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Tarot
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The tarot is a pack of cards. Tarot decks usually have 78 cards in total: 21 trumps, 40 pips, 16 face cards, and one Fool card. In England and the United States, tarot cards are used for divination. In many European countries, the cards are also used in games.

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(contracted; show full)d the traditionally simple pip cards with images of symbolic scenes. This deck also further obscured the Christian allegories of the Tarot de Marseilles and of Eliphas Levi's decks by changing some attributions (for instance changing "The Pope" to "The Hierophant" and "The Popess" to "The High Priestess". The Rider-Waite-Smith deck still remains extremely popular in the English-speaking world.

==A psychological interpretation of Tarot==
Tarot cards can be used 
foras a psychological purposes and as an oracle. Use a [http://www.random.org/ '''random generator'''] to ganalytical tool. [http://www.random.org/ Generate numbers] from 1 to 78, and refer to that card in the list. Always interpret the Tarot with honestly and love. The following interpretations of the cardexamples are based on the [[w:Rider-Waite tarot deck|Rider-Waite Ttarot]]. You can deck]]. Feel free to print out this page, write the numbers 1-78 on little pieces of paper, and play it with friends.
[[Category:Psychology]]

===The Fool===
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1. [[w:The Fool (Tarot card)|The Fool]] strolls relaxed and carefree through life.
The figure is androgynous, symbolizing both masculine and feminine attributes.
He is a free mystic, wise and boundless.
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==External links==
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfoSE4gjFco&feature=related Lost History-Tarot Cards (Video, 3 min.)]
*[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMKEY12oxqw&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLAF1EF72F1E7F6BF9 Tarot Skeptic (video series)]
* [http://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot/index.htm Sacred Texts website]
* [http://www.pagat.com/tarot/ Tarot games]
*  [http://tarocchino.com/ More tarot games]
* [http://www.trionfi.com/ Tarot Museum]