| Tarot Introduction |
| Written by Linda Smith | |
| Tuesday, 03 February 2009 | |
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History of Tarot Cards. Where and when Tarot started is a mystery. The earliest proof of Tarot cards being used is from the fifteenth century as a popular card game. Some of the beautiful Tarot decks created then are still around.
History of Tarot Cards. Where and when Tarot started is a mystery. The earliest proof of Tarot cards being used is from the fifteenth century as a popular card game. Some of the beautiful Tarot decks created then are still around. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the cards were discovered and used by a number of scholars of the occult who realized that the cards were much more powerful than just a card game. Since then the Traot have had connections with secret societies such as the order of the golden dawn. Kabbalah, Egyptian mysteries and Hermetic philosophy has also shaped Tarot into what it is today. Who can use Tarot cards? Many Hollywood movies have put psychic readings and tarot readings in bad light with portraying the stereotypical old scary lady doing tarot readings in some dark dungeon. You do not have to be a psychic to read Tarot cards. Practice and training of reading your intuition will get your Tarot reading skills improved quickly. Tarot is simply just another tool to reach and use the power of the unconscious, much like meditating, psychotherapy, visualization and interpretation. Exactly how Tarot cards work has many different interpretations. Some claim that the cards are just tools for communicating with spirits, psychic phenomena or intuition. Others mean that the number of people that have meditating on the cards have collectively created an energy around the cards. The Tarot Cards A standard Tarot deck has 78 were 22 of the cards are "major arcana" or trumps for example The Lovers, The Fool, The Pope and The World. In the US the standard deck is the Rider-Waite deck. Even though it is certainly not the most attractive of Tarot cards the Rider-Waite deck is the most recommended deck to start out with if you are new to Tarot. There are no limits to the amount of different Tarot cards and the meaning of the cards stay the same even if the graphics and look change. However, some decks are more suitable to specific sorts of readings. How can Tarot help you? Tarot has helped many people connecting to their consciousness and given guidance or meaning to hard choices or decisions. Most of us live our lives in a way that we let our conscious minds lead the way of our daily life, the Tarot cards helps you to connect to your inner guide and let that wisdom guide you in your choices and the paths you are choosing. The Article Author: For information about online psychics and more about how to get genuine psychic readings visit PsychicHub.com.au |
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