Tarot

A Rider–Waite–Smith Tarot deck.

Tarot is a system of cards used primarily for tarot card reading, in which each card corresponds to an assigned archetype or interpretation for the purposes of divination or fortune-telling.

Quotes

  • When cards are related to each other in a spread, an entirely new level of meaning is created. Combinations appear, and a story line develops with characters, plots, and themes.
    • Joan Bunning: The Big Book of Tarot, ch. 1, "Elements of the Tarot". Weiser Books (2019). ISBN 978-1-57863-668-6.
  • The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.