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Tarot Dragon Deck and Book Set |
Tarot and DeckBook and SetDragon Tarot represents the fulfillment of centuries of research into symbolism by mystics from the world over. Topic: Tarot and divination Inaccurate: Tarot was not used for divination before Etteilla and Court de Gébelin around 1781. Current Historical Understanding: There is evidence of such use, but it is fragmentary and suggestive rather than conclusive. Tarot was used as early as the 16th century to compose poems describing personality characteristics (tarocchi appropriati). In one case (1527), the verses are presented as relating to the person's fate. There are records of divinatory meanings assigned to tarot cards in Bologna early in the 1700s. This is the first unambiguous evidence of tarot divination as it is commonly understood. However, it is known that ordinary playing cards were connected with divination as early as 1487, so it is reasonable to conjecture that tarot was also. From the 1790s with Etteilla's deck we find tarot design being modified specifically to reflect divinatory and esoteric meanings.
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