A Foreword to Master Tarot Cards
The history of the Tarot is something that is hidden by time. There are some indications and historians that conjoin the origin of the Tarot with that of ancient Egypt, while more academics and historians indicate that the Tarot shares genealogy with aged gypsy cultures. Still, there are additional researchers that connect an Italian creation to the Tarot cards, and it is considered that the Tarot Cards altered to a device of divination right around the 1400s. Since that time, hundreds of divergent decks show grown and are today in use. One of the greater leading decks being the Rider-Waite deck.
The concurrent tarot deck is separated into what is commonly christened the major arcana or trump cards and minor arcane or suits of cards. The trump cards or major arcana consist of twenty two cards, every one of without suits. These include the fool, the Magician, the Empress, Justice, the Wheel of Fortune and others. The minor arcana is made up of of four suits of cards; swords, staves, cups and coins. Present, staves are generally labeled wands, but rods or batons are seen as well. Coins might be called disks or pentacles in some tarot decks.
Meaning is assigned to each card in a tarot deck; though, the specifics of interpretation are impacted by the layout of the cards, whether they are upright or reversed, and the interpreter’s own reading. Legions of the cards in the major arcana, the trump cards, are fairly logical. The Lovers act in place of prize, in some amplitude, while Strength is symbolic of courage and drive. Each of the cards in the minor arcana also carries meaning when used for divination, based on both the numeric value of the card and which suit it is. Meanings of each card can be found