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The 78-card tarot deck used for [[divination]] has two distinct parts: | The 78-card tarot deck used for [[divination]] has two distinct parts: | ||
* The [[Major Arcana]] (greater secrets), or trump cards, consists of 22 cards without suits. | |||
* The [[Minor Arcana]] (lesser secrets) consists of 56 cards, divided into four suits of 14 cards each. | |||
The terms "Major Arcana" and "Minor Arcana" were first used by Jean-Baptiste Pitois (also known as Paul Christian) and are never used in relation to tarot card games. Some decks exist primarily as artwork, and such art decks sometimes contain only the 22 Major Arcana. | |||
===Divination decks=== | |||
The three most common decks used for divination are the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, and the [[Thoth Tarot]] deck. | The three most common decks used for divination are the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], the [[Rider-Waite Tarot]] deck, and the [[Thoth Tarot]] deck. | ||
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Some Tarot decks designed for divination depart from the traditional structure and naming conventions of the Tarot. For example, the 1911 French deck, [[Tarot de la Reyne]], contains 120 cards with seven suits of seven cards; while the 2020 [[Hieronymus Bosch Tarot]] has eight suits of seven cards each. | Some Tarot decks designed for divination depart from the traditional structure and naming conventions of the Tarot. For example, the 1911 French deck, [[Tarot de la Reyne]], contains 120 cards with seven suits of seven cards; while the 2020 [[Hieronymus Bosch Tarot]] has eight suits of seven cards each. | ||