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Tarot
The tarot |trionfi]] and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others) is a pack of cards , used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games such as Italian tarocchini and French tarot...
. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana
Minor Arcana
|thumb|[[King of Swords]] card from a Minor Arcana deckThe Minor Arcana of occult or divinatory tarot refers to the portion of a Tarot deck that consists of 56 cards. The Minor Arcana are roughly similar to the cards found in a common deck of playing cards...
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Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
to play tarot card games.
In English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes.
Divination usage
A surefooted person who succeeds without flash. One who does not second guess decisions. Decisive action and control of oneself. The use of reason or eloquent speech to penetrate the veil of confusion and cut to the heart of the matter. She is also known to have a great interest in spying, snooping about, and learning the secrets of others.Inverted: Fear causes plans to crumble. A person who is timid and cowardly. One who allows the opinions of others to interfere with their own ambition. She also has a tendency to invade other people's privacy, and use their secrets to work ruin against them. A warning about gossip.