Which country did tarot cards originate from?

Tarot cards are an ancient divination tool. Its origin has always been a mysterious legend, and many experts who study mysticism try to find some clues.

Ancient Egyptian theory

/kloc-in the 8th century, the French mystic Court de Geblin proposed that the word Tarot was taken from the Egyptian characters tar (Tao) and ro (King), meaning "King". So "Tarot" itself refers to his correct determination as a king, which is also the origin of this divination method. It turns out that "Tarot cards" are not divination in the form of cards, but originated from "Strange Books" in ancient Egypt. Toute is the Egyptian moon god, as well as the god of culture and education. The Book of Tut is a mysterious book dedicated to conveying God's will, and the pharaohs made various decisions according to it. When the Egyptian dynasty died, in order to prevent foreigners from getting the book, they drew it as a card and gave it to the gods. Later, it was introduced to Europe by Alexander, and the modern tarot cards were formed in the Middle Ages. However, in the same century 1799, the discovery of Rosestone made Egyptian hieroglyphs deciphered, and then it overthrew the theory of "king".

Italian theory

According to historians' research, as early as14th century, some aristocrats in European countries had already played tarot cards. During this period, the Vatican banned tarot cards and characterized them as the devil's Atlas and pagan objects. In addition, the earliest known tarot cards appeared in Italy at the end of14th century15th century. Italian poker game talocci "tarocci" is similar to tarot cards, with only 22 cards, similar to the 22 main cards of Grand Akana. At the same time, the meanings of love, victory, love, death, reputation, fate and future praised in Italian poetry are similar to those of tarot cards. So many people agree that Tarot cards originated in Italy. However, many scholars who study tarot cards believe that these evidences can only show that tarot cards once appeared in Europe, and they do not believe that tarot cards originated in Europe. And associate the word Tarot with the Tarot River in northern Italy.

Gypsy theory

Scholars who study tarot cards believe that tarot cards are most likely brought to Europe by gypsies in Asia or Africa. They make a living by divination, and tarot cards are one of their divination methods. However, Gypsies are nomadic people who wander around. Is it possible to develop a very systematic philosophy of tarot cards? Tarot cards may not be the product of gypsies, they just learned from other civilizations.

Jewish theory

After a series of studies, experts found that Tarot cards were closely related to Kabbalah of the ancient Hebrews, so they were more reliable. Kabbalah is an ancient Jewish philosophy. It is said that God taught Moses (or "Messer") a knowledge of mutual cooperation and spiritual strength. Twenty-two Akana cards of tarot cards are deeply related to the twenty-two letters of Hebrew and Kabala. Someone has compiled a comparison table of tarot cards and ancient Hebrew letters. The research on tarot cards in recent decades shows that the statement that tarot cards originated from ancient Jews is highly credible.

To sum up, the origin of tarot cards should be roughly as follows: First of all, the big Akana of tarot cards originated from Kabaka, an ancient Jew. Because ancient Jews often came into contact with ancient Egyptians, they also absorbed many Egyptian religious symbols. With the frequent wars in the Middle East, the predecessor of Tarot almost disappeared. Later, gypsies didn't know how to use tarot cards, but I believe they may not know much about the philosophy of tarot cards. They used it as a divination tool. Tarot cards were introduced to Europe in 12 and 14 centuries, and became popular in the West in the Middle Ages. They can be found in many pictures and books at that time. Tarot cards are everywhere, whether it is the palace or the people. It was not until the rise of the church that Tarot cards were regarded as the mysterious magic of paganism and were suppressed from then on. Under the protection of a willing heart, the tarot card survived and showed its mysterious atmosphere in front of the world. After the influence of the church weakened, tarot cards developed again, and new tarot cards were introduced one after another. Especially at the end of19th century, the research on tarot cards became more systematic, and the rider tarot cards were one of the representatives.

Ancient Indian theory

Tarot cards originated in ancient India, mainly based on small Akana cards. The sword, star coin, scepter and holy grail in the card are very similar to those held by Indian gods. Some symbolic things in tarot cards are very similar to the meanings of instruments in Indian religion.

This statement lacks theoretical basis, which means "the blind touch the elephant", but many supporters have become a member of the dispute over the origin of tarot cards.

Patron saint theory

The patron saint said it rose late. In fact, it has been sleeping for hundreds of years and has only been discovered in recent years. The patron saint theory originated from an ancient Sect-Stardust Sect. Stardust believers believe that everyone is born with a patron saint who can help you predict something, and your patron saint relies on tarot-like power, that is, his own belief. The followers of stardust think that everyone's patron saint is the embodiment of his own soul. Some people think that the Tarot Card is the first divination tool of the Stardust Sect, while more people think that the Tarot Card was first invented by a Sect called Autonomous Sect, which was once the same Sect as the Stardust Sect. However, Christians of the Stardust Sect believe that the patron saint is themselves, while those who teach independently believe that there are many patrons, but they all exist alone. The two factions were divided on this issue, so they split. Autonomous religions created tarot cards, which are equivalent to the Christian Bible. Later, the bishop disappeared for various reasons (some people say that he merged with the Stardust Sect), leaving tarot cards.

Ancient Roman theory

It is said that it comes from ancient Rome. /kloc-in the 9th century, the French mystic Levi proposed that taro originated from the arrangement cycle of the four letters "T", "A", "R" and "O". The four-letter arrangement cycle was inspired by "rota", which stands for "wheel" in Latin. When Rota is placed in a circle, you can start from. In addition, the four characters of taro are arranged circularly, which can form: taro-rota (wheel)-tora (method)-ORAT (dictation)-ATOR (Hassall goddess, Egyptian name is Isis). Some imaginative people can interpret it as "the tarot rules dictated by the goddess Hassall".

Hebrew theory

It is said to come from Hebrew. After research, experts found that the 22 big Akana cards of Tarot cards are closely related to the 22 letters of Hebrew and the ancient Hebrew philosophy Kabbalah. It is said that Kabbalah is the knowledge that God taught Moses about improving spiritual strength, emphasizing the cooperation between people. However, Torah means law in Hebrew, which is their law book. Jews used a method called Gematria (Hebrew alphabet code) when interpreting Torah scriptures, which is a numerology based on Hebrew and Hebrew letters. Each Hebrew letter is assigned a corresponding number, so that each Hebrew letter can generate more meanings through the corresponding number. If tarot cards are really related to Jewish law, then Gimatria can certainly explain all the mysteries of tarot cards, but in fact, the meaning of tarot cards is not covered by Gimatria's explanation.