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from: An Introduction To Tarot Cards
Tarot cards are used in many European countries in card games
but Westerners are more familiar with their usage in divination.
A Tarot reader can look to the cards for insight into what is
currently happening and what might happen in the future. Every
card in the deck has its own symbolic meaning. There are
traditional and themed decks available, so the symbolisms (and
cards) can vary somewhat depending on what kind of card is being
used. The most popular Tarot card deck used in the Western world
is the Rider-Waite deck.
The Rider-Waite Tarot deck consists of seventy eight cards with
a different image on the face of each one. Twenty two of the
cards are the Major Arcana that are numbered from 0 to 21. In a
Tarot reading, the Major Arcana cards relate to matters of great
importance or significance. The images on these cards are very
symbolic to that point that some of the images have entered the
public consciousness. The image of The Fool standing on the edge
of his summit and the dangling The Hanged Man are familiar
images to many who have never had a Tarot reading.
The remaining fifty six cards in the Tarot deck are called the
Minor Arcana. In a reading, these cards deal more with the day
to day occurrences than the Major Arcana. There are four suits
of Minor Arcana cards: Wands (fire), Coins (earth), Cups (water)
and Swords (air). Each suit contains fourteen cards that start
with Ace (example: Ace of Wands), then continue numerically the
way a normal card deck would from two to ten. After the ten
there are the Page, Knight, Queen and King. Other than the
elements, the suits each also represent a faculty or theme.
Wands deals with creativity or energy, Coins with the physical
body or possessions, Cups with love or emotions and Swords with
will or reason.
The way the cards are laid out (also called a "spread") has an
impact on what the reader will be able to deduce about the
problem or question at hand. The most common is the Celtic
Cross, a pattern that involves ten cards total- five arranged in
a cross, four forming a vertical line to the right of the cross
and the last laying horizontally over the center card of the
cross. The bottom center card represents what is at the core of
the problem/question. The Tarot card on top of the center
represents what is acting as an obstacle to satisfaction of the
problem/question.
The horse shoe pattern has seven cards in a V shape. Reading
from left to right, the Tarot cards represent past, present,
influences, obstacles, expectations, best course of action and
likely outcomes. A three card spread can provide a quick reading
where the first Tarot card is the past, the next the present and
the last the future. An Astrological pattern features twelve
cards in a circle with an additional card in the center. In a
Tetractys reading, ten cards are placed in a pyramid with four
rows with each row representing an element.
About the author:
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