Tarot (tarocchi, tarock) is a deck of seventy-eight cards divided into twenty-two major arcana or Trumps, and four suits of minor arcana, composed of ten pip cards and four court cards for each suit. The art of divination, reading or fortune-telling with playing cards is known as Cartomancy. The images of tarot are based on [...]
Many people express a deep fondness for the Empress’ motherly love. It is because of this that these same people often feel fearful of the patriarchal sternness expressed by the Emperor. In the Waite deck, the Emperor seems stern and dark. He has a vast array of armor and seems to be poised in the [...]
Most versions of The Lovers card depict a man between two females. One woman is blonde and the other woman is a brunette. Traditionally people have recognized this card as showing two different paths that can be taken in life. At other times the card is thought to be simply showing two different decisions or [...]
The High Priestess of the Tarot Women represents a virgin of sorts. She can be seen as being similar to the Greeks goddesses Athena, and Artemis. Many lunar images can be seen on various High Priestess cards because this image is that of a maiden moon or new moon. This image is usually shown at [...]
The origins of the Tarot deck and its associated interpretive meanings may never be known with empirical certainty. However, one school of thought subscribed to by Kabbalistic occultists is that the Tarot deck stems from Jewish mysticism. Some occultists even go as far as to say it was an abstract code developed by Kabbalah masters [...]
The fascinating art of Tarot reading has an amazing history. But, where did Tarot cards originate? Some speculate that Tarot may have originated in Egypt but there is no concrete evidence to support these claims. Although, the standard playing cards migrated to Europe in the late 14th century with the Mamelukes of Egypt, it is [...]
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