What is Tarot card reading?

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Tarot reading, or tarot card reading, is a practice of using cards from a deck of tarot cards, to gain insight into a person’s past, present, and future. It is a subset of Cartomancy. Until the 18th century, tarot cards were actually used like a normal deck, to play card games. It was only in the 18th century that Protestant clerics and Freemasons began to apply some divinatory meaning to all cards.

They suggested that the cards and the pictorial representation were indicative of the past, present and future of whoever selected them. Thus began the process of finding the hidden meaning within the cards.

The deck of Tarot cards had 78 cards. These include 14 cards of each suit (Clubs, Spades, Diamonds, and Hearts), along with 22 trump cards. Trump cards include the Fool or the Wizard, among others. These were the original playing decks.

Let us now understand the distribution of these tarot cards, for divinatory purposes.

Tarot Cards: Suits and other specifications

• The modern deck is divided into four suits. Just like a playing deck has aces, clubs, diamonds, and hearts; the reading cards are divided into 4 suits, namely: Pentacles, Swords, Cups and Wands.
• Each suit had 14 cards and the numbering is put on the card to represent the objects numerically.
• So if there is a card with the number X and the picture is Wands, it will be called ‘The Ten of Wands’. Similarly you have the ‘Four of Pentacles’ and ‘The Nine of Swords’, etc.
• Along with these you have the 22 trump cards. These trump cards are significant, as they are most often read as cards that speak about events or circumstances, past, present, or future.
• The most famous trump cards are; The Fool, The Magician, The Tower, The High Priestess, The Lovers, etc.
• Each card represents a certain meaning or has some connection with the life of the individual who draws it.

Tarot card spreads

Tarot cards are laid out in different ways, to form different shapes, depending on the type of reading or the purpose of the reading. Although it is not mandatory, this is how it was traditionally done.

1. Propagation of Tetraktys

Here, 10 cards are laid out to form a pyramid. 4 cards on the bottom, 3 on the top row, then two on top, and finally the last card on top. This differential is used to predict a person’s general condition and well-being. It covers basic physical elements and spiritual elements.

2. Cross and triangle parting

This spread is formed by placing three cards on the bottom, followed by 3 cards placed on top of the center card, one on top of the other, then two cards on the side, and one last card on top. It represents a cross and is used to gauge a general sense of direction in a person’s life.

3. Spread of the Celtic cross

The most well-known diffusion of the whole process, the Celtic cross, aims to give an idea about the general life and expectations of the person. People opt for this reading mainly because it covers many aspects of a person’s life and gives an overview.

4. Propagation of relationships

As the name suggests, this spread aims to answer all questions related to relationships. Not necessarily love relationships but any relationship. The spread uses 9 cards, where the first 5 are placed on top of each other and then three are dealt from the fourth card.

5. Propagation of past lives

This is also known as the reverse propagation. It is in the shape of an inverted triangle, the exact reverse of the Tetrakyts spread, and speaks of the effects of past lives. Tarot card reading is done all over the world and is followed in great numbers. Although there have been reports of many hoaxes, it is an occult science that has been grabbing world attention for years.

They say in life you have to play the hand you’re dealt. Tarot can show you your cards. Even if it’s just for fun!

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