World Tarot Day
May 25 · Level 4 · #1500 of 2238
World Tarot Day is an informal occasion for readers, collectors and admirers of tarot art to share their interest. A deck can be approached as a symbolic storytelling tool, a collectible or a miniature gallery of illustrated characters and scenes.
How it is celebrated: enthusiasts hold workshops, offer readings, compare decks and discuss the imagery artists choose. Conversations can range from reading techniques to the history of a particular card design.
Tarot began as a card game in fifteenth-century Italy. Its widespread association with divination and occult traditions developed much later, giving these familiar images a very different second life.