Which country did tarot cards originate from?

The origin of tarot cards revolves around many legends. The earliest tarot cards are based on the legends of ancient Egypt, India and China. This further highlights that our ancestors were full of ideals and romantic ideas in the face of difficulties. Generally speaking, what we often hear is put forward by Court de Gebelin in Le Monde Derimi Tiff by 178 1. The content is that tarot cards were introduced by gypsies from India.

Of course, the true origin of tarot cards is still a mystery, but as far as similar cards are concerned, they should be traced back to Italy and France in the14th century.

As far as we know, the earliest tarot card recorded at present is in 1392, and only 17 cards have been preserved. It is generally believed that they were drawn by French King Charles IV at the request of Jacques Gunnel Green. But it turned out that they were actually cards from Venice, Italy, in the middle of 15. At present, the earliest and most complete tarot card was drawn by the famous Italian painter Bon Facio Bembo in 1422, also known as "Visconti Tarot Card".

We usually see that tarot cards composed of 78 cards are divided into two parts: the 22-card "Big Alkell" (the prototype of tarot cards. Such as Lover, Death and Trial) and 56 "Little Arkner" (four groups each have 1~ 10 cards and four court cards). This combination method originated from Venetian Tarot or Piedmont Tarot. But there were several different types of tarot cards in the early days. Here are some early European tarot cards:

1. venetian tarot card: it has the same structure as the existing tarot card (generally called Lombardy tarot card).

2. Tarocchi of Mantegna: It consists of 50 cards and 25 guide cards.

3. Tarocchi in Bologna: No court card. (So there are only 62) was created by Fran? ois Fabia (Prince of Pisa).

4. BenQ of Florence: It consists of 98 cards, in which the zodiac, four elements (earth, water, fire and wind) and four morals (hope, prudence, thrift, faith, trust and compassion) are added to alker. Later, these cards became cards of temperance, strength and justice.

There is evidence that these symbolic meanings were described in Tarot cards 14 years ago, such as magician, pope, devil and trial. These tarot cards are full of medieval style. Other tarot cards, such as the Empress and the Moon, belong to the non-Christian style.

Tarot cards were originally used as game cards, and our current game cards (like playing cards) are actually evolved from tarot cards. At present, in Italy, there is still a game that uses Taroko in Alkell. With the passage of time, tarot cards are widely used to predict the future today.

During the period of 15, the spread speed of tarot cards was extremely limited, because all cards had to be drawn by hand. But with the development of printing technology, tarot cards become easy to obtain. At 16, a brand called "Masai Tarot" is widely used.

Tarot cards, especially 22 Alkell cards, have their own secret societies (organizations), which became mysteries (such as kabbalah, alchemy, magic rituals and divination) before 18 years. ) and was secretly studied. 19 French mysterious scholar Eliphas Levi studied the relationship between kabbalah and tarot cards. Although this idea was put forward before him, he combined these relations with mysticism, so Kabala's tarot card system became the main development of tarot cards and was used by western mysticism. /kloc-mysticism rose again in the 0/9th century and the early 20th century, and societies related to tarot cards or other mysterious studies flourished at this time. Arthur Eduard Schmidt is an influential figure in Golden Dawn (he was originally a member of the British Rose Cross, but later left and influenced the creation of two popular tarot systems-"Ryder Witttarot" and "Rider-Waitedeck".

"The real tarot card is a symbol. Later, one of his members, Pamela Colman Smith, conceived a deck of tarot cards. What we see now is "Ryder Wittarot" (Ryder is a publishing manufacturer). Another member, aleister crowley, designed another set of "Tottarot Cards", which was drawn by Ms. Frida Harris and completed from 1938 to 1943 (three months longer than originally expected). Although aleister crowley had published some works on this deck as early as 1944, it was not until 1969 that aleister crowley and Mrs. Frida Harris died that these works were published. Thoth is the sacred paper of Egypt (just like Mercury in Rome) and the creator of hieroglyphics. Ryder Vittarot and Totaro are full of mysterious symbols, which combine the important symbolic meanings of Kabbalah, astrology and alchemy.

At present, there are many tarot cards to choose from, but the methods used have not increased. At some point, we seem to forget some basic things: because too many tarot cards have not taken into account the current historical and academic significance, they have become just "gadgets"; Some people even give up the true meaning of tarot cards just to look good. Now tarot cards have different shapes, sizes and structures: such as round tarot cards, square tarot cards, triangular tarot cards and different numbers of tarot cards. Sometimes the change of tarot cards is understandable, just like the "Enoch Tarot Card". Alkell has 30 cards, because it can contain the basic meaning of its mysterious system. But after this change, I wonder if it is still suitable to call it "Tarot Card"?

Today, many religions and ideas have been integrated into the tarot card system, such as Idis doctrine, American Indian mythology, Buddhism, Greek mythology, Nordic mythology, Arthurian mythology and other heretical religions. For better or worse, they did influence the evolution and culture of tarot cards. They grew up with tarot cards, which gave us a deeper understanding of tarot cards. Undoubtedly, this is also the most precious cultural heritage left by our ancestors!