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Tarot History and Symbolism

A calm reading course: how a card game became a tool for reflection, how the Rider–Waite deck came about, and what language of numbers, colors, and images the cards speak.

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4 lessons · 12 steps

Course program

2 stages · 4 lessons · 12 steps

From playing cards to the Rider–Waite deck and modern decks.

  1. 1.Playing Cards and the First TarotNext step

    How a card game turned into the picture deck we know today.

    0 of 3 stepsStart
    1. AvailablePlaying cards arrive in Europe
    2. AvailableTarot as a game
    3. AvailableFrom a game to reflection
  2. 2.Rider–Waite and Modern Decks

    The 1909 deck, its artist, and what tarot looks like today.

    0 of 3 stepsStart
    1. AvailableThe 1909 deck
    2. AvailableA new look at the minor arcana
    3. AvailableDecks today

Numbers, colors, elements, and recurring images on the cards.

  1. 1.Numbers, Colors, and Elements

    Three languages a card speaks before you have studied its scene.

    0 of 3 stepsStart
    1. AvailableThe language of numbers
    2. AvailableThe language of color
    3. AvailableThe language of the elements
  2. 2.Recurring Symbols

    Roses, lilies, mountains, and water: images that appear on many cards.

    0 of 3 stepsStart
    1. AvailableRoses and lilies
    2. AvailableMountains and paths
    3. AvailableWater and how to read symbols
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