Tarot Reading

History of Tarot Reading

The history of Tarot cards reading is as mystic as the concept of Tarot reading itself! Although there is no exact origin of Tarot history, there have been evidences that it was primitively known as a card game having a French title Le Tarots and was predominantly of Italian origin. However, it may well be noted that this game is still played in some European countries but bears no resemblance to the divinity personified concept of Tarot reading.

The Tarot cards can well be considered as a tool for effective divination solutions that have been consistently used since times immemorial.

Following are the type of tarot card reading.

Divination Tarot Reading

It is believed that the cards are used for gaining the insight of present as well as future situations of the querent or subject. Some people believe that they are guided by a spiritual force like Gaia while few of them believe that the cards help them to tap into their own creative or a collective unconscious, brainstorming subconscious.

Psychological Tarot Reading

The importance of tarot symbolism was attached by the first psychologist, Carl Jung. He may have regarded the tarot cards by representing archetypes: situations embedded in the subconscious of all human being or fundamental types of person. The archetypes theory is used in several psychological treatments.

Tarot as a mnemonic device

Symbolic study or some schools of occult thought like the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn consider tarot as a mnemonic device or textbook for their teachings. This might be the cause for the world arcana, which is used to convey the meaning of two sections of the tarot deck. It is the plural form of the Latin word Arcanum that means secret or closed.

Although, it was formerly believed in the Roman culture that the old grandmother would pass off her legacy of divination secrets to her eldest grand daughter before she dies and was hence a well guarded secret, nevertheless now times having changed this myth has surely changed and everyone can gain access to the power of Tarot reading for having a clear idea of ones' most probable future.

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