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Tarot card reading is a form of cartomancy whereby practitioners use tarot cards to purportedly gain insight into the past, present or future. They formulate a question, then draw cards to interpret them for this end.
Jean-Baptiste Alliette (Etteilla) at his work table, from the Cours théorique et pratique du livre de Thot (1790).. Etteilla, the pseudonym of Jean-Baptiste Alliette (1 March 1738 – 12 December 1791), was the French occultist and tarot-researcher, who was the first to develop an interpretation concept for the tarot cards and made a significant contribution to the esoteric development of the ...
Tarot cards have been greatly popularized, but can be often regarded solely as entertainment. Traditional decks are available in chain bookstores. New decks also frequently appear in New Age bookstores. Though not requiring psychic abilities, Tarot cards can be used as a psychic or cold reading tool and Tarot readings are common at psychic fairs.
The Sola Busca tarot is the earliest completely extant example of a 78-card tarot deck. It is also the earliest tarot deck in which all the plain suit cards are illustrated [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and it is also the earliest tarot deck in which the trump card illustrations deviate from the classic tarot iconography.
The Magician (I), from the Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Magician (I), also known as The Magus or The Juggler, is the first trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in game playing and divination. Within the card game context, the equivalent is the Pagat which is the lowest trump card, also known as the atouts or ...
The Tower in the 1909 Rider–Waite tarot deck. The Tower (XVI) (most common modern name) is the 16th trump or Major Arcana card in most Italian-suited tarot decks. It has been used in tarot cards since the 15th century as well as in divination since the mid-19th century.
According to A.E. Waite's 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, the Star card carries several divinatory associations: [7]. 17.THE STAR.--Loss, theft, privation, abandonment; another reading says-Hope and bright prospects, Reversed: arrogance, haughtiness, impotence.
Maritxu (María) Erlantz Guller [a] (Isaba, Navarre 1912 [1] – San Sebastian, 1993 [2]), also known as the "sorgin ona" or white witch of Ulia, was a teacher, tarot reader and fortune teller who supposedly had paranormal powers. [3] Maritxu studied to become a teacher in Pamplona and subsequently worked as a teacher in Irañeta during the ...