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'''Tarot''' is a type of trick taking card game using a fixed trump suit. Although seen by many as an occult tool, the use of Tarot cards in connection with the occult is based on 18th century myths concerning the decks supposed Egyptian origin and on spurious connections with Kabbalah.

'''Tarot''' also known as '''tarock''' or '''tarocchi''' is a type of trick taking card game using a fixed trump suit. Although seen by many as an occult tool, the use of tarot cards in connection with the occult is based on 18th century myths concerning the decks supposed Egyptian origin and on spurious connections with Kabbalah.

The 78-card deck contains:  

The 78-card deck contains:  

*four [[suit (cards)|suit]]s: depending on the region, either the Anglo-French hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs or the original [[suit (cards)|Latin suits]] of swords, batons, cups, and coins; numbered one through ten, plus four court cards—a jack, a knight, a queen, and a king;

*four [[suit (cards)|suit]]s: depending on the region, either the Anglo-French hearts, diamonds, spades and clubs or the original [[suit (cards)|Latin suits]] of swords, batons, cups, and coins; numbered one through ten, plus four court cards—a jack, a knight, a queen, and a king;

*the twenty-one tarots, known in divination as the [[Major Arcana]], which function in the game as a permanent suit of [[Trump (cards)|trump]]s;

*the twenty-one tarots, known in divination as the "[[Major Arcana]]", which function in the game as a permanent suit of [[Trump (cards)|trump]]s;

*the Fool, also known as the Excuse, an un-numbered card that in some variations excuses the player from following suit or playing a trump, and in others acts as the strongest trump.

*the Fool, also known as the Excuse, an un-numbered card that in some variations excuses the player from following suit or playing a trump, and in others acts as the strongest trump.

 

==Typical rules of play:==

==Typical rules of play:==

Variations of the game are still played in [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[Denmark]], and especially in the countries on the area of the former [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] monarchy.

Variations of the game are still played in [[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], [[Switzerland]], [[Denmark]], and especially in the countries on the area of the former [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] monarchy.