TCarbonell
All talk of Tarot origin aside, because frankly the topic seems overwhelming to me, I would like to know if the cards started out as a simple game, or as a divination tool. which came first?
And when and how did the cards go from playing cards (w/ numbers as we know them today), to the tarot that we used today (w/ symbols and pictures)?
i also have another question - them meanings we use today, attributed to the cards by Waite (I think that's his name), I beleive he got those meanings from the order he belonged to (Order of the Golden Dawn), what meanings existed prior and are his meanings at all related to the earlier meanings? I wonder this because I question his authority on assigning meanings to cards that existed so many hundreds of years ago - didn't someone back then attribute meaning to the cards and wasn't this documented somewhere, or was it just an oral tradition?
I have alot of questions, because I find Tarot history mind boggling! I hope these questions can be answered by some of you more experienced and knowledable card enthusiast. Thanks alot.
And when and how did the cards go from playing cards (w/ numbers as we know them today), to the tarot that we used today (w/ symbols and pictures)?
i also have another question - them meanings we use today, attributed to the cards by Waite (I think that's his name), I beleive he got those meanings from the order he belonged to (Order of the Golden Dawn), what meanings existed prior and are his meanings at all related to the earlier meanings? I wonder this because I question his authority on assigning meanings to cards that existed so many hundreds of years ago - didn't someone back then attribute meaning to the cards and wasn't this documented somewhere, or was it just an oral tradition?
I have alot of questions, because I find Tarot history mind boggling! I hope these questions can be answered by some of you more experienced and knowledable card enthusiast. Thanks alot.