If you're newly interested in tarot cards, it can feel overwhelming to decide on a deck - but don't feel like you have to go with the trendiest one. 'Tarot doesn't tell you the future - it shows you the present with greater clarity and distance, so you have a better understanding of your choices and their possible outcomes,' says Mark Horn, author of ' Tarot and the Gates of Light: A Kabbalistic Path to Liberation,' who has been reading tarot for more than 50 years and studied with many of the world's leading tarot teachers. Around the 18th century, they began to be used as a divination tool - and have risen in popularity since.īut although tarot is often depicted in films and the media as mysterious and as a form of fortune-telling, it can still be misunderstood. Tarot cards were originally created as playing cards - and in parts of the world, are still used as such. When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission.
