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==Usage in divination== | ==Usage in divination== | ||
[[File:Cards-Reading.jpg|300px|thumb|[[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]] being used in a [[Celtic Cross]] spread for a divination reading]] | [[File:Cards-Reading.jpg|300px|thumb|[[The Demon-Possessed Tarot]] being used in a [[Celtic Cross]] spread for a divination reading]] | ||
The earliest evidence of a tarot deck used for [[cartomancy]] comes from an anonymous manuscript from around 1750 which documents rudimentary divinatory meanings for the cards of the Tarocco Bolognese. The popularization of esoteric tarot started with [[Antoine Court de Gébelin]] and | The earliest evidence of a tarot deck used for [[cartomancy]] comes from an anonymous manuscript from around 1750 which documents rudimentary divinatory meanings for the cards of the Tarocco Bolognese. The popularization of esoteric tarot started with [[Antoine Court de Gébelin]] and Jean-Baptiste Alliette (also known as "[[Etteilla]]") in Paris during the 1780s, using the [[Tarot of Marseilles]]. French tarot players abandoned the Marseilles tarot in favor of the ''Tarot Nouveau'' around 1900, with the result that the Marseilles pattern is now used mostly by cartomancers. | ||
Etteilla was the first to issue a tarot deck specifically designed for [[occult]] purposes around 1789. In keeping with the unsubstantiated belief that such cards were derived from the [[Book of Thoth]], Etteilla's tarot contained themes related to [[Egyptian religion|ancient Egypt]]. | Etteilla was the first to issue a tarot deck specifically designed for [[occult]] purposes around 1789. In keeping with the unsubstantiated belief that such cards were derived from the [[Book of Thoth]], Etteilla's tarot contained themes related to [[Egyptian religion|ancient Egypt]]. | ||