What Is The History Behind Tarot Cards?
What Is The History Behind Tarot Cards? Has there ever been a case or evidence that would suggest any merit in tarot cards?
The oldest known Tarot deck dates back to mid-1400's Italy. At first the cards were used to play a card game similar to the modern game of eucre, where certain cards and card combinations trumped other cards. It is believed that the oldest decks contained only the numbered and court cards, not the highly symbolic "Major Arcana" that separate today's Tarot deck from an ordinary deck of cards.
The Major Arcana cards were added to the deck gradually as additional trump cards, but somewhere around the mid-1500's these allegorical scenes began to be used in fortune telling.
The Vatican during this period was a place of political intrigue and backstabbing, and there was a lot of spying and subterfuge. The cards were sometimes used to pass information between parties secretly by speaking in symbols as part of a 'reading'. The cards could also be used to pump people for information without them knowing that's what was happening, and for spying (in much the same way.)
Claims that the cards originated in ancient Egypt are likely false, and possibly came about as the cards became more associated with the nomadic Roma peoples of Europe and with fortune telling.
Pamela Coleman Smith and Arthur Edward Waite created one of the most popular decks, the Rider-Waite Tarot, in 1910. Their deck is associated with the neo-Pagan revivals and Spiritualism of the turn of the twentieth Century. Aleister Crowley also designed his own deck around this time.
Carl Jung found merit in the cards as instruments that allowed the deep psyche and its contents to be projected outwards and interpreted. I think the cards are used well this way, but in my experience people tend to take them over-seriously and think they are magic no matter how you explain it to them. I can see how they could have been used in the past for exploitive and political ends.
by CrystalStarWoman 13 years ago
I collect Tarot Cards and Divination tools - I have quite a few now (over 40 different decks I believe). However, I find it difficult to choose a favourite deck... I have a blog where I do a sort of daily 'Tarotscope' and I'm using the Wisdom of Avalon Oracle cards this week. I love the...
by home witch 12 years ago
Do you use tarot cards? If yes, do you have a favourite deck? What is it? Why do you like it?
by Beelzedad 3 months ago
Why is it a scam? Tarot reading is big money and readers don't want you to know the truth, they just want to take your money and have you believe they possess "special powers" or have "Guardian Angels" directing them.It's all lies, of course, Tarot reading is easy, anyone can do...
by Iontach 7 years ago
Has anyone ever had a Tarot Card reading and was it accurate?I actually had one a while ago, just for a laugh and wasn't going to take it too seriously. I didn't give one bit of information away about myself or why I was there, but the cards seemed to know a LOT about my current life and...
by Elena 12 years ago
What’s the difference between Tarot Cards and Angel Cards?Do readings come from the same sources?
by MissMelissaK 10 years ago
Do you believe there is a spiritual presence with Tarot cards or do you believe it's nonsense?I've always felt there was a spiritual presence to them. It was a "negative" presence though, not a positive one. One time I went beyond Tarot cards and purchased a Ouija Board and...
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