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[[Image:Pents11.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Page of Coins from the [[Rider–Waite tarot deck]]]] |
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Tarot cards are used throughout much of [[Europe]] to play [[Tarocchi|Tarot card games]]<ref name="DummettGame"> |
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| first = Michael |
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| authorlink = Michael Dummett |
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| title = The Game of Tarot |
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| publisher = [[Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd.]] |
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| date = 1980 |
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| isbn = 0-7156-1014-7 |
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In [[English language|English]]-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for [[Tarot reading|divinatory]] purposes<ref name="DummettGame" /><ref> [[Paul Huson|Huson, Paul]], (2004) ''Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage'', Vermont: Destiny Books, ISBN 0-89281-190-0 |
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[http://www.innertraditions.com/Product.jmdx?action=displayDetail&id=887&searchString=huson&y=7&x=7 ''Mystical Origins of the Tarot''] |
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==Divination |
==Divination usage== |
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Often used to represent a young person |
Often used to represent a young person, in tarot the Jack of Coins can mean a changing of your line of work and/or taking on more responsibility. But primarily, this is the card for students. |
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Latest revision as of 11:01, 12 April 2024
Page of Coins (or jack or knave of coins or pentacles) is a card used in Latin-suited playing cards which include tarot decks. It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana".
Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games.[1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes.[1][2]
Divination usage
[edit]Often used to represent a young person, in tarot the Jack of Coins can mean a changing of your line of work and/or taking on more responsibility. But primarily, this is the card for students.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Dummett, Michael (1980). The Game of Tarot. Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd. ISBN 0-7156-1014-7.
- ^ Huson, Paul (2004). Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage. Vermont: Destiny Books. ISBN 0-89281-190-0.