Tarot
Tarot cards come in hundreds of different ways with artwork as varied as the topics you can think of. Instead of wading through the reams of information available here are the basics and need to know bits.
Tarot Cards vs Oracle Decks
Tarot Cards
72 Cards in total Minor Arcarna & Major Arcarna Minor Arcarna is split into 4 suits - Rods, Cups, Pentacles, Swords, numbered 1 - 10 with Page, Knight, Queen, King Court cards. Types of decks systems: Rider-Waite Universal Rider Marseille Druidic Based |
Oracle Decks
No set number of cards No standardized system to conform to Cards not usually split into suits Often have descriptive/emotive words assigned to their meanings i.e. 'Hope', |
TAROT DECKS
ORACLE DECKS
cartomancy (playing cards)
The art of reading the standard deck of playing cards.