This is Tarot!
Channel: TrionfiTarot
Date: 2011-12-06

Tarot cards are not only used for divination or the occult. The Tarot is also used to play fun card games similar to Spades, Euchre or Sheepshead. The Tarot first appeared in northern Italy during the 15th century not for fortune telling but for playing a trick taking card game. The use of Tarot cards for divination or the occult did not begin until the 18th century. People today in continental Europe still play card games with Tarot decks. Many Tarot players now use a modern Tarot deck with the suit signs of hearts, spades, diamonds, and clubs. Tarot, Tarock and Tarocchi card games are especially popular in France, Italy, Switzerland and central Europe and there is also a growing number of people outside Europe becoming aware of them! This video is a presentation of the French game of Tarot.