Gaining insight into our deeper selves through the use of divination tools to help
decide future actions has preoccupied mankind since ancient times. In Europe, cards which became known as Tarot have been used to map the soul and predict the future since the 16th century.
The 78 cards in the Tarot deck each has its own imagery, symbolism and story.
Practitioners believe that the 22 Major Arcana cards represent life's karmic and
spiritual lessons, and the 56 Minor Arcana cards reflect the trials and tribulations of
everyday life.
Tarot offers an elegantly presented, compact guide to the 78 cards, from number 0
The Fool - who represents unlimited potential, through The Hermit - who represents a break from everyday life, to number 21 The World - which indicates a sense of wholeness, completion and fulfilment. The book uses The Original Rider Waite Tarot Deck, the most popular and widely used tarot card deck in the world dating back to 1910.
Also included in this revised edition is a concise history of Tarot and Tarot reading; a
section on how to read the cards, with some sample layouts and typical strategies; a description of the elements and how they relate to suits: for example, cups are a
water element, concerned with emotions, feelings, matters of the heart and intuition; and Tarot numerology: what each number represents in Tarot.
