Why was the ancient egyptian cartouche so important to the egyptian culture?
The cartouche was a means of depicting that the name it contained was of great significance. It was in almost all cases a Royal Pharonic name. Found all though out Egyptian Pharonic history is could be carved,written or depicted in wall painting. It is recognised as, an elongated oval form of frame that encircles the indicated name and title of the person the hieroglyphs relate to. The Cartouche form of tarot cards was not used by the Ancient Egyptians,and should not become confused with the depictive term,cartouche. It is a “new age” form of divination. Developed in the mid 1970’s by Murray Hope. He describes the method of divination in his book The Way of the Cartouche,An Oracle of Egyptian Magic.In which he claims it is a form of divination passed down through the Star people to the Atlanteans and on to the Ancient Egyptians. It is used by some, who feel a connection to Ancient Egypt in some form. The Pharonic Egyptians used no form of card divination. There is no connection between
