| Although the general Tarot meanings of the cards | | | | 2 - The High Priestess |
| runs the same from deck to deck, in fact the cards | | | | 3 - The Lady (Empress) |
| and their meanings actually falls into the interpretation | | | | 4 - The Lord (Emperor) |
| and intuition of the reader. Much depends on the | | | | 5 - The Druid (Heirophant) |
| client they are reading for and the cards which turn | | | | 6 - The Lovers 7 - The Chariot |
| up in the total spread. Tarot is really an ancient | | | | 8 - The Warrior (Strength) |
| system of wisdom which enriches your daily life and | | | | 9 - The Shaman (Hermit) |
| can be a valuable guide to your spiritual development. | | | | 10 - The Wheel |
| It's probably the most popular form of divination in | | | | 11 - The Web (Justice) |
| the western world and used as a tool for exploring | | | | 12 - Sacrifice (The Hanged Man) |
| the subconscious,showing us choices or pathways we | | | | 13 - Death |
| may wish to follow. | | | | 14 - The Underworld (The Devil) |
| Tarot was initially designed about five centuries ago | | | | 15 - The Tower |
| and used to play a game called Triumphs, something | | | | 16 - Initiation (Temperance) |
| similar to bridge. It wasn't long though that occult | | | | 17 - The Star |
| groups adopted the deck as a means of divination. | | | | 18 - The Moon |
| Arguments ensue as to whether it originated from | | | | 19 - The Sun |
| Norther Europe, from the Egyptian Book of Thoth, | | | | 20 - Rebirth (Judgement) |
| (their god of magic) or even the wandering tribes of | | | | 21 - The World Tree (World) |
| Rom or gypsies. Various decks started to appear, | | | | Who are those kings, queens, knights, and pages in |
| designed by particular teachers, or developed for | | | | the Tarot deck? Generally considered the trickiest |
| particular Kings and Queens and some evolved simply | | | | part of the Tarot to interpret, they actually |
| because the printers of the time could only produce | | | | represent different characters or personalities that |
| certain illustrations or colors on their presses. | | | | are aspects of ourselves. It's like the growth or |
| Tarot meanings of the cards (78) are broken into | | | | expansion of our learning started at the 'Fool' and |
| two major sections the Major Arcana (22 cards) and | | | | ending at the 'World'...and of course all the |
| the Minor Arcana (56 cards). | | | | computations in between. There are readers who |
| They are: | | | | prefer just to use the Major Arcana as they feel |
| 0 - The Green Man (Fool) | | | | these cards hold more mysteries and greater spiritual |
| 1 - The High Priest (Magician) | | | | depth. |