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    Tarot cards originated in 15th century Europe as playing cards used for games like Tarocchini. They spread across Europe evolving into different card games. In the late 18th century, French occultists made unproven claims about their history and meaning, leading to their use in divination and tarot card reading. Now there are decks for card games and those for divination, though some older decks like Tarot de Marseille were originally for games but are sometimes used for fortune telling.

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    Tarot cards originated in 15th century Europe as playing cards used for games like Tarocchini. They spread across Europe evolving into different card games. In the late 18th century, French occultists made unproven claims about their history and meaning, leading to their use in divination and tarot card reading. Now there are decks for card games and those for divination, though some older decks like Tarot de Marseille were originally for games but are sometimes used for fortune telling.

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    Tarot cards originated in 15th century Europe as playing cards used for games like Tarocchini. They spread across Europe evolving into different card games. In the late 18th century, French occultists made unproven claims about their history and meaning, leading to their use in divination and tarot card reading. Now there are decks for card games and those for divination, though some older decks like Tarot de Marseille were originally for games but are sometimes used for fortune telling.

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    Tarot

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    Tarot cards originated in 15th century Europe as playing cards used for games like Tarocchini. They spread across Europe evolving into different card games. In the late 18th century, French occultists made unproven claims about their history and meaning, leading to their use in divination and tarot card reading. Now there are decks for card games and those for divination, though some older decks like Tarot de Marseille were originally for games but are sometimes used for fortune telling.

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    The tarot (/ˈtæroʊ/, first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi or tarocks) is a pack of playing cards,

    used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as
    Tarocchini. From their Italian roots, tarot playing cards spread to most of Europe evolving into a
    family of games that includes German Grosstarok and modern games such as French Tarot and
    Austrian Königrufen. In the late 18th century, French occultists made elaborate, but
    unsubstantiated, claims about their history and meaning, leading to the emergence of custom
    decks for use in divination via tarot card reading and cartomancy.[1] Thus there are two distinct
    types of tarot pack in circulation today: those used for card games and those used for divination.
    However, some older patterns, such as the Tarot de Marseille, originally intended for playing card
    games, are occasionally used for cartomancy.

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