Tarot Was Originally a Game

A very popular version of this kind of deck is the one that features the French comic character Asterix, very popular in Europe:

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/asterix/

Thank you, Mary! Especially for the great video which, I agree, is an excellent synopsis. I was particularly pleased to see the author debunk yet another tarot myth, one that is still being circulated even by those who claim to be otherwise “myth free”––namely, that the Roman and Protestant Churches outlawed and/or persecuted the users of tarot cards during the early centuries of their use. Except for the odd late medieval monkish sermon decrying not tarot, but card playing which, like dicing and other forms of gambling, was considered a waste of time that might have been better put to practicing the virtues, there is simply no evidence of any kind of general ecclesiastical persecution. By the time the cards were being used for occult purposes, including divination, the western Churches no longer had the power to convincingly proscribe the cards or persecute their users. Not an apologist for Christianity here, just for “good” history.

Wow Mary,

Talk about timing! My Metrowest Tarot Meetup is this Saturday the 22nd, and we will be playing a game of Tarocchi!

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