 The Tarots
are cards whose symbols allow to interpret the universal laws that have been always ruling
human beings. They're in fact a true philosophic forge and contain -like a secret book-
the ancient sciences of the priests. Although marginal transformations have occurred
through the years they still hold those fundamental truths that make them always actual.
The tarot deck consists of 78 cards: 22 Major Arcana that represent the World
of the Causes and 56 Minor Arcana that represent the World of Effects.
The origin of the tarot is very
controversial. They've also been attributed-among the others-to the Ancient Egyptian
because of the discovery of 78 hieroglyphics in the Alexandria's library that burnt in the
famous fire. We know for sure that they were present in the XIII and XIV Century in Italy
at the courts of two noble and powerful Families, the "Estensi" in
Ferrara and the "Visconti" in Milan. With the passing years these cards
spread in every social class and became the popular game of the Tarots.
The fascination of these mysterious cards is kept alive with their use in the Cartomancy
to investigate the past, to understand the present and to guess the future.
 The Tarots come in hundreds of
varieties and shapes (the smallest is half inch tall and the biggest is 7 1/2 inches
tall), some of them are even decorated in gold, but they all have one thing in common
regardless of their different origins and cultures: the deck consists of the same 78
cards.
Nowadays they are a "working tool" for psychic readers and fortune
tellers and a fun game to play among friends, but most of all they're collected
by many many people all over the world.
 This
phenomenon is kept alive by the wonderful illustrations of the Tarot cards by many
artists, among the others are famous the versions of Guttuso, Dali`, Mantegna. We have in stock many precious decks of contemporary Italian Artists: Amerigo Folchi, Ernesto Solari, Enrico Prometti, Mauro Capitani, Pier Canosa, Maurizio Bonora, Gianfranco Goberti, Margherita Marino, Giuseppe Billoni and many others.
 Worth mentioning are manufacturers like "Italcards", "Il Meneghello","Lo Scarabeo" and special Thanks to our old dear Friend and Mentor Mr. VITO ARIENTI with his precious limited editions of "Il Solleone" of ancient and artistic tarots that we are proud to sell in our store.
 offers you a choice
among more than 500 Tarot decks. |
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