A Short History of Tarot Cards

Tarot cards are both mysterious and accuratewasn't present in any playing cards at the time. New
method of divination, or in other words, foretellingcards were symbolic in nature, they contained
the future. But it's rarely known to people that arepictures with special characters or subjects, for
unfamiliar with the subject of occult, that tarot isexample Emperor, Pope, Wheel of Fortune, Death,
probably the youngest of all major divination systemsDevil or the Moon. In this way, minor and major
that are currently known to mankind, and it's knownarcana was created.
to us for less than five hundred years. Therefore, itAnd new game was created - similar to bridge, but
cannot be compared to other divination systemsbecause of new 22 cards, it outranked everything
such as Runes or IChing which are a lot older.else that has been played during the 15th century.
Tarot is very important part of both history andThis game has been called A Game of Triumphs and
culture of European civilization. The mysterious andit quickly spread throughout all of Europe, becoming
dark cards are directly connected to kings and dukes,popular in Italy, France, Austria and Germany. With
governments, and great moments of Europeantime, decks developed, and numbers of cards
history. 78 cards are probably the most populardisappeared totally, while pictures and images on
aspect of western occultism, too.cards changed into more complex pieces of art.
Tarot cards were created in Italy, probably in theBut it took few centuries before the Tarot became
city of Milan, around 15th century. The creator ofthe symbol of the occult arts. It took place especially
first tarot deck is unknown to historians. But whatin France and in England - mystical potential of tarot
we know for sure is the fact that the first deck wascards was discovered, magical meanings were
created as playing cards and nothing more. It wasunderstood, and new divination system was born.
not meant for any divination or magical purposes atSince then, Tarot cards are true symbols of western
first. This deck contained cards from 1 through 10 inoccultism, and today, they're the most popular
four suites, with two court cards - knight and king.European divination system in use.
To each court, a new card was added - a queenI strongly encourage you to explore the subject of
card. But that wasn't the only change made to Tarottarot history further, and learn names, dates and
cards, a number of 22 special cards was added asmore historical events that are directly connected to
well. That was something new, something thatTarot.