| Psychic reading can and will produce a host of | | | | mystical powers within the symbolic artwork. |
| surprises, this type of reading will utilise a vast number | | | | Tarot cards soon created a huge wave of interest, |
| of different tools, one of which is Tarot Cards. A pack | | | | and many artists and scholars tried to uncover the |
| of tarot cards are truly fascinating, a common belief is | | | | secrets which lay hidden in tarot cards. These studies |
| that they posses many powers which are required to | | | | helped to create the present psychic reading tool |
| reveal the hidden secrets of life. Tarot cards come in | | | | known as tarot reading. The most popular use for |
| many colourful varieties; spread out a pack of tarot | | | | tarot cards today is the art of psychic reading. The |
| cards and what you will be presented with is very | | | | tarot card pack has become much more than just a |
| interesting indeed. | | | | game, and to many it is an essential tool for guidance |
| Many people perceive Tarot cards as having some | | | | through life. Tarot cards promise to help with what one |
| cosmic powers, where the pictures and numbers | | | | expects from life. Whether or not you believe in the |
| found on the cards explain a number of aspects | | | | power of tarot cards when used for psychic reading is |
| relating to ones life. The Design of the Tarot Card | | | | for all a personal issue; however the experience is |
| Pack. To have a full understanding of how psychic | | | | certainly worth a try. |
| reading using tarot cards works, it is essential that you | | | | The Tarot Deck of cards we know today contain |
| are clear about the composition of the pack. It is | | | | seventy eight cards, Twenty two belong to the Major |
| believed that the earliest tarot cards originated around | | | | Arcana. The fifty six cards which remain are known |
| the fifteenth century in Northern Italy, Of course this | | | | as the Minor Arcana. |
| has never been proved. This early version of Tarot | | | | The Major Arcana is made up of the following cards: |
| cards was used to play games, much like regular | | | | 1. The Fool. |
| playing cards are used today; however they had a | | | | 2. The Magician. |
| slightly different composition. The early Tarot cards | | | | 3. The High Priestess. |
| had twenty two more cards than a regular pack of | | | | 4. The Empress. |
| playing cards. These extra cards were and are known | | | | 5. The Emperor. |
| as the Major Arcana. | | | | 6. The Pope. |
| These extra cards were not part of any particular suit | | | | 7. The Lovers. |
| and each one was adorned with symbolic pieces of | | | | 8. The Chariot. |
| artwork, the symbolic artwork is crucial for the art of | | | | 9. Justice. |
| psychic reading. In addition to the twenty two cards I | | | | 10. The Hermit. |
| mentioned earlier, there were also regular cards which | | | | 11. The Wheel Of fortune. |
| were numbered from one to ten and also the four | | | | 12. Strength. |
| regular suits. Another quite distinct difference between | | | | 13. The Hanged Man. |
| regular playing cards and the original tarot cards was | | | | 14. Death. |
| an additional queen had been added to each of the | | | | 15. Temperance. |
| four courts. The best known game of the time which | | | | 16. The Devil. |
| was associated with tarot cards was called Triumphs. | | | | 17. The Tower. |
| This game was very popular among the richer | | | | 18. The Star. |
| sections of the society. The Version of Tarot we | | | | 19. The Moon. |
| know today The early game of tarot soon moved | | | | 20. The Sun. |
| from Italy and found its way too many parts of the | | | | 21. Judgement. |
| world. It was in Europe where disciples of art found | | | | 22. The World. |