The origin of Tarots is unclear. However, as per known records, in the fifteenth century, Tarot cards were introduced in Italy. They were used for normal playing cards at first and later people started to use Tarots for fortune telling and spiritual practices. Some early creators of Tarots are Antoine Court and Jean-Baptiste Alliette.
In today’s world, the most used Tarot deck is the Rider-Waite Tarot Deck. British poet and scholarly mystic Arthur Edward Waite created the set of 78 Tarot cards and these were illustrated by British writer and artist Pamela Colman Smith. Interestingly, both these individuals were practitioners of occult. This is why traditional Catholic churches consider the use of Tarots as a type of divination. However, the practice of Tarot reading has gained popularity exponentially since the last few decades. Many spiritual leaders and astrologers use Tarots to solve issues of people and to interpret the future.
Apart from the Rider-Waite deck, many practitioners in recent times have created improvised illustrations of the cards. One thing to remember is that the essence of meaning of these improvisations do not change. However, the original Rider-Waite Tarot Deck is always trustworthy because each element and colours in the cards have been articulated in such a way that they give out the most exact meanings of the predictions (as per practitioners’ reviews). While tarots give more detailed interpretations of different scenarios, oracle cards depend more on macro-level possibilities. Tarot decks should always have 78 cards while oracle decks can have any number of cards.
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