Tarot (2)

The tarot; (first known as Trionfi and later as Tarocchi, Tarock and Tarot) is a pack of playing cards, used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play games such as Italian Tarocchini, French tarot and Austrian Königrufen. Many of these tarot card games are still played today. In the late 18th century, it began to be used in parallel for divination in the form of tarotology and cartomancy and specialist packs were developed for this occult purpose.