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Tarot is a set of [[card|cards]] originally designed to be used as [[playing card|playing cards]] but which was later adopted by occultists as a means of divination. A typical tarot deck consists of 78 cards, divided into two groups: * The Minor Arcana consists of 56 cards divided into four suits: swords, wands (batons), cups, and pentacles (coins). Each suit has ten numbered cards and four court cards: Kings, Queens, Knights, and Pages. * The Major Arcana, or trump cards, consists of 22 cards without suits: ** 0. [[the_fool_(tarot)|The Fool]]† ** 1. [[the magician (tarot)|The Magician]] ** 2. [[the high priestess (tarot)|The High Priestess]] ** 3. [[the empress (tarot)|The Empress]] ** 4. [[the emperor (tarot)|The Emperor]] ** 5. [[the hierophant (tarot)|The Hierophant]] ** 6. [[the lovers (tarot)|The Lovers]] ** 7. [[the chariot (tarot)|The Chariot]] ** 8. [[justice (tarot)|Justice]] or [[strength (tarot)|Strength]]‡ ** 9. [[the hermit (tarot)|The Hermit]] ** 10. [[wheel of fortune (tarot)|Wheel of Fortune]] ** 11. [[justice (tarot)|Justice]] or [[strength (tarot)|Strength]]‡ ** 12. [[the hanged man (tarot)|The Hanged Man]] ** 13. [[death (tarot)|Death]] ** 14. [[temperance (tarot)|Temperance]] ** 15. [[the devil (tarot)|The Devil]] ** 16. [[the tower (tarot)|The Tower]] ** 17. [[the star (tarot)|The Star]] ** 18. [[the moon (tarot)|The Moon]] ** 19. [[the sun (tarot)|The Sun]] ** 20. [[judgement (tarot)|Judgement]] ** 21. [[the world (tarot)|The World]] † The Fool is unnumbered and not considered a trump card in traditional decks. It may be numbered 0 or 22 in decks designed for fortune-telling. ‡ In traditional decks, Justice is the 8th card and Strength is the 11th card. Starting in the early 20th century, they swapped positions in many fortune-telling decks. h4.See also * [[card (medium)]] * [[tarot set]] * [[Tag group:Cards]] Updated by bot Sun, Sep 18 '22, 02:55 |