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The introduction of Tarot
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Author: teacher, Chin-Fong
The word of Tarot is from the Europe in 14th century. At that time, one type of paper cards named Tarocci appeared in Italy. After spreading and changing, in 15th middle century, its shape was established firmly by Catholicism monks and used till now. The word of Tarocci, after accessing to France, was transformed into the word “Tarot”.
The standard Tarot has fixed shapes. There are seventy-right cards for Tarot. The 22 major cards are called Major Arcana and the number is from 0 to 21. Except the 22 major cards, there are 56 minor cards called Minor Arcana. The Major cards belonged to spirit, abstract cards and occupied central positions. The 56 minor cards stand for physical events or condition and divided into wand, cup, sword and pentacle. They represent fire, earth, air and water respectively.
The theory of Tarot is a distant source and a long stream. It has close relation with the western mysticism, e.gl, the mysticism of Gnosticism, the numberlogy of Judaism and the astrology. All of these form the patterns in Tarot. Various figures on Tarot cards are good media to lead aspiration and initiation. So, many scholars thought Tarot was a superior of initiation transmitter. Though Tarot possesses so rich intension, it is still a good tool. It doesn’t have any power of mystery. Why is it so accurate? We can get the answer from the theory of Jung’s Synchronicity. Everything in the world exists in the collective unconscious. The 22 major cards in Tarot are the pictures of archetypes of collective unconscious.
Traditionally, the main function of the Tarot is to divine. It can be used to analyze the psychology, situation and predict the future. It can help the quarante to make proper determination.
In general, the function of divination is the most important function of Tarot. Tarot can use various spreads of card to solve the problems with different characters and conditions. The spreads are many, even the divinator can create different spread after understanding the theory of the spreads.
Finally, the beginner of Tarot can learn it easily at the beginning and they can reach a certain accuracy in a short time. Create correct and healthy concept at the beginning of learning, the ability of explaining Tarot will be increased and promoted gradually. It can help us to explore personal life, personal meaning and guide us. |
