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[[image:Wands08.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Eight of Wands from the [[Rider-Waite|Rider-Waite Tarot deck]]]]
[[image:Wands08.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Eight of Wands from the [[Rider-Waite|Rider-Waite Tarot deck]]]]
'''Eight of Wands''' is a [[Minor Arcana]] [[Tarot]] card.
'''Eight of Wands''' is a [[Minor Arcana]] [[Tarot]] card.


Tarot cards are used throughout much of [[Europe]] to play [[Tarocchi|Tarot card games]]<ref name="DummettGame">
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{{cite book
| last = Dummett
| first = Michael
| authorlink = Michael Dummett
| title = The Game of Tarot
| publisher = [[Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd.]]
| date = 1980
| isbn = 0-7156-1014-7
}}
</ref>.

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
[http://www.innertraditions.com/Product.jmdx?action=displayDetail&id=887&searchString=huson&y=7&x=7 ''Mystical Origins of the Tarot'']
</ref>.

==Game Usage==

==Divination Usage==

==References==
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Revision as of 04:39, 20 March 2007

Eight of Wands from the Rider-Waite Tarot deck

Eight of Wands is a Minor Arcana Tarot card.

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].

Game Usage

Divination Usage

References

  1. ^ a b Dummett, Michael (1980). The Game of Tarot. Gerald Duckworth and Company Ltd. ISBN 0-7156-1014-7.
  2. ^ Huson, Paul, (2004) Mystical Origins of the Tarot: From Ancient Roots to Modern Usage, Vermont: Destiny Books, ISBN 0-89281-190-0 Mystical Origins of the Tarot