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    Tarot Cards
    Tarot Cards
    Tarot Cards
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    Tarot Cards

    By Isabella Alston

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    The earliest known decks of tarot cards created in Italy in the late 15th century were used as a game. The tarot’s association with fortune telling and gypsies did not come about until the late 1700s. The first decks were hand painted for wealthy families who had the money to commission the decks as well as the time to play with them. After the advent of lithography, the easy replication through printing made tarot decks much more accessible to the everyday man and woman. In today’s world, the tarot has numerous uses, most of which have the purpose of encouraging self-knowledge and reflection. The beauty and lyricism of hundreds, and even thousands, of tarot decks illustrated throughout the last 600 years, as well as those currently in circulation and those yet to be designed and published, make them a unique art form. This book celebrates that art form.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTAJ Books International
    Release dateAug 1, 2014
    ISBN9781844063802
    Tarot Cards
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    Isabella Alston

    Isabella Alston was born in Los Angeles. As a dual citizen of Switzerland and the USA, she considers both Europe and America home. She is a free-lance writer, artist, and astrologer, currently living on the North Carolina coast with her husband, a US Marine, and their dog, Archer.

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      Tarot Cards - Isabella Alston

      Published by TAJ Books International LLC 2014

      5501 Kincross Lane

      Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

      28277

      www.tajbooks.com

      www.tajminibooks.com

      Copyright © 2014 TAJ Books International LLC

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the Publisher and copyright holders.

      All notations of errors or omissions (author inquiries, permissions)

      concerning the content of this book should be addressed to info@tajbooks.com. The Publisher believes the use the use of the tarot card images at the size depicted qualifes as fair use under United States copyright law.

      ISBN 978-1-84406-338-3

      978-1-62732-015-3 Paperback

      Printed in China

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      INTRODUCTION

      The first-known documented playing cards in Europe are believed to have originated in the 14th century, most likely in Egypt. It remains a mystery whether tarot cards came before or after the invention of playing cards although it is generally presumed that the tarot was developed second. The earliest Middle Eastern playing cards consisted of four suits: Swords, Staves, Cups, and Coins. This organization shows a clear connection between the two types of cards—playing cards and tarot cards. Tarot decks generally refer, however, to the Staves suit as Wands or Clubs and the Coins suit as Pentacles.

      Many historians believe the tarot is directly connected to both the Ancient Mysteries and the Egyptian Initiations, the latter

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