By Dame Gabby
The modern tarot is a deck of 78 cards consisting of 2
types of cards: the 22 cards of the "Major Arcana" or "Trumps
which are named (such as the Lovers, Death and Judgement), and the "Minor
Arcana" or "suit cards" (four suits of fourteen cards, each comprised
of cards numbered from one to ten, and four 'court' cards) which roughly
correspond to a modern deck of playing cards. This structure is a
derivation of the Venetian or Piedmontese Tarot, but early decks were of
several types with varying numbers of cards. Examples of early European decks related to the
Tarot include:
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