A Tarot History
Tarot. What is it? Where did it come from? Today it has become super popular. Mainly because it offers mysticism and insight into yourself. So where did it originate? Well it originated as a card game, kind of like bridge, in Italy! It came about in the 15th century. Which begs another question...Why is it steeped in the Occult life, and why does it feel so ancient!? Let's start with the name, because these are a lot of questions that have come to my mind, as I have been delving into the Tarot. It has been an on going process, one part research, the other part intuition. It's original game name was Tarocchi (Italian word), and then it lost it's popularity around the same time, because it was leading people towards excessive gambling. Then in the 16th & 17th centuries it became a popular game in parts of Europe, but mostly in France. And in France we have the word English speaking nations use, Tarot. It later died down, but had another jump in popularity in Europ