| Psychics not only use the tarot cards but also plain | | | | as follows: |
| playing cards. In psychic readings it is called | | | | - Clubs are equal to the wands which represent |
| Cartomancy and it does what the tarot cards do, i.e. | | | | power. |
| the cards are used to read emotions. Around the | | | | - Spades are equal to the swords, which represent |
| 14th century, Cartomancy began with the | | | | intellect. |
| introduction of playing cards. Many believe that the | | | | - Hearts are equal to the cups, which represent |
| playing cards should never be used for reasons other | | | | feelings. |
| than readings and that they are touched only by the | | | | - Diamonds are equal to the coins, which represent |
| Cartomancer, or the owner of that deck of cards. | | | | health or material matters |
| Cartomancy became the most popular way of telling | | | | Up until recently, standard playing cards which were |
| people's fortunes from the 18th century and on. | | | | used in Cartomancy have taken second place to |
| Using a standard deck of playing cards, the fortune | | | | tarot cards in psychic readings. The tarot deck is |
| teller uses all 52 cards in the deck. In France, the | | | | made up of the Major Arcana and the Minor Arcana. |
| piquet deck, which contains 32 playing cards, is used | | | | The Major Arcana has 21 trump cards and a Fool |
| for Cartomancy readings. In this case, the face cards, | | | | card, while the Minor Arcana contains 56 cards. The |
| the aces, and the cards 7s through 10s remain, as | | | | Minor Arcana is made up of four suits, each |
| the 2s through 6s are removed. | | | | containing a king, a queen, a knight, and page, as well |
| Each suit has a meaning, in relation to the tarot cards | | | | as the pip cards which are numbered from one to 10. |