"Tarot is a vehicle for exposing what you already know"
The word 'tarot ' came from the Egyptian word tar "road" and to "royal" and that the tarot literally means, a royal road to life.
Tarot is a deck of 78 cards, each with it own imaginary, symbolism and story. The imagery in the cards give you instant access to ur subconscious mind and your intuition. And from this place of inner power and wisdom, you can discover how to make positive changes now so you can manifest your goals and your dreams in the future.
We often hear from the elderly and wise souls around us that when in despair, we should pray and then randomly open our holy book and read the pages that open in front of us as they will contain all our answers and guide us through the particular problem. The concept of tarot card reading originated from this, wherein the tarot card works as the medium of delivering the message from our guides and our own soul voice in times of great despair when we are unable to hear the voice of our soul directly.
With tarot cards, we gain insight into the past, present and future by formulating a question, then drawing and interpretation the cards. Tarot speaks to us in a language that our soul recognises, they awaken understanding, provoke clarity.
Tarot has been in existence for thousands of years , since ancient Egypt or perhaps even before. The first known use of the tarot around 1400 as 'PLAYING CARDS'. During the middle ages in the west , the imagery of the tarot was used as a code in transmitting the teachings of the medieval mystery schools. Later on it was used as a powerful divination tool across Europe from as early as 15th century before making its way to India. Over time, tarot has been used in many ways and some of the benefits are-
Therefore, tarot cards are a bridge between your conscious and the subconscious mind and facilitates the transmission of the subconscious thoughts and messages to the conscious mind.
"Tarot helps us look within ourselves to understand our emotions, the reasoning behind our words and conduct and the source of our conflicts ."
~ Benebell Wen