By the way, I would like to introduce the divination methods and related knowledge of tarot cards to you:
The word "Tarot" is taken from Egyptian characters tar (Tao) and ro (King), meaning "King". So "Tarot" itself refers to his correct determination as a king, which is also the origin of this divination method.
The origin of tarot cards
According to legend, the original tarot cards were not used for divination in the form of cards. It's just a "fantastic book", a mysterious book dedicated to conveying the will of the gods. Whenever the ancient Pharaoh had any problems to solve, he would open this book of ignorance, and all the problems would be solved. (Note: the moon is the god of culture and education) Later, when the Egyptian dynasty died, in order to prevent this mysterious book from falling into the hands of foreigners, it was painted on a card in the form of a picture and handed over to the official. Later, it was introduced to Europe by Alexander. Around the middle ages, the tarot cards we are playing now were formed.
The origin of this ancient divination tool has always been a mysterious legend, and many experts who study mysticism try to find clues.
Some people say that it comes from Egypt, which means "sacred journey" and "god of wisdom and magic" in Egyptian.
Some people say it comes from ancient Rome, which means "wheel of life" in Latin.
Some people say it comes from Hebrew, which means "law" in Jewish.
It is said that it comes from Persia, which means "playing cards" in gypsy language. It is the gypsies who introduced the word "tarot" to Europe.
It is said that since ancient India, Indian gods have held some symbols of tarot cards, such as cups, power, swords and rings.
It is said that from China, card games were printed on paper money in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that cards were used to entertain court wives.
▼ Ancient Italian Theory-According to historians' research, as early as14th century, some aristocrats in European countries had already played tarot cards, during which the Vatican banned tarot cards and characterized them as the devil's Atlas and pagan articles. In addition, the earliest known tarot cards appeared in Italy at the end of14th century15th century. The Italian poker game "tarocco" sounds similar to Tarot, with only 22 cards, which is similar to the 22 main cards of Grand Akana. At the same time, the meanings of love, victory, love, death, reputation, fate and future praised in Italian poetry are similar to those of tarot cards. Therefore, many people agree that Tarot originated in Italy. However, many scholars who study tarot cards believe that these evidences can only show that tarot cards once appeared in Europe, and they do not believe that tarot cards originated in Europe.
▼ Gypsy theory-scholars who study tarot cards believe that tarot cards are most likely brought to Europe by gypsies in Asia or Africa. They make a living by divination, and tarot cards are one of their divination methods. However, Gypsies are nomadic people who wander around. Is it possible to develop a very systematic philosophy of tarot cards? Tarot cards may not be the product of gypsies, they just learned from other civilizations.
▼ Ancient Egyptian Theory-Some people think that Tarot cards are products of ancient Egypt. Many people believe that after the destruction of Alexandria, Egypt, the Moroccan city of Fez has become a new world-class academic center, where scholars from all over the world are concentrated. Unfortunately, they didn't have a common language and characters, so they prepared an album full of mysterious symbols, and replaced the language and characters with pictures. Later, these pictures evolved into playing cards. This statement is unbelievable and has no factual basis, but there is another statement that is willing to go from ancient Egypt and is worth listening to.
Thoth (someone translated him as [Egyptian Moon God]) was one of the many gods in ancient Egypt, in charge of wisdom and magic, and also the inventor of numbers. Some people think that he invented twenty-two Akana cards in tarot cards as one of the rituals of Egyptian wizards.
There is not much truth in this statement. Tarot experts who believe in this theory all believe that Egypt must have relevant literature records. 1799, Napoleon's army found a clay tablet engraved with ancient Egyptian characters. Not only this clay tablet, but also other Egyptian documents have not found any records about tarot cards, which is a frustrating thing for believers of Egyptian theory. Whether this statement is right or wrong, it is undeniable that many tarot symbols originated in ancient Egypt.
▼ Judaism-After a series of studies, experts found that Tarot cards are closely related to Kabbalah of ancient Hebrews, which can be said to be more reliable. Kabbalah is the philosophy of ancient Jews, and it is said that it was handed down from God to Moses (or Moses). It is a kind of knowledge that people cooperate with each other to enhance their spiritual strength. Twenty-two Akana cards of tarot cards are deeply related to the twenty-two letters of Hebrew and Kabala. Someone has compiled a comparison table of tarot cards and ancient Hebrew letters. The research on tarot cards in recent decades shows that the statement that tarot cards originated from ancient Jews is highly credible.
