![]() ![]() Influenced by these cards, a card game called tarocchi became popular in 15th-century Italy. The tradition of using cards to playfully predict the future likely goes back to the 14th-century Turkish cards called Mamluk, which were brought to Western Europe. ![]() Tarot actually has a long and fascinating history. These cards have names like Three of Cups, King of Wands, Ace of Swords, etc. They’re divided into four suits-Pentacles or Coins, Swords, Wands, and Cups. The other 56 cards are called the Minor Arcana, and they illustrate the day-to-day trials and tribulations of life. ![]() The Major Arcana features 22 cards numbered 0 to 21, and they represent the greater areas of life (Death is one of these, but in a tarot reading, it’s more likely to represent transformation than actual death death). Tarot decks typically feature two groups of cards: the Minor Arcana and the Major Arcana. You know, The Sun, The Empress, and, ( actually-not-so-) terrifyingly, Death. Let me introduce you to the 78 most important cards of your life: the tarot cards. ![]()
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