The Tarot

The tarot was originally a card game played medieval France and Italy. Some may argue that the tarot deck and its images can be traced back to ancient Egyptian mysteries but that is supposedly just speculation. What can’t be speculated is that these cards were adopted by certain societies in the nineteenth century and have subsequently been assigned all sorts of mystical and spiritual significance.

They tell the story of the soul, the story of the initiate, invoking deep cross-cultural archetypes immediately recognizable to both children and adults.

A typical tarot deck is made up of two types of cards; the Major Arcana, or Trumps, and the Minor Arcana, made up of court cards and pips.

The Major Arcana

0 - The Fool

1 - The Magician

2 - The Priestess

3 - The Empress

4 - The Emperor

5 - The Hierophant

6 - The Lovers

7 - The Chariot

8 - Adjustment

9 - The Hermit

10 - Fortune

11 - Lust

12 - The Hanged Man

13 - Death

14 - Art

15 - The Devil

16 - The Tower

17 - The Star

18 - The Moon

19 - The Sun

20 - The Aeon

21 - The Universe

Minor Arcana

Suits

Wands

Cups

Swords

Disks

The Pips

Aces

Twos

Threes

Fours

Fives

Sixes

Sevens

Eights

Nines

Tens

The Court Cards

Knights

Queens

Princes

Princesses

These cards can be mapped to the Tree of Life in several fun and fascinating ways. Read more on each individual sephira and path to discover the secrets hidden within yourself.

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Don’t forget. All is maybe. But this might be a funner existence.