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TAROT
card meanings & free reading
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The Tarot Cards All the 78 cards of the Tarot DeckRead about the 78 cards of the Tarot deck. The Major and Minor Arcana, the cards through history, compared to playing cards, and more.
The Tarot card deck consists of 78 cards, each with its own divination meaning: 22 in the Major Arcana and 56 in the Minor Arcana. The cards date back to the Renaissance, also the use of them for divination. They do, of course, share their origin with playing cards. Click the links below to read more about the Tarot cards.
The Major ArcanaThe Major Arcana cards are the trumps, which are unsuited. Each card represents a major force to be taken quite seriously when appearing in divination.Click the header above to read more about the Major Arcana and the meanings of the cards in it. Below are direct links to each of the 22 cards.
The 22 Major Arcana CardsHere are all the 22 Major Arcana cards of the Tarot deck. Click the image to read about the card and its meaning in readings.
The Minor ArcanaThe 56 Tarot cards of the Minor Arcana are divided into four suits: Wands, Pentacles (also called Coins), Cups, and Swords. Each suit has its general meaning, and each card of it brings its very own message in a divination.Click the header above to read more about the Minor Arcana and the meanings of the cards in it. Below are links to each of the four suits.
The 56 Minor Arcana CardsHere are the four suits of the Minor Arcana, with 14 cards in each. Click an image to get directly to the webpage with that suit and its 14 Tarot cards.
The Rider-Waite Tarot card deckThe most popular Tarot card deck is that of Rider-Waite, which has wonderfully suggestive images, rich with meaning, on all the 78 cards. They are the ones used on this website. These cards were originally published in 1909.It's my favorite deck, too — until I find the time to make my own version. Click the header to read more about the Rider-Waite Tarot deck.
Tarot Card Decks through History
Playing cards are originally of Chinese invention, documented already in the 9th century, but the actual Tarot cards appeared in Europe around 1440, also at first for card games.The European use of the Tarot card decks for divination, cartomancy, where all the cards were given their divinatory meanings, commenced already in the 16th century and grew during the following centuries. That's just about its only use today, and it has become widely spread. See the most famous variations of the Tarot card deck from the 15th century until today, by clicking the header.
Tarot vs. Playing CardsThe Tarot card deck has many similarities to regular playing cards. That's no surprise, since they have the same origin. But there are also significant differences, not only in the number of cards the decks contain. Click the header to read more about it.
Tarot CopyrightMany of the different versions of the Tarot card deck are so old, they are no longer copyrighted. They are in what is called the public domain. That means they are free to use. Click the header to read more about it.
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