Are Tarot Card Readers for Real?

The story of tarot cards started around the 15thcard.
century, one century after cards were introduced inAlong with the evolving interpretations to the
Europe starting with the newly rising towns in Italymeaning of tarot cards come new methods for card
like Milan, Ferrera, and Bologna. The evolution ofreaders to express the message to the average Joe.
Tarot as we know it today has a variety of storiesToday, face-to-face card readings are being replaced
and legends. The mystical quality of tarot cardsby phone and online readings. However, for full
intrigues historians, scholars, spiritualists, andimpact and experience, face-to-face card readings still
hobbyists. Tarot cards were first used as gametrump other methods. Face-to-face tarot readings
pieces much like regular decks, far different fromallow the person to choose his face-down card,
what we think of tarot cards today, although agiving him a semblance of control to his fortunes.
reference to Tarot as a set of devil cards was madeFace-to-face readings are common in community
as early as 1450. The culture of tarot cards started infairs, parties, and in the streets. The price of a tarot
Egypt, which is the same civilization that championedcard reading varies depending on the popularity of
astrology.the reader and how much detail the person wants to
A typical tarot deck contains 78 cards consisting ofknow about his future.
the four suits seen in regular card games, which areAlternative tarot card reading methods include phone
hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs. The Latinand online readings. While there are free Internet
version of the tarot deck has a different set of suits.sites to read your fortunes, they are only for show
They are swords, batons, cups, and coins. Like aor offered as a gimmick. On the other hand,
regular deck, tarot cards are numbered from one toprofessional tarot card readers offering their services
ten plus the four court cards; jack, queen, king, andover the phone can cost about £5.00 per reading.
ace.Card reading over the phone offers a different
The difference between a tarot deck and the regularapproach to commercial tarot card reading, since the
deck is the twenty-one divinity cards known ascustomer can have a hotline to know his fortunes on
Major Arcana. A joker equivalent in the tarot deck isdemand. Card reading allows people to have their
called the Fool, or the excuse. The Fool can take allfortunes checked every morning, which is both
four suits and acts as the strongest trump card.convenient and lifestyle altering.
Meaning is assigned to each card in a tarot deck;Tarot card divination may not be a real science; it
however, the specifics of interpretation are impactedmay not be as accurate as some people would like
by the layout of the cards, whether they are uprightto believe, but the market for tarot is ever growing
or reversed, and the interpreter’s own reading.through the availability of readings online and in other
Many of the cards in the major arcana, the trumpsimilar mediums. While this is so, there is still a large
cards, are fairly logical. The Lovers represent love, indemand for face-to-face tarot reading because of
some capacity, while Strength is symbolic of couragethe mystique and interactivity. A fair judgment of the
and drive. Each of the cards in the minor arcana alsoindustry is that it is growing in its different aspects -
carries meaning when used for divination, based onwhether it is face to face, on the phone, or by some
both the numeric value of the card and which suit itother medium. While society drives itself into a more
is. Meanings of each card can be found online, inscientific future, the appeal of astrology, especially in
books, or simply by interpreting the images on thetarot cards, is still growing fast.