To sum up, the origin of tarot cards should be roughly as follows: First, the big Akana of tarot cards originated from Kabaka, an ancient Jew. Because of the frequent contact between ancient Jews and ancient Egyptians, they also absorbed many Egyptian religious symbols. With the frequent wars in the Middle East, the predecessor of Tarot almost disappeared. Later, gypsies didn't know how to use tarot cards, but I believe they probably didn't know much about the philosophical level of tarot cards. They used it as a divination tool. Tarot cards spread from12nd century to Europe in14th century, and became popular in the Middle Ages. They can be found in many pictures and books at that time. Tarot cards are everywhere, whether in the palace or in the common people. It was not until the rise of the church that Tarot cards were regarded as the mysterious magic of paganism and were suppressed from then on. Under the protection of a willing heart, the tarot card survived and showed its mysterious atmosphere in front of the world. After the influence of the church weakened, tarot cards developed again, and new tarot cards were introduced one after another. Especially at the end of19th century, the research on tarot cards became more systematic, and the rider tarot cards were one of the representatives.
The use of tarot cards
[Opening Ceremony] When you remove the package outside the card, you can start the opening ceremony. You must concentrate on reading every card. After that, if you buy 78 cards, you should first find out 22 big Alken cards and put away the remaining 56 small Alken cards. Then, be sure to find a bigger table, or clean the bed surface, preferably not on the ground, and lay these 22 cards in two rows in sequence. If you are right-handed, please use your left hand; If you are left-handed, please gently "press" on each card with your right hand. The whole process needs a quiet environment and a calm mood. The best time is between 8 pm and 10 pm. After that, harvest all the cards in order, and start shuffling with the picture facing down. This is the key to decide your future divination shuffling direction. If you shuffle cards clockwise, you must shuffle cards in this direction in future divination, and vice versa. In the process of shuffling, you should slowly feel the feeling of turning the cards in your hand and pray for its help in the future. Now that you feel enough, gradually pile up the cards, gently push the pile into a row, and draw a card by intuition. This is a very important card! It represents the "spirit" of the cards you own, which will directly affect the characteristics of this deck, and you can also see which aspect of divination information transmission this deck is good at.
[Divination steps]
Time: As long as you are in a good mental state, any time will do.
Location: You can choose a quiet location to help you concentrate. Of course, as long as you can concentrate, anywhere will do.
Three objects: speculators can be themselves or others. But if you speculate by yourself, because you always want to get good results subjectively, this may affect the objectivity and accuracy of the speculative results.
Shuffle: Before each guess, the questioner must shuffle the cards at will. Shuffle the cards face down and put your hands on the table; You can also shuffle cards like playing bridge.
Cut the card: after washing the card, fold it up, let the questioner cut the card twice, and then put it back on the desktop.
Six draw cards: choose the card array according to the questions asked by the questioner, and let the questioner draw cards.
Seven rows of cards: arrange the cards drawn by the questioner according to the card array, and all the cards should face down at this time.
Eight cards: Open the arranged cards one by one, and then start to solve the cards after all the cards are opened.
Nine solutions: whether you are speculating for yourself or others, feel the feeling and significance of this card first, and then solve the card; Then make a comprehensive analysis from the explanation of each card and the context of the whole card type.
[Notes]
First of all, the most important thing is to ensure that your body and mind are in a good state of peace before using tarot cards. Reading tarot cards is a hard job, and you must concentrate on it to understand the current significance of tarot cards.
You can prepare a black tablecloth, preferably made of cotton or yarn. Note that different colors have different functions: green or pink represents friendship or love, gray represents knowledge or education, yellow or gold represents money, purple represents career, blue represents personality, brown or green represents health, and pure white represents strength.
You need enough space when divining, and prepare a clean cloth to spread on the desktop to avoid direct contact with the desktop, which is easy to get dirty. As for the suggestion that you use black, it is because black is the color that can gather light and energy most scientifically and speculatively.
What are the taboos?
You can't guess the same question twice in a short time.
Tarot cards are a tool for you to spy on the corner of your destiny, and can be said to be your partner on the journey of your destiny. Therefore, you must trust them absolutely. If the result it tells you is not satisfactory, you should still maintain a respectful attitude. Never have the mentality of "counting the good results"-fate is not a game of trial and error. If you go your own way, your tarot cards will not be willing to show you any correct answers in the future.
