| Mention Rider-Waite Tarot Cards - or Tarot Cards in | | | | Arcana. These cards include the Hierophant, the High |
| general - to people and they immediately conjure up | | | | Priestess, the Magician, the Fool, Death, and the |
| an image of a gypsy with dark hair, a mysterious air, | | | | Hangman, among others. Although some contend you |
| and thick accent wearing large gold hoop earrings, a | | | | can foretell what will happen with only the Major |
| silk blouse, and long, full, multi-colored skirts. As you | | | | Arcana, most feel it is important to use the remaining |
| sit in a darkened room (or perhaps in a tent just off | | | | 56 Rider-Waite Tarot Cards of the Minor Arcana as |
| a circus midway) the over sized cards with their | | | | well. The Minor Arcana is made up of four suits |
| strange images are laid out before you and | | | | (Wands, Pentacles, Cups and Swords) of fourteen |
| miraculously your most cherished dream, greatest | | | | cards each. |
| dread, or more likely a mixture of the two, is | | | | As you focus on a specific question from the person |
| described in alarmingly clear detail by this dark | | | | for whom you are doing the reading, you need to lay |
| stranger. | | | | some of the cards out in a prescribed order. By |
| But did you know you can use Rider-Waite Tarot | | | | taking the meaning of each of the individual cards and |
| Cards and learn how to divine the future yourself? | | | | coupling it with position in the layout you have used, |
| You can learn to see into the future for yourself, | | | | you are able to interpret what the cards are telling |
| your family, and friends in a relatively short time and | | | | you and divine the future for the question on the |
| with often uncanny accuracy. | | | | table. The more you practice asking questions and |
| The deck itself consists of 78-cards. The cards are | | | | using the cards for the answer, the quicker and more |
| divided into two parts: The Major Acana and the | | | | adept you become at communicating their true |
| Minor Aracana. There are 22 cards in the Major | | | | meaning. |