| The tarot is a set of cards (typically having seventy | | | | The minor arcana closely corresponds to the playing |
| eight cards in total) that is used for the foretelling of a | | | | cards we are used to. There are ten number cards |
| person's future. Tarot is also known as tarocchi, tarock | | | | (ace to ten) and four face cards (Page, Knight, Queen, |
| or similar names. The cards are used in some | | | | and King). There are four suits, each of which |
| countries such as Italy and France to play parlour tarot | | | | corresponds with one of the four alchemical elements. |
| card games, but the more well known and popular use | | | | They are: |
| of the cards is as a tool used for divinatory purposes. | | | | 1. Pentagrams corresponding with Earth |
| Each card in a tarot has a variety of meanings which | | | | 2. Swords with Air |
| have evolved over the years. It is not possible or | | | | 3. Wands with Fire |
| appropriate to try and gauge the meaning of a n | | | | 4. Cups with water |
| individual card. The meaning depends on the | | | | The Major Arcana |
| combination of cards that are picked out. The cards | | | | This is a set of twenty two cards numbered zero to |
| are divided into two parts - the minor arcana and the | | | | twenty one. They are not divided into suits but each |
| major arcana. | | | | one of them represents a stage of the person's life. |
| The Minor Arcana | | | | |