Deep Understanding on Tarot Cards Chariot and Moon

Ever since the tarot cards original purpose for playing games, a tarot card association with mysticism and magic was not widely adopted until the 18th and 19th centuries.

The original concept of divination through symbols on Tarot cards is said to date back to early Egypt and India.

From the late 18th century until the present time the tarot has also been found useful by mystics and occultists in efforts at divination or as a map of mental and spiritual pathways.

As the use of tarot cards became more popular, a form of fortune-telling or divination using a deck of cards called cartomancy also emerged.

In the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, cartomancy using standard playing cards was the most popular form of providing fortune telling card readings.

With the publication of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot in December 1909, tarot divination became increasingly popular in the New World. This replaced the traditionally simple pip cards with images of symbolic scenes used in cartomancy and tarot reading.

Tarot Reading

Tarot card readings revolved around the belief that with the use of tarot cards, insight into the current and possible future situations of the subject can be gained.

The divinatory meanings of the cards are derived from many sources and can vary significantly based on the time period and culture which produced the deck, though there are cer! tain cor e themes that persist to seemingly unchanged.

Tarot Cards

The tarot, first known as trionfi and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others, is a pack of cards most commonly numbering 78 used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games.

However, divination using playing cards is in evidence as early as 1540 the cards were used in a simple method of divination, to select a random oracle and have no meaning in themselves.

The tarot has four suits (which vary by region), where each of these suits has pip cards numbering from ace to ten and four face cards for a total of 14 cards. Moreover, the tarot is distinguished by a separate 21-card trump suit and a single card known as the Fool, which may act as the top trump or may be played to avoid following suit depending on the game.

However, for occultists, they call the trump cards and the Fool the major arcana while the ten pip and four court cards in each suit are called minor arcana.

The Major Arcana (greater secrets), or trump cards, consist of 22 cards without suits while the Minor Arcana (lesser secrets) consist of 56 cards, divided into four suits of 14 cards each; ten numbered cards and four court cards.

The Chariot

The Chariot, the seventh trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks, is used in game playing as well as in divination.

Meanings:

• It has been suggested that the square on the charioteers chest is a representation of the earth tattva, an element or aspect of reality conceived as an aspect of deity that signifies concreteness, stability, patience, strength, abundance, nurturing and protection

• the mood of the card may be characterized as that of conquest which represents a battle that can be won if the Querent has the willpower for it and the qualities such as self-reliance, righteousness, conviction and plain hard work that are needed t! o win th e battle.

• on its most basic level, the Chariot implies war, a struggle, and an eventual, hard-won victory; either over enemies, obstacles, nature, the beasts inside you, or to just get what you want

• indicates loyalty faith and motivation; a conviction that will lead to victory no matter the odds. However, it may also signal a ruthless, die hard desire to win at any cost

The Moon

The Moon, the eighteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional Tarot decks, is also used in game playing as well as in divination.

Meanings:

• represents life of the imagination apart from life of the spirit

• card has to do with sleep patterns, both dreaming and nightmares. If one gets this card, one may be going through a particularly difficult emotional time. The association this card bears with imagery and fantasy can put one in touch with visions and insight, creativity and psychic powers.

• can be interpreted with the feeling of uncertainty, where the past still haunts, unsure of a journey but still going ahead with it, feeling watched and because it is commonly associated with dreams, fantasies and mysteries, this card can also be interpreted with surreal feelings and situations in your waking life