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tarot

/ˈtɛroʊ/
/ˈtærəʊ/
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Other forms: tarots

Tarot cards are used for fortune telling and playing card games. Many people believe that a tarot reading will give them special insight into the future — but other people believe that fortune telling is bunk.

A deck of tarot cards has four suits, usually swords, cups, coins, and wands, plus 21 trump cards. These cards include The Fool, The Lovers, Death, and Justice. During a tarot reading, cards are dealt from a shuffled deck and placed in a certain pattern. The placement and order of each card gives it a specific significance and meaning. Beyond its Italian source, the origin of the word tarot remains a mystery.

Definitions of tarot
  1. noun
    any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers
    synonyms: tarot card
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    type of:
    card
    one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes
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US
/ˈtɛroʊ/
UK
/ˈtærəʊ/
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