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tarot deck

Also known as divinatory tarot, esoteric tarot, occult tarot, tarot card deck

thumb|Trumps of the Tarot de Marseilles, a standard 18th-century playing card pack, later also used for divination thumb|A Tarot reading|3-card tarot spread used for divination. The deck is the Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot Deck (a faithful reproduction of the original [[Rider-Waite-Smith deck from 1909).]]

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A tarot deck is a set of playing cards that originated as a standard 18th-century card pack and later became associated with divination practices. Today, people use tarot decks to conduct readings by laying out cards in patterns, interpreting their meanings to seek insight or guidance.

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Distribution
History
Playing cards and early tarot-like games
Early tarot decks
Propagation
Etymology
Playing card decks
Italian-suited decks
Italo-Portuguese-suited deck
Spanish-suited deck
French-suited decks
German-suited Tarock cards
Cartomancy
Notes
References
Works cited
External links

Tarot (, first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarocks) is a set of playing cards used in tarot games and in fortune-telling or divination. From at least the mid-15th century, the tarot was used to play trick-taking card games such as Tarocchini. From their Italian roots, tarot games spread to most of Europe, evolving into new forms including German Grosstarok and modern examples such as French Tarot and Austrian Königrufen.