- this pack by F.X. Schmid has genre scenes comparable to those of the Tarot Nouveau, but the Arabic characters are centred as in the Adler-Cego pack. German-suited decks [modify] The German states used to produce a variety of 78-card Tarot packs, today, there are only two: both designs of Cego pack - Cego Adler by ASS Altenburger and Cego with genre scenes by F.X.
There are, however, cards that were and are marketed as 'Tarock' cards. These are basic 36-card German-suited decks for Bauerntarock, Wrttemberg Tarock and Bavarian Tarock. They are not real tarot/tarock packs, but a Bavarian or Wrttemberg pattern of the standard German-suited decks with only 36 cards; the pip cards varying from 6 to 10, Under Knave (), Over Knave (), King, and Ace.
The heart fit is the default trump fit. The Bavarian deck is also used to play Schafkopf by excluding the Sixes. Card reading [modify] An early model for Etteilla's tarot (1785 ). The Justice card. The earliest proof of a tarot deck used for cartomancy originates from an anonymous manuscript from around 1750 which files fundamental divinatory significances for the cards of the Tarocco Bolognese.
French tarot players deserted the Marseilles tarot in favor of the Tarot Nouveau around 1900, with the outcome that the Marseilles pattern is now utilized mainly by cartomancers. In View Details [modify] Etteilla was the very first to release a tarot deck specifically developed for occult purposes around 1789. In keeping with the dubious belief that such cards were originated from the Book of Thoth, Etteilla's tarot consisted of themes related to ancient Egypt.
Cards from The Magician to The World are numbered in Roman characters from I to XXI, while The Fool is the only unnumbered card, in some cases placed at the start of the deck as 0, or at the end as XXII. The Minor Arcana (lower secrets) includes 56 cards, divided into four matches of 14 cards each; Ten numbered cards and four court cards.
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