Don't lose any cards.
A set of cards, like brothers and sisters, has its integrity. No matter which card is lost, it is a kind of harm to the card itself. So my advice to you is: please take care of it.
Avoid unexpected situations when shuffling cards.
In the shuffling process explained in the third step, the following situations will occur: washing, after washing, a card suddenly turns red and faces up; Or wash some cards to the ground; Or put it in the wrong pile when cutting cards, etc. You should try to avoid these accidents, because all these phenomena show one thing: your mind may not be focused enough, which will have the most serious impact on the outcome of speculation.
After everything is ready, the next step is to confirm the questions you want to ask. Remember: you must confirm the problem before the next step-"shuffling". Once you start shuffling, you can't change the problem.
When an error occurs in the middle.
In the process of divination, once something is wrong, please stop divination immediately. At this time, you should wash your hands first and put all the cards in place. Then arrange 22 ackner cards with 1 0 in order, and then put a stack of 56 small ackner cards on the big ackner card. After that, all the big Aknaka will be arranged in a stack, and then the small Aknaka will be included. You'll have to wait until tomorrow if you want to give this master another divination. When you want to correct the mistakes you made in today's time and space, if the date remains the same, you can't correct them.
[Edit this paragraph] Detailed steps
[shuffling]
Shuffle has two different actions. Every time you speculate, you have to repeat these two shuffles.
Let's start with the first shuffle. Put twenty-two tarot cards face down in your own hands. Concentrate and don't think about anything. Then, I began to obey my will, take a drop from the middle of the deck and put it on the top of the deck. Repeat the same action several times, depending on your wishes.
Next, put the cards on the plane and prepare for the second shuffle. Similarly, your spirit must still concentrate on spreading the cards in a circle and start shuffling them with both hands in chronological order. While shuffling the cards, I silently talked about the questions to be speculated and thought about the cards to be used.
Listen to your inner voice and you will feel when to stop; At this time, slowly gather the cards (don't forget clockwise), and finally restore them to a pile of cards and put them horizontally.
In addition, there are some conjectures that require the questioner to concentrate his will and meditate on his own problems. At this time, you just need to keep your mind free from distractions; When to stop shuffling depends on the questioner.
[Cut the cards]
Card cutting is the time for questioners to show their talents. When you have washed the cards and put them face down in a pile, ask the person who asked to cut the cards. Of course, if you ask questions, you have to cut the cards yourself.
First of all, ask your opponent to concentrate, pick up a card from the top of the stack according to his own wishes (definitely not without it), and put this card under the original stack (that is, in this direction close to you) to make it two drops.
Again, take another card from the top of the second drop; This will be placed above the first drag and drop. Now, there are three cards in front of you.
Next, it's up to you to turn the cards back. First pick up the first drop and put it on the second drop; Then pick up the combination of the first drop and the second drop and put it on the third drop. This will be reduced to a pile of cards.
We have one last card cut. In the process just now, the cards were placed horizontally face down. Now we're going to turn the cards over. This action must not be mistaken: if you are speculating for the other party, your rotation direction is counterclockwise; In other words, you have to turn the left end of the tarot card down 90 degrees and turn it into a straight line. If you guess for yourself, turn the card 90 degrees clockwise. Once you make a mistake, the meaning of the whole card will be completely reversed. Be careful!
Card array
After more than 500 years of circulation and evolution, tarot cards have formed many fixed card arrays all over the world. They mainly include big Acana array, small Acana array and mixed array of big Acana and small Acana.
The Grand Akana Array mainly includes Celtic Cross, Tiangong Map, Holy Triangle, Alternative, Six-pointed Star and Gypsy Cross.
The Little Akanaka Array mainly includes Venus and the Sphinx.
The mixed card array in Greater and Lesser Acana mainly includes seven planets, the tree of life and the map of birthplace.
In addition, many speculative methods are deduced for a certain field, such as love, marriage, money and so on.
Shuffling and cutting cards are the most important steps in the whole process. The next card arrangement is much simpler. You just need to arrange the cards in the arrangement you just decided to use. Remember one thing:
All tarot cards must be kept face down during the card arrangement. Usually only a part of the cards are used in the card type, and the rest will remain in a straight state, folded and put aside.
PS:
Also, tarot cards should be accompanied by a card solution for each card. Just look at the explanation above.