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Articles about specific cards (or groups of cards) from Tarot decks for divination. For tarot cards of the type used for playing card games see Category:Tarot playing card decks Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tarot cards .
Tarot cards have two distinct uses. As playing cards they were invented in Europe in the 15th century for playing games and are still used for that purpose. From the late 18th century, certain Italian-suited tarot packs were utilised for fortune telling - a practice known as tarotology - nowadays bespoke packs are produced specifically for this purpose.
For example, some tarot users may believe the cards themselves are magically providing answers, while others may believe a supernatural force or a mystical energy is guiding the cards into a layout. Alternatively, some practitioners believe tarot cards may be utilized as a psychology tool based on their archetypal imagery, an idea often ...
Trump cards, initially called trionfi, first appeared with the advent of tarot cards, in which there is a separate, permanent trump suit comprising a number of picture cards. [7] The first known example of such cards was ordered by the Duke of Milan around 1420 and included 16 trumps with images of Greek and Roman gods. [8]
According to Waite's 1910 book The Pictorial Key to the Tarot, The Empress is the inferior (as opposed to nature's superior) Garden of Eden, the "Earthly Paradise".Waite defines her as a Refugium Peccatorum — a fruitful mother of thousands: "she is above all things universal fecundity and the outer sense of the Word, the repository of all things nurturing and sustaining, and of feeding others."
The Rider–Waite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading, [1] [2] first published by William Rider & Son in 1909, based on the instructions of academic and mystic A. E. Waite and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith, both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
There is often a black and white motif, for example one of the steeds may be black and the other white. The figure may be crowned or helmeted, and is winged in some representations. The figure may hold a sword or wand. [citation needed] The Thoth Tarot deck has the figure controlling four animals. [1]
The Emperor has been a part of tarot decks since their earliest iterations in the 15th century, including the Visconti-Sforza and Marseille Tarot decks. [3] Originally depicted as a regal figure seated on a throne, the card evolved in later decks such as the Rider-Waite Tarot, where additional symbolism, such as the ram heads on the throne (symbolizing Aries), was introduced. [4]