| Unraveling the Mystery of the Tarot |
| Written by John Maine | |
| Saturday, 25 October 2008 | |
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The tarot cards that are in use today were created in the 15th century for a game called triumphs. The cards were used for this game were handpainted and usually only owned by the very rich and powerful in society. The original use of these cards in Italy was most assuredly not divination purposes.
The tarot cards that are in use today were created in the 15th century for a game called triumphs. The cards were used for this game were handpainted and usually only owned by the very rich and powerful in society. The original use of these cards in Italy was most assuredly not divination purposes. It is interesting that the cards have taken on such a meaning and where that developed is something of a mystery. The cards traveled around Europe and seem to have taken on an aspect of every culture that they were in. No one knows where the meanings that have been attributed to the different cards of the deck come from but there has been a vast amount of speculation. When the cards were in France in the 18th century, the country was going through a period of occultism. The cards naturally fit the bill when their unusual pictures were discovered and the possible meanings behind them. The French believed that the cards were the product of the Romany who were the gypsies that roamed Europe, but they did not originate the cards. There are many people around today that believe that these cards are able to divine the future. The truth of this may be their way of providing insight into a particular problem that a person might be having. Sometimes divination is just a way of getting at the truth of a situation that you already know the answer to. There are a number of people who use the cards in this manner and learn many things about themselves and the issues that they are having in their life. It is a great tool to help you meditate on your problems and find the answers that you were looking for. Can this be called divination? It is thought that you already know the answers to the questions that you have and the use of divination tools is just that, a tool to help you unlock your answers. The cards are just one of the tools that you can use to get the answers to the problems that you might be having in your life. Meditation on a problem is often the only thing that you need to find the path that you should take. There is no doubt that the mystery that surrounds the tarot cards is one of the things that keeps them wrapped in an aura of the occult. We are fascinated by things that cannot be explained and will usually attribute fascinating qualities to those things. The tarot cards that we have today may be nothing more than a relic of a game from a past era, but because we do not know for sure how they came to be what they are today we have made them into something spectacular in their abilities. They are quite beautiful and there have been many decks created for the purposes of divination. The game that they were created for did not survive the generations but the lovely decks of cards did. The Article Author: Tarot can be a lot of fun. For professional tarot card readers, visit www.psychiceclipse.com. |
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