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means A deck of 78 symbolic cards used for divination or self-reflection, read through images like the Fool, the Tower, or the Star.

from The word comes from Italian 'tarocchi,' the name of a 15th-century card game played in Milan and Ferrara, whose own origin is murky — possibly tied to the Taro River, possibly to an older Arabic or gaming term, nobody is certain. For centuries tarot cards were simply used for trick-taking games, much like bridge. The mystical, fortune-telling use was bolted on much later, in 18th-century France, when occultists claimed (with zero historical evidence) that the deck held secret Egyptian wisdom. The game came first; the mysticism was a glamorous afterthought.