This is not a hit piece! Tarot helps plenty of people navigate their lives and reflect on their feelings – plus the art is unbelievable. We cover the backstory, real and imagined, and lure the innocent into tarot’s grip, er, offer basic tips for beginners.
# Tarot Cards: From Card Game to Mystical Practice
In this episode, Josh and Chuck dive into the surprisingly modern origins of tarot cards, debunking the myth that they're ancient esoteric tools with roots in Egypt. Turns out tarot started as just another card game in 15th-century Italy before French occultists literally invented the mystical meaning behind them in the 1700s. The hosts explore how the 78-card deck works, what those iconic cards actually represent (spoiler: the Death card doesn't mean you're dying), and how tarot has evolved from fortune-telling parlor trick to a legitimate tool used in modern psychotherapy.
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