A complete collection of tarot cards

Tarot cards, transliterated from the word "tarot cards", are called "the secret library of nature". It is an ancient western divination tool, which has been popular in Europe since the Middle Ages, and its status is equivalent to China's Zhouyi. Its origin has always been a mystery. Tarot cards ***78 cards, including 22 big Alcana cards and 56 small Alcana cards, can be used for divination alone or 78 cards together. It is worth mentioning that tarot cards do not refer to a fixed card. In fact, there are many kinds of tarot cards, at least thousands, but most of them are based on the three major tarot card systems in the world.

Masai tarot

Marseille tarot is a classic tarot from Marseille, France. Since the end of15th century, there have been a lot of records of printing tarot cards in the local area. Today, the recognized structure of 78 standard tarot cards is based on the specifications of Marseille tarot cards.

The painting style of Masai Tarot is simple and simple. Just like playing cards, its little ackner number plate has no story pattern, but simply draws the symbol of the deck with the same number as the card. For example, the Holy Grail IV basically draws four holy grails, and the coin IV basically draws four coins to represent it. Although the painting style of Marseille brand is relatively simple, many scholars are still very interested in the study of Marseille brand. Jung, a famous psychologist, believes that the Masai Tarot contains the symbol of the prototype of human mind. In addition, Marseille cards can be said to be more common than playing cards in France, but in the local area, they mainly play card games and can be bought in general stores.

Ryder waite

Wittarot was created by Arthur Edward Waite (1857- 1942), drawn by Pamela Coleman Smith, and co-created with * * *.

This tarot card was officially put on sale on 19 10. There are three main reasons why it can be popular all over the world:

1. Vittarot's little ackner digital card is different from Masai Tarot's, only the symbol of little ackner is drawn. It uses concrete story images to present the meaning of Little ackner, which is easy to understand and takes into account the mysterious connotation.

2. The author Wei wrote a book to explain the principle of tarot cards and divination, entitled "This book is accompanied by cards with the same hair". This is the first time in history that Tarot cards are accompanied by instructions for buyers to study and use, and the pioneering work with instructions has become a common practice when issuing Tarot cards in the future.

3.Witttarot was published in 19 10, with both pictures and texts in English. With the prosperity of the British Empire and the rise of the United States at that time, this pair of best-selling tarot cards in Britain gradually spread all over the world.

Up to now, there are at least hundreds of tarot cards designed under the influence of Waittarot cards, and more than 70% of English tarot cards are written with Waittarot cards as templates, so if you want to choose an international standard version from many tarot cards, the first choice must be Waittarot cards.

Totaro card

Tote Tarot Card was created by aleister crowley (1875- 1947), a controversial mystic in modern times. I worked with Frieda Harris for five years (65438+). Its painting style is unique and abstract, and its content is deeper than most tarot cards in the past. According to experience, most people who have used this deck of cards think that the spiritual function of this card is greater than the divination function. Therefore, among those who practice spiritual practice with tarot cards, Totka is the most respected.