Fortune telling

Tarot (English: tarot ) is a set of divination cards that have been spread throughout Europe since the mid-15th century, such as Italian Tarot , French Tarot and Austrian Königrufen , many of which are still in use today [1] . In the late 18th century, some tarot cards began to be used for divination through tarot card readings and card divination , leading to the development of occult doctrines for such purposes.

The various elements, symbols, and symbolic meanings in Tarot cards were developed from the 3rd century BC to the 14th century. They are a collection of mystical sciences, Christianity , Judaism , Egyptian mythology , horoscopes , numerical symbols , symbolism and other natural resources from many countries. It has become a rigorous divination system [2] [3] [4] ; it has been widely spread in various countries. By the 21st century, Tarot cards can be found all over the world. Although Tarot cards have a wide range of uses for divination and predicting things, in Europe, where Catholicism was the majority from the 10th to the 17th century, due to the conservative religious atmosphere and the prohibition of divination by the Christian system [5] , Tarot cards gradually gave up their original divination. Form - it served as the function of a card game for a long time, until it finally transformed into the common playing cards today [6] [7] .

Since the late 18th century, Tarot cards have not only used European folk interpretation methods, but mystics have made Tarot cards more "scientific and standardized", evolving from primitive folkloric divination to one that can independently develop a set of theories. Occult divination has stopped, and tarot cards used as divination can only hide among secret groups [8] [9] ; however, in English-speaking countries in the 19th century, due to the development of democratic systems and freedom of speech, tarot card games Beginning to become more and more popular; after entering the 21st century, Tarot cards developed rapidly in non-English-speaking countries (especially influenced by the United States ). Tarot cards in English-speaking countries have been transformed into all use for divination purposes, and this marketing The model quickly spread back to Europe, and tarot cards have also become a very popular divination technique in China , Japan , Singapore and other places in Asia. [10]