By Neoli Marcos
Whether we admit or not, most of us have quaint notions of what tarot cards are. On the surface, they are merely a deck of illustrated cards used in predictions, while the tarot card reader is an eccentric person dressed in robes seated behind the fortune-telling booth in the town fair.
This [...]
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Tarot Cards as Alternative Therapy
Top Ten Myths About Tarot Cards and Tarot Reading
By: Fred Street
Myth 1 – “Tarot cards can predict the future”
Predicting the future is not difficult; we can all do it. If for example you know someone who is consistently spending more than they earn and paying for it by building up a credit card debt then it’s not hard to predict where that one [...]
Tarot, Yoga, and Aleister Crowley
By: Donald Carroll
My own psychic abilities were best demonstrated in my practice of the Tarot. Also as regards Tarot, and Yoga, I was mostly influenced by a Tarot and Yoga expert named Aleister Crowley.
I sought to purchase every book that I could find by Aleister Crowley on both Tarot and Yoga, and I [...]
Tarot Cards—a Clever Marketing Strategy or an Ancient Mystical Guide?
Author: Janet Francis
Tarot cards—a clever marketing strategy or an ancient mystical guide?
There is much mystery surrounding the history of the tarot and countless myths about its origins. Cynics say that this mystery has been manipulated as a marketing tool for tarot card salesmen!
However, by just looking at the evidence and opinions supplied by other [...]
Different Tarot Decks Designs
Author: Malc Moore
The first description of tarot decks appeared as early as the beginning of the 15th century when Martiano da Tortona mentioned some card games that resembled a lot to tarot. The symbols on these early illustrations were Greek deities while the suits matched four types of birds, a pattern totally different from [...]
