Do you recognize the customer? I believe the reader is famous Indian mentalist Kuda Bux. |
Occultists like to claim that the Tarot cards are of mystical, unknown origin, tracing back beyond ancient Egypt. Actually, the reverse is true, because the Tarot deck was invented during the Renaissance to play a specific game, variously called Trionfi, Triumphs or Trumps. Instead, it is the origin of the standard, regular 52 card deck with 4 suits that emerges so far back in the mists of history that it is difficult to trace in detail. It was also used for popular card games during the Renaissance and ever since. [Some readers do insist on using regular playing cards to tell fortunes, for this reason.]