Step into the World of Tarot
Tarot cards have long captured the imagination of truth-seekers around the world. Tarot is often used for fortune telling, and it is also a tool used for self-reflection that allows users to connect to their inner wisdom, energy and spirit.
Quick History and Origin
The tarot deck as we know it today dates back to the 15th-century Europe, originally created as a card game called “trionfi” or “tarocchi.” These early decks, especially those from Italy, were beautifully hand-painted. Originally created for entertainment and storytelling rather than divination.
Over time, the symbolic images of the cards began to take on deeper meanings. By the 18th century, mystics and occult scholars in France began connecting tarot imagery to ancient Egyptian wisdom, astrology, numerology, and the mystical teachings of the Kabbalah.
The most iconic deck of tarot, the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, was published in 1910. This symbolic, rich in color deck filled with beautiful artwork had became the most popular and famous tarot deck in the world.
Nowadays, there are different artwork styles and designs of the modern day tarot decks published.
Modern Use of Tarot
Tarot cards are used mainly for fortune telling in modern days. Tarot readers interpret the cards that can help them find out:
- Clarity of the present
- Emotional healing and self-awareness
- Spiritual messages
- Reveal the energies currently influencing the paths ahead
- The choices that may be available
- Predict potential outcome of the future based on the users’ current mindset, decisions and actions.
Tarot cards is a tool of guidance and empowering free will that help users make aligned decisions that may lead to a preferred future.
Tarot Card Meanings
The traditional tarot consists of 78 cards that are divided into:
The Major Arcana
The fundamental component of the tarot deck, consisting of 22 cards numbered from 0 to 21. These cards are considered the heart of the tarot and carry profound symbolic meanings. Major Arcana represents significant life themes, spiritual lessons, and transformational experiences that influence a person’s journey.
Understanding the Major Arcana is essential for interpreting tarot readings, as these cards highlight the larger forces at play in a person’s life—forces that often shape destiny, character, and spiritual evolution. Each card reflects on important questions and encourages insight into complex situations, helping individuals gain clarity and guidance.
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The Minor Arcana
Consists of 56 cards that reflects the everyday moments of life like thoughts, feelings, challenges, relationships and actions. Minor Arcana brings the focus to what we experience on a more personal, day-to-day level.
These cards are divided into four suits, each representing a different aspect of life:
- Cups – Emotions, relationships, intuitions
- Pentacles – Money, work, home, health, material things
- Swords – Thoughts, communication, truth, conflicts
- Wands – Passion, creativity, inspirations, actions
Each suit contains 14 cards: Ace through 10, plus four Court Cards — Page, Knight, Queen, and King. Together, they tell the story of growth, struggle, and transformation in all areas of our lives.