Tarot cards hold endless amounts of symbolism—but you might not know that it’s also deeply connected ... You add your tarot card to your altar, put a print of it somewhere special in your ...

Unlike tarot, cartomancy usually uses 52 (or 54 if you use the 2 The Joker cards, which is optional) playing cards as opposed to the 78 tarot cards. It doesn’t consist of the major arcana or all ...

In the French city of Marseilles, more efficient printing techniques standardized and popularized the game, so that by the 18th century, all decks contained 78 cards in four suits: coins, clubs ...

For centuries, people have been shuffling, pulling and reading tarot cards in hopes of dancing with divination and gleaning insights into their past, present, and future.

Published in 1910, the 78 cards of the “Waite-Smith” deck have become synonymous with tarot. A new book delves into their history, importance and popularity.