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While Tarot cards are now primarily used in both magickal practices and divination, they were originally used as playing cards. While the evidence points to creation sometime during the medieval ages, the images and themes the cards represent are significantly older. At the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, they have seventeen ornate cards, sixteen of which are Tarot Trumps. They are thought to be Italian and are dated at approximately 545 years of age as of the posting of this article (think around the year 1470).

Read more here:  Introduction to the Tarot