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You don’t need the gift of clairvoyance to get a glimpse oftarot cards popularity.
Want to learn more about the magic of tarot cards?
Trionficards typically featured gilded decorations and hand-painted illustrations of personified and allegorical motifs.
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Each deck featuredfour suitsSwords, Batons, Coins, and Cupsas well astrumps, cards that outranked all others.
The trump motifs varied from deck to deck, with classical themes as popular choices.
The earliest known glimpse of the game’s rules is in a manuscript from the early 15th century.
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This deck comprises 78 cards organized into two categories: theMajor Arcanaand theMinor Arcana.
These cards are believed to hold the big secrets of spiritual self-awareness.
These cards are believed to hold the small secrets of everyday life.
Visconti Sforza Tarocchi Deck (Photo:The British Museum[CC BY-NC-SA 4.0])
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