tarot
塔罗（Tarot）是一种象征图像系统，“塔罗”一词，取自埃及语的tar（道）和ro（王）两词，含有“王道”的意思。因此，“塔罗”本身也就是指身为王者，他应该具备的正确决断力，这也正是塔罗占卜方式的起源。塔罗目前被用作反映个人生活的工具，以及帮助人们去沉思考虑事物。
介绍
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This article is about a set of cards used for both games and divination.
For other uses, see Tarot (disambiguation).
Visconti-Sforza tarot deck – The Devil card is a 20th Century remake of the card supposed to be missing from the original 15th Century Deck
Visconti-Sforza tarot deck – The Devil card is a 20th Century remake of the card supposed to be missing from the original 15th Century Deck
The tarot is a set of cards featuring 21 trump cards, the fool, and an extra face card per suit, in addition to the usual suit (face and pip) cards found in ordinary playing cards. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games.[1]
In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes[1][2] with the trump cards along with the Fool card comprising the 22 major arcana cards and the pip and four face cards the 56 minor arcana.
Contents
1 Origins
2 Card usage
2.1 Games
2.2 Divination
3 History
3.1 Early tarot decks
3.2 Later tarot decks
4 Modern deck designs
4.1 Differences among decks