The Tarot is a set of cards typically featuring twenty one trump cards, the fool, and an extra face card per suit, in addition to the usual suit cards found in ordinary playing cards. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games.

The Tarot is a deck of cards that originated over 500 years ago from northern Italy in 1442. Although the Tarot was first used in a game called Triumphs, it was quickly adopted as a tool for divination, and popularized by occult societies such as the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. The early Tarot symbolism was deeply rooted in Medieval and Renaissance Europe, but over the centuries it has grown to incorporate everything from Astrology and Kabbalah to Runes and the I Ching . Today, the Tarot is far and away the most popular tool for spiritual introspection in the West.