What is Tarot Card Reading?
Tarot Card Reading is one of the the ancient arts that is intertwined with fortune-telling. Tarot reading involves the use of a pack of special cards, known as Tarot Cards and hence the name Tarot Reading. These cards help to reveal essential information which may prove to be a turn-up in a person’s life. One thing that constantly itches the human mind is the uncertainty of future events, and this is when Tarot reading comes to our rescue. Compared to Astrology , which is more of a science, Tarot Card Reading is more of an art to foretell what kind of surprise the future may jolt us with.
We, being humans, are curious beings. The surprise that tomorrow can bring is a puzzle everyone wants to solve. The uncertainty of future events is something everyone wants to get rid of. Also, if people get hints of what may they come across with, they can set a plan to encounter in the best possible manner. Horoscope serves to be a helping hand for those who want to know what the future holds, so that they can do their best to make it better.
There are 78 cards in a deck of Tarot cards. These cards fall into two different categories:
Major Arcana
The Major Arcana is the major contributor in the Tarot Cards, as it consists of the additional 22 cards which were included for the future prediction purposes. It includes cards which have pictures on them and are also known as Trump Cards. The Major Arcana of the Tarot reading carries information right from birth to death, and represents the major aspects of life. The 22 cards are numbered as 1-21, and the 22nd card represented by the Fool is marked as Zero.
These cards convey information in two different positions:- upright only
- upright and reversed
The 22 cards of the Major Arcana are as follows:
The Minor Arcana tarot cards
The Minor Arcana consists of 56 Tarot cards which represent the things that we encounter in our daily life. It quite resembles the deck of 56 cards that we use to play in our everyday life. The Minor Arcana is divided into 4 different type of Tarot cards (just like we have spades, diamonds, hearts and clubs in the regular deck). The Minor Arcana consists of four suits known as Cups, Wands, Swords and Pentacles.
| Suit | Element | Representative of: |
| Cups | Water |
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| Pentacles | Earth |
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A majority of the Arcana tarot cards fall in the category of the Minor Arcana tarot deck. This tarot deck signifies the small and less influential events in the life of a person. Focusing on the specifics, these cards in the tarot card readings show circumstances or significant people who form the person’s life asking the question. This category of tarot reading cards also lets you understand the parts of your life covering aspects like love and relationship, intellect, power, energy, decisions, etc.
The Minor Arcana tarot cards are divided into four categories— Wands, Pentacles, Swords, and Cups. Each suit of these decks possesses a set of four court cards: Pages, Knights, Queens, and Kings.
