Thanks everybody, for popping in with some great answers. Looks like we’ve got some real rebels here. I love it. I think I would join the Resistance, too, lol.
Some people mentioned using playing cards. I’d go for that, too. Not only are there gazilions of different playing cards available, but after doing all the readings, everyone could have a nice poker game.
That's easy. We'd all turn to Marseille decks or playing cards for cartomancy, at least in the privacy of our homes. Lest we forget, Tarot cards have been gaming cards in their lifetime far longer than divination. To confiscate them, they'd have to outlaw playing cards too, and the world would never let them do that.
Good point. Although, my hypothetical world leader only has a problem with tarot cards, not playing cards. Though tarot cards and playing cards have a common history, this world leader is unaware of it. So he doesn’t outlaw the playing cards, because he just doesn’t know any better. For him/her, tarot is for evil, and playing cards are for fun.
Whenever people say that something is evil (as people have indeed said this about tarot), or corrupting, or immoral, or wrong in any way, it inevitably turns out that they know nothing about the topic. That’s just how it is.
You can really divine with anything,
Very true, and I've heard about some extremely bizarre methods of divination. In some ancient cultures, people would tell fortunes by reading the entrails of dead animals. l can't remember what it was called, but it was not uncommon.
I think it would be very interesting to learn about weird methods like this. Not that I would want to use them, but it would be a real cultural enrichment experience.
