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