Daily Archives: December 29, 2017

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Tarot Cards Celtic cross spread shows a happy reading.

T is for Tarot: to Celebrate Card Playing Day 2017

Tarot started out as a card game. The ornate hand-painted tarot cards were expensive, so the deck was more than likely played by the aristocracy . Finding their way to Europe in the late 14th century, playing cards seem to be a Chinese invention. Legends that Tarot came from Egypt or that the Gypsies brought them seem to be just that, legends. Cards of all kinds are used for divination, and Tarot cards lend themselves nicely to that endeavor. How […]