The Tarot is a deck of seventy-eight cards and four suits.  Originally the Tarot was used from the mid 15th century throughout Europe to play card games.  Today most of these games are unknown and tarot cards are now used mainly for divining the future.  The four suits correspond to the four modern day suits, but they have different symbols and names.  The Tarot was not used for divination purposes until the eighteenth century.

The occultists have given the the name the “Major Arcana” to the trump cards and the Fool and the name the “Minor Arcana” to the ten pip and the court cards of each suit.  The suits of the Tarot are typically called the Swords, Staves, Cups and Coins, but there are some variations depending on who you talk to or where the deck is made.

The Tarot depicts esoteric designs and pictures on each card.  The cards in the Major Arcana are as follows:

• The Fool
• The Magician
• The High Priestess
• The Empress
• The Emperor
• The Hierophant
• The Lovers
• The Chariot
• Strength
• The Hermit
• Wheel of Fortune
• Justice
• The Hanged Man
• Death
• Temperance
• The Devil
• The Tower
• The Star
• The Moon
• The Sun
• Judgment
• The World

The cards of the Minor Arcana consist of 56 cards divided into 4 suits just like a traditional playing deck today.  According to Tarot readers, each card has a specific meaning but can be interpreted different ways according to its position and relation to other cards.  When a psychic reader uses the Tarot, he or she will lay out the cards in a certain way and each position means a different thing.

A tarot card reading can be a fun and informative experience if given by a gifted and practiced psychic.  Many psychics consider the Tarot a focusing tool rather than each card in its place meaning a specific thing.  Online Tarot readers employ the same basic strategies when giving tarot card readings.

It is best for someone who is interested in receiving a reading from a psychic to take each thing with a grain of salt, but much can be learned about yourself during a tarot card reading.  Do not dismiss the reading because it might seem cheesy or unrealistic to you because you could be missing some vital information about yourself.  A psychic reading can be very useful, even to the most skeptical of people.  The only way to know for sure is to get a psychic reading and find out for yourself!