Tarot Card Reading

Nobody knows the true origin of Tarot cards.designs relating to common areas of life or
What we do have for historical relics, are decksexistence, such as strength, love, justice, etc. The
that have survived from 15th century Italy, whenother 56 cards of the deck are divided into four
they were used in card games, the decks beinggroups represented by cups, wands, swords, and
individually drawn and painted, often commissionedpentacles. Each of these groups is related to the
by rich patrons. At some point in the eighteenthmanner in which a person faces life.A "spread" or
century, they were taken up again by scholars ofdealing of the cards, may include 6-15 cards laid
the occult, with their designs and patterns beingout in a specific pattern. The interpretation of the
credited for influence on certain areas andcards is based on: the position a particular card is
features of life. Out of this rediscovery, came thein, which could indicate that event is in the past,
modern day interpretation of the Tarot cards aspresent or future; which cards are nearest, thus
a tool of divining the future, according to whatinfluencing that aspect of a person's life, and the
cards were dealt.The deck consists of 78 cards inreader's ability to relate the meaning of one card,
two specific groups. One, called the major arcana,to the next.Visit for instructions on how to make
consists of 22 cards having numbers and specificjust about anything you can think of.