Where does Tarot come from?
The very first cards we know of date from the late Middle Ages and appeared in Italy. They first developed into a set of cards depicting virtues, like Strength and Temperance. They then developed into more elaborate sets of different number of cards and different order of the cards. They were primarily used by the aristocracy as the method of production for cards at that time was not exactly cheap. When the Tarot entered France it took the shape of a uniform deck, that is, it had 78 cards and the order of the cards in the major arcana remained the same. Today we are still using the same order. Some people have claimed that the Tarot cards came from exotic origins like ancient Egypt, but there is absolutely no proof for this, and it is highly unlikely.
