In celebration of World Tarot Day on May 25 ... Michelle Tea's Modern Tarot: Connecting with Your Higher Self Through the Wisdom of the Cards, Theresa Reed's The Weiser Tarot Journal: Guidance ...

Tarot decks of cards go back as far as 15th century Italy ... The standard deck — or minor arcana — has 56 cards within four different categories or suits, similar to modern-day playing cards. For ...

But despite its popularization and mystical connotations, many modern practitioners view tarot less as fortune telling and more as a psychological tool. “Tarot and oracle cards help us gain ...

A bill in the Pennsylvania State House could repeal a century-old ban on fortune telling, but some say the law is outdated ...

The Tarot of A. E. Waite and P ... and wands), similar to what we see in modern day playing cards. This allowed the cards to be more accessible to visual interpretation, rather than requiring ...

and knaves familiar from modern decks. Ace of clubsThis card from a 1480 Visconti-Sforza tarot deck shows the personification of Fortitude, poised to bring a club down on a cowering lion.