What are the Real Origins of Tarot Cards and Readings?
Author: Haley Softie Tarot cards consist of twenty-one trump cards, the fool and one extra face card for every other suit in the deck. Various areas in Europe use the deck to play games with organized rules, but in English-speaking countries, tarot cards find their utility in the field of fortune telling. The tarot cards began along with other cards in the 14th century. Historians theorize that they were created in Islamic countries, but the initial historical information in the English-speaking world is the Christian area of Bern, Switzerland. The older tarot cards contained only sixteen trump cards as compared to twenty-one in modern decks. A deck of tarot cards, as they are used today, contains 78 cards, all of which contain different, meaningful symbols which can be interpreted in a number of ways. The deck contains a total of four suits, and the names of the suits may vary depending upon the tarot deck one is using. Often times, the suits are referred to as wands, cups, swords, an
