A Tarot deck is a pack of 78 cards – 22 of them being called the Major Arcana and the remaining 56 are called the Minor Arcana.
The Minor Arcana are further divided into four suits:
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Wands,
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Swords,
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Cups, and
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Pentacles.
Each of these suits has 14 cards – ten cards of the suit are numbered 1 through 10 and the remaining 4 are the court cards:
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Page,
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Knight,
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Queen, and
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King.
There are decks available in the market today, based on a variety of themes. It boggles the mind to see so many decks and books on the subject of Tarot. The books cover a variety of topics beginning from the basic card-by-card explanation books to the ones that talk about the history of the symbolism in Tarot to the books devoted to Tarot Spreads. The list is endless. But for me, since I am not a millionaire (yet!) [*tongue-in-cheek*], this list is at least finite. So, just for the record, here is a list of the Tarot Decks and Tarot Books that I own. (For the sake of simplicity, I am not including the books that came with the decks.)
My Tarot Decks:
- Rider-Waite-Smith
- Universal Rider Waite
Morgan-Greer
Mythic Tarot (based on Greek Mythology) [by Juliet Sherman Burke and Liz Greene]
Ancient Egyptian Deck (based on Egyptian Mythology) [the one by Clive Barrett]
LS Pagan Tarot [by Gina M. Pace]
Druidcraft Tarot
Osho Zen Tarot
The Archeon Tarot [by Timothy Lantz]
The Bright Idea Deck [by Mark McElroy]
Gothic Tarot [by Joseph Vargo]
LS Gothic Tarot of Vampires
My Tarot Books:
- Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom [by Rachel Pollack]
- The Forest of Souls [by Rachel Pollack]
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The Complete Illustrated Guide to Tarot [by Rachel Pollack]
- Tarot: History, Symbolism and Divination [by Robert M. Place]
- The Intuitive Tarot [by Richard Gordon and Dixie Taylor]
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Mastering the Tarot [by Paul Fenton-Smith]
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Tarot Reversals [by Mary K. Greer]
- Understanding the Tarot Court [by Mary K. Greer and Tom Little]
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Past Life & Karmic Tarot [by Edain McCoy]
See my reviews on amazon.com for most of these decks and books!
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Just read through your reviews on amazon, thank you! I can’t wait to get some new books and decks!