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![]() A Biased View of Tarot cards: a tool of cold tricksters or wise therapists? - AeonCards used for video games or divination Selection of trumps from the Tarot de Marseilles, a normal 18th-century pack Deck of the 22 Major Arcana cards motivated by the Tarot of Marseilles, but with the author's graphic style The tarot (, initially referred to as and later on as tarocchi or tarock) is a pack of playing cards, utilized from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play video games such as Italian tarocchini, French tarot and Austrian Knigrufen, much of which are still played today. ![]() ![]() Like the typical playing cards, tarot has 4 suits which vary by area: French suits in Northern Europe, Latin fits in Southern Europe, and German matches in Central Europe. Each fit has 14 cards: ten pip cards numbering from one (or Ace) to ten, and 4 court card (King, Queen, Knight, and Jack/Knave/Page). ![]() Depending on the game, the Fool may function as the top trump or might be played to prevent following match. These tarot cards are still used throughout much of Europe to play conventional card video games without occult associations. Among View Details -speaking countries where these video games are not played frequently, tarot cards are utilized primarily for novelty and divinatory purposes, usually using specifically developed packs. History [modify] Milanese tarocchi, c. 1500. Playing cards initially got in Europe in the late 14th century, however the origin is unknown. The very first records date to 1367 in Berne and they appear to have actually spread out very quickly throughout the whole of Europe, as might be seen from the records, primarily of card games being prohibited. [] Little is understood about the appearance and number of these cards; the only considerable information being offered by a text by John of Rheinfelden in 1377 from Freiburg im Breisgau, who, in addition to other variations describes the basic pack as consisting of the still-current 4 fits of 13 cards, the courts normally being the King, Ober and Unter ("marshals"), although Dames and Queens were currently known already. Indicators on Modern Witch Tarot - Lisa Sterle You Should KnowThese fits are still used in conventional Italian, Spanish and Portuguese playing card decks, however have likewise been adapted in packs used particularly for tarot divination cards that initially appeared in the late 18th century. The very first recorded tarot packs were taped in between 1440 and 1450 in Milan, Ferrara, Florence and Bologna when extra trump cards with allegorical illustrations were added to the common four-suit pack. |
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