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Five of Wands from the Rider-Waite Tarot deck
Five of Wands from the Rider-Waite Tarot deck

Five of Wands or Batons is a card used in Latin suited playing cards which include tarot decks. The Rider-Waite tarot deck is the most popular Tarot deck in use today in the English-speaking world (the Tarot de Marseille being the most popular deck in the Latin The tarot (also known as tarocchi, tarock or similar names is typically a set of seventy-eight cards comprised of twenty-one trump cards, one It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana"

Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games[1]. The Minor Arcana of the Tarot deck consist of fifty six cards which are closely related to the deck of fifty two Playing cards used in most modern card games

In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes[1][2]. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States

Divinatory Purposes

References

  1. ^ a b Dummett, Michael (1980). Sir Michael Anthony Eardley Dummett FBA DLitt (born 1925 is a leading British Philosopher. The Game of Tarot. Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd.. Founded in 1898 by Gerald Duckworth, Duckworth is an independent British publisher ISBN 0-7156-1014-7.  
  2. ^ Huson, Paul, (2004) Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage, Vermont: Destiny Books, ISBN 0-89281-190-0 Mystical Origins of the Tarot
Paul Huson is a British -born author and artist currently living in the United States.
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