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Personally, I believe the Tarot to be a bible of sorts. To me the Tarot is not simply a deck of cards through which one's psychic energies are channelled or guided so as to provide an accurate means of fortune telling or divination. The Tarot also contains hidden truths. Some people have attempted to explain this by association to other systems (eg Qabala, I Ching or Runes). In my opinion there is nothing wrong in using other systems to better understand the Tarot, and the Qabala is very good for that, but there is a difference. The Australian Oxford dictionary defines Tarot as: 'game played with a pack of 78 cards which are also used for fortune telling'. Let us decipher this meaning. The first part of the definition uses the word "game" then goes on to say, "which is also used for fortune telling". Is not fortune telling a type of game? If we are to use Tarot for fortune telling does that not mean we are playing with fate? The alternative perception of this meaning is that the use of Tarot may be regarded as frivolous. If we are to accept the idea that Tarot is a game then the general perception of Tarot is therefore something not to be taken as genuine. The word game in the dictionary is defined as: play or sport especially with rules; section of this as a scoring unit, scheme, wild animals hunted for sport or food - vi. Gamble for money stakes. Our lady dressed in scarf and bangles clearing her psychic space is certainly out to play a sport here and the hunted animals are certainly her customers. No wonder Dave laughs. The origins of the Tarot Deck are obscure to say the least. Some may be convinced we can accurately date it as far as the 15th Century because historical proof provides this. But what of Tarot itself? Let us forget the images on the cards. Those beautiful pictures so many people over time have sort to recreate in their own inspired way. Where did Tarot come from? What is the concept of Tarot?.
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