A Query Into The Tarot
Back in the day Tarot was used as a game feeding into people’s queries about their futures. Mysticism and intrigue fed their curiosities. There was a strong desire from these people to delve into the mysteries of the Tarot. Tarot readings provided these people with a glimpse into the future. Readings were like a looking glass allowing people tapered views of what was to come.
Much of the success of a tarot reading depended on any correlations between the reading and actual events in a persons life. The actuality and preciseness of the reading depended on whether or not any knowledge triggered broadened the gap between the readers conscious and subconscious. Tarot readings could bring out unsuspected fantasies and truths lying in a person’s unconscious mind.
Typical tarot decks consist of about seventy-eight cards. In a deck of seventy-eight cards are two distinct groups. The first group consists of the major cards, or the major Arcana. The Major Arcana contains twenty-two unsuited cards. The second group of cards are the minor cards, or the Minor Arcana. The Minor Arcana consists of fifty-six cards total. These fifty-six cards are divided into four suites with fourteen cards each. In each suite there are ten number cards plus a king, queen, jack/page, and knight.
In the Major Arcana we have the following names for the cards; The Magician, The Fool, The High Priestess, The Hierophant, The Empress, The Emperor, The Lovers, The Hermit, The Devil, The Hanged Man, The Tower, The Star, The Moon, The World, The Chariot, The Sun, Strength, Death, Wheel of Fortune, Justice, Judgement, and Temperance. In the Minor Arcana we have the following names for the suites; Wands,