Origin of Tarot CardsLong research has led philosopher and card game scholar Michael Dammett to conclude, in the absence of earlier evidence, that tarot cards may have been invented in northern Italy in the 15th century and introduced into southern Italy during the French conquests of Milan 1499 and Piedmont. The ancestors of the Marseille Tarot may have reached France at that time. The drawings have a medieval character and may have been influenced by Gothic stained glass art due to similar lines or colors. The game of Tarot declined in Italy, but survived in France and Switzerland. He then returned to northern Italy, bringing the Marseille Tarot back with him.Tarot has been passed down from ancient times to the present, has a history of several hundred years, in the process of circulation, due to the different understanding of the various tarot masters, there are a lot of tarot masters will be the tarot and the four elements, horoscopes, goldsmiths, spiritual number, and the combination of a number of tarot schools and systems, such as the "Jupiter," "Totter Tarot", "Marseille Tarot (ancient Tarot) and so on. Nowadays, there are four tarot systems which are more recognized, namely: Witte tarot system, Totter tarot system, Marseille tarot system, and Zenka tarot system.The Marseille Tarot is based on a number of medieval European figures, so to this day, the Marseille cards are still the favorite tarot cards of Europeans and are extremely popular in Europe.The Marseille deck has a unique style that is popular among tarot card collectors. It is made up of the three primary colors of red, blue and yellow, and its painting style is similar to that of playing cards, giving people a simple and ancient feeling. In addition, some of the characters on the face of the cards are expressed in a cartoonish way, and the meanings of the cards are relatively simple, so most people will pay more attention to the spirit of mathematics when learning, so as to achieve the effect of complementing each other.Marseille Tarot, a game using the most famous tarot cards, from which all subsequent tarot cards are derived. It is a card game divided into two groups: the Major and Minor Mysteries.
