explained in great detail. I have problems understanding how it could predict the future, although I know how much was attributed to it by the ancients. The software seems well-designed and everything works - as far as I could tell.

Price: £14.99.

Contact: 01889 570156.

Feel good factor:

5 out of 10.