The Romani and Playing CardsĪlthough reading playing cards as tarot was a common practice in Italy and France, the Romani are often credited with the practice. And may have also originated in ancient Egypt with the Book of Thoth. He goes on to say these mystical cards made their way into Europe via the Arabs, Moors and Romany people. It is impossible to trace these prehistoric beginnings of card-lore” (Foli, pg. That “in past ages many eastern peoples, notably those of India, China, and Chaldea, possessed cards which differed materially both in use and design from those known in the West at a later date. And that the Tarot or triumph cards weren’t the first cards to be used for divination purposes. However, in PRS Foli’s book Fortune Telling by Cards, written in 1915, he claims the Major Arcana of the Tarot was in existence long before the four suits were added. By the eighteenth century they were being widely “read” as a form of divination or fortune telling throughout Europe including in Germany and France.Īt the Fortune Teller’s by Alma Erdmann Another Theory: Tarot’s Far East and Middle Eastern Origins These Triumph cards would come to be called Tarrochi (in French – Tarot). And later, artists expanded on the deck by adding cards like The Emperor, The Hanged Man, The Tower, etc. Some sources claim these Italian playing cards initially consisted of just the four suits (in Tarot called the Minor Arcana): swords, staves, coins and cups. One example, still in existence today, is the Visconti-Sforza deck. Nobility commissioned artists to paint elaborate playing card decks for them. These playing cards, called Triumph and Trump cards, were used as a simple parlor game and were a game for the wealthy. History dates the origin of playing cards to the late fourteenth century in Italy. But the origins of both are basically one-in-the-same. Tarot cards and playing cards today are considered two different things. The Magical History of Tarot Reading with Playing Cards
TAROT READING WITH PLAYING CARDS LAYOUT HOW TO
Learn how to do a tarot reading with playing cards here. This is a great form of divination for those who want to keep their practices secret or discreet, as well.
In fact, playing cards have been used by fortune tellers and conjurors for centuries. And guess what? You can read playing cards just as well as tarot. Don’t have a set of tarot cards? No problem! I’ll bet you have a deck of playing cards.
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