Abstract

Tarot cards, as we know them in modern culture, are used for divination practices. We see them in movies and TV shows being used by a powerful psychic; and we’ve all heard some rendition of, “To use tarot cards is to be close to the devil and the occult.” But their humble origins date all the way back to the 1400s, and were originally used as playing cards, similar to the ones we use now to play games like Go-fish, or Poker. Here, we will expand on the knowledge of how Tarot cards went from simple games to metaphysical conduits.