Learn Tarot - The Basics

Tarot cards are, for the average person, shrouded in mystery. They may have seen a card reading in a movie or used as a plot device in a video game, probably read by an old woman wearing a head scarf and robes. The cards might seem vaguely sinister, tinged with evil. It doesn't have to be like that. Anyone who has an interest should learn about the cards. They have a long history as a divination tool and like pretty much everything in life, they are as good or bad as the person using them.

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Here are some of the basics of Tarot cards. First, no one knows why we call them Tarot cards. Our English word is derived from the Italian word "tarocchi" but why the Italians choose that word.... no one knows. It might be a derivative of the Taro river, in northern Italy; it could be a corruption of Arabic. Certainly we do know that the cards first appeared in Italy around 1450. What we know as standard playing cards probably came from Egypt. In Italy the standard deck was expanded to become the Tarot.

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Like the regular 52-card playing deck we all recognize, Tarot has four suits. These are the Wands, Cups, Swords and Disks. The suits have "court" cards -- king, queen, prince and princess. Then there are the additional "trump" cards which are what really set Tarot apart from regular cards. The trump cards represent mythos and allegory. The trump cards have names like "Death", "Love", "Art" and "Empress".

The suits and the trump cards have symbolic meaning, of course. The four suits correspond to the four elements. Wands equal fire. Cups equal water. Swords equal air and the Disks equal earth. What does that really mean? Wand cards "talk" about your intuition, the gut feeling that you have. You could describe it as your innate intelligence. Cups talk about love and relationships, any human interactions. Swords talk about your true intellect, the mind and how it functions. Disks are all about work and money and the day to day existence.

The trump cards each play their part in telling the story. There are too many to describe in detail here, but I'll give you a few. The Tower card is about sudden change. A change that rocks your world, the kind of change, like the death of a loved one, where everything looks different afterwards. As you know, some changes like this are good. For example, when you fall in love, that's a "rock your world" sort of change, right? The Tower is a great example of how the cards can seem as sinister or as bright as you want to make them. Another good card to discuss is the Star. It's one of my favorites. In my deck, it is depicted as a woman gathering light from the night sky and pouring it on to the ground. There are many interpretations of this card. I like to say that it is divine inspiration. Whatever religion you may follow, the idea of receiving something precious and transmitting it to the every day world, has got to resonate.

How you interpret any of the cards will depend on how they are laid out. This is called the "spread." There are hundreds and hundreds of ways to lay out Tarot cards. Many people use a simple three-card spread -- it is quick and easy. There is one called the Celtic cross. There are spreads designed to tell you about love or money or the next 6 months. So depending on what other cards are on the table and what the question being asked is, you can interpret the Star card in dozens of ways. That's the art and the joy of Tarot.

I hope this has given you a good taste of the world of Tarot. It is an amazing divination tool and one that anyone can learn. You can buy a deck of Tarot cards at most bookstores. Some are expensive, but you can get a basic deck, like the Rider-Waite deck, for around . Any deck you buy will come with a little booklet to help you understand the meaning of each card.

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