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Tarot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tarot
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Tarot (Tar-oh) is a system of symbolical images. Whatever their original significance, they have been used since they first surfaced as much for divinatory purposes as for trick-taking card games. Tarot is currently used as tool for reflection on one's personal life, as well as an aid to meditation. Tarot is normally embodied in a deck of 78 cards, similar to a regular set of playing cards. In the English speaking world, tarot is widely seen as a form of cartomancy. In France, tarot is most often employed as a trick-taking card game; see Tarot (game). Tarot has long been regarded as taboo, due to obscure associations that predate its 19th-century occult associations. Roman Catholic sermons inveighing against the evil inherent in cards can be traced to the 14th century. (more)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Tarot (Tar-oh) is a system of symbolical images. Whatever their original significance, they have been used since they first surfaced as much for divinatory purposes as for trick-taking card games. Tarot is currently used as tool for reflection on one's personal life, as well as an aid to meditation. Tarot is normally embodied in a deck of 78 cards, similar to a regular set of playing cards. In the English speaking world, tarot is widely seen as a form of cartomancy. In France, tarot is most often employed as a trick-taking card game; see Tarot (game). Tarot has long been regarded as taboo, due to obscure associations that predate its 19th-century occult associations. Roman Catholic sermons inveighing against the evil inherent in cards can be traced to the 14th century. (more)
