Tarot Cards

Tarot cards are made with a specific purpose in mind by artists who usually specialize in Divination and can be done by normal artists as well but their effectiveness is debatable. Regardless, all tarot cards, after regular use, begin to "act" the same way. For instance, all tarot card pictures are animated, but are rarely seen moving and a viewer will only usually catch a change in a card's pose or expression.

DECKS

Tarot decks are usually split into 22 major arcana and 56 minor arcana, however this can differ from deck to deck.

The most commonly used and accepted decks are those that are old and worn in, and decks that are made with a specific purpose. Deck types and purposes can consist of fortune telling, self-reflection, past readings, worldly readings, group readings, and etc.

Muggles often split the major and minor arcana into two decks, however, for wizards, the two separate card types usually separate themselves accordingly, so wizards don't need to do this.

CARD CUTTING

Card cutting is one of the more enjoyable factors of tarot reading, for wizards, especially the younger kind. This is because cutting the cards, shuffling them, and dealing them gradually gets easier, fluid, and effortless as wizards channel their magic into a deck. Eventually, a wizard may experience cards disappearing and reappearing or suddenly becoming a different card after flipping it, similar to muggle magic card tricks. These "tricks" are often seen as irrelevant reactions of overly hyper-magic built up in tarot decks, but others believe them wholly relevant and take them into account during a reading.

SPREADS

Shape defines the function of a spread: cross, stairs, lines, center. Shape defines method.

There are usually common meanings for various positions of a thread, the first needed and most important position, is the focus and it does not matter if the focus is physical, a goal, or the readers themselves. Then there is or are complimenting or opposing card(s) to the focus followed by other various positions for cards defining the environment, a minor or overlooked effect, a reason, a purpose, the future, the past, the present, the wizard (s), and a result. It is common and encouraged for wizards to choose their own positions in spreads, but the ones that have been listed are some of the more commonly used ones.

CHART MEANINGS

MAJOR ARCANA
FOOL	MAGICIAN	HIGH PRIESTESS	EMPRESS	EMPEROR
HIEROPHANT	LOVERS	CHARIOT	STRENGTH	HERMIT
WHEEL OF FORTUNE	JUSTICE	HANGED MAN	DEATH	TEMPERANCE
DEMON	TOWER	STAR	MOON	SUN
	JUDGEMENT	WORLD
MINOR ARCANA
	WANDS	CUPS	SWORDS	PENTACLES
ACE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
COURT CARDS
	WANDS	CUPS	SWORDS	PENTACLES
PAGE	Be Creative, Enthusiastic, Courageous. Confident	Be Emotional, Intuitive. Intimate, Loving	Be Mindful, Truthful, Just, Fortuitous	Be Effective, Practical, Prosperous, Trusting
KNIGHT (+)
KNIGHT (-)
QUEEN
KING