History And Reading Of Tarot Cards

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and three times seven is the number of numbered cards in the Major
Arcana.

The Qabalah, is an ancient Jewish mystical system which expresses
the ten different concepts of creation called the sefiroth. A mystic, as
he gains experience, imagines himself going from sefiroth to sefiroth, and
the number of paths connecting the sefiroth is 22.

Another person seized the idea that each of the 22 Major Arcana
was related to a letter in the Hebrew alphabet. The Hebrew alphabet has 22
letters. He succeeded in making this into a Tarot deck, also incorporating
the 22 paths of the sefiroth.

Today's Tarot deck has not only changed in physical design, but
by how the cards are interpreted. The cards most used for divination are
the Major Arcana. These cards 22 cards are:

I Magician Man in search of knowledge, the answer
he seeks.
II Woman Pope Intuition, inspiration, the
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