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REBIRTH OF TAROT
The rebirth of the Tarot, and its beginnings a means of divination, are attributed to Antoine Court de Gebelin in 1781.He believed it was Egyptian in origin, and that it contained mystical knowledge that had been purposefully encoded in the symbolism of the Trumps. Specifically, he theorized that the cards were the key to lost Egyptian magical wisdom written by Thoth, the Egyptian God of inspired written knowledge. The Trumps themselves began to noticeably evolve from this point forward. Changes were thought to have been introduced by the different secret societies who produced the decks.
The first account of divination through the use of cards is attributed to cartomancer Jean-Baptiste Alliette in 1770. He was the first to publish divinatory meanings for cards. The discovery of the Rosetta Stone that translated the hieroglyphs of the Egyptians in 1799 did not yield any support to the theory that the Trumps hailed from Egypt. Still, the belief endured and was augmented in 1857 with the introduction of the notion that the wandering Romany people - " Gypsies" thought to be descendants of Egyptians - had carried the deck with them on their travels through Europe. In the nineteenth century, the famous occultist Eliphas Lévi developed a correlation between the Tarot and the Kabbalah: the Hebrew system of mysticism. This fueled a new belief that the Tarot originated in Israel, and contained the wisdom of the Tree of Life. Since that time it has been linked with almost every magical system or religion known to humankind. The Tarot is comprised of archetypal images that cross linguistic, cultural, geographical, and temporal barriers.
THE RENAISSANCE PERIOD
The Theosophical Society, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, the Rosicrucians, the Church of Light, and the Builders of the Adytum (B.O.T.A.) all secured the Tarot's position in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the United States of America, the Tarot became popular and more readily available in the 1960's, when a period of exploration in spirituality began. Arthur Edward Waite is credited with the renaissance of the Tarot in the Twentieth Century. He commissioned artist Pamela Coleman Smith to create what he called the "rectified" Tarot.
Today's Tarot card designs reflect specific trends in religion, culture, philosophy and sexuality. There are literally hundreds of interpretations, and more are being conceived as this is being written. The diversity of the styles allows Tarot Readers to choose a deck that suits their personalities, the subject of the reading, the person receiving the reading, or any other variable as they so choose. Certain decks have a serious tone, some have a dream-like quality, whether some are full of cartoon images. The true beauty lies in the Tarot's ability to retain its "soul" through each metamorphosis and incarnation. It is, on many levels, a mirror of those who work with it, and allows them to make each reading a truly personal experience.
A COMPLETE PICTURE
Though, most of the Indian people still doubt the potential of tarot. It is because of their full faith in astrology. There are some rational reasons behind their belief. The first of all is that this is tested through times, whether the word “Tarot” is new for us. So, how can we believe easily on it? Secondly, it has a scientific basis about its study, analysis and conclusions. It takes the logics from astronomy and Indians are the first in this field. Again, a learned astrologer or palmist can draw the picture of complete life, but Tarotreader? Tarotreaders claim that it is possible through their art. They tell the past, present and future; all three aspects of a person’s life. Though they accept, it doesn’t have scientific basis like astrology, calculation of stars and planets, mahadasha-antardasha etc. It is an art, completely God gifted. No one can learn it and nobody can teach. If you seek that potential, then you can only develop it through study and practice.
For depiction of a person’s complete life, most of the Tarotreaders do a complete session, which takes an hour. During a session they often see that the same card may have different meanings for the same person. How it is judged, it is a mystery; because it can not be explained easily. It needs a completely awakened sixth sense. You can not grasp it only through the study. Through the study you may know the meaning of cards, but can not reach to any conclusion. For getting conclusion, you will have to get awakening of sixth sense.
REMEDIES IN TAROT
Like other occult sciences, this too has remedies for the grief and problems of human being. In this system, the basic theory is of balance. If a person is suffering from an evil, it is only due to the lack of balance. As life is a sum of positive and negative energies, both are necessary and in a balanced form. If positive energy is going high or low, it will cause problem and the same is with negative energy. Through the remedies they try to balance energies.
 Isht Deo Sankrityaayan
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