Tarology is the art of divination through card games including the Tarot de Marseille. It is an intuitive clairvoyance. That is to say, a divination requiring the use of a medium, namely cards. Divination by the tarot de Marseille is, without a doubt, the business of tarologists. Nevertheless, can everyone learn to interpret the messages of the cards?

Understanding the Tarot de Marseille

The Tarot de Marseille is a pack of cards with 78 arcana, including 22 major arcana and 56 minor arcana. Taromancers generally use Besançon tarot or Boulogne tarot for divination by playing cards. There are also those who use Piedmontese tarot. The fortune-tellers prefer tarot cards to Latin signs for predictions. During a session, the fortune teller invites his client to draw cards. This can be a 3-card, 5-card or cross-card draw. The professional interprets each draw and then the whole set. The principle of the draw is the same for the online Tarot de Marseille. As for the interpretations, they are drawn up in their entirety by experienced fortune tellers.

The tarology practised by fortune tellers

Tarology is part of what professionals call intuitive clairvoyance or clairvoyance requiring the use of a particular medium. The Tarot de Marseille is a medium allowing the clairvoyant to channel his visions and perceptions. Nevertheless, the root of these visions is always clairvoyance and extrasensory perceptions. The fortune-teller's predictions are information not perceptible by simple sensory faculties. Clearly, it takes a special gift to be a fortune teller. This professional sees the future, the past or both at the same time according to the particularities of his clairvoyance. Maps are used to make these visions precise and intelligible.

Tarology by a novice

Many people want to be able to interpret the messages of the Tarot de Marseille by themselves during a card draw. If the gift of clairvoyance is not given to everyone, it is always possible to follow mantic or divinatory art courses under the guidance of a competent clairvoyant. The aim here is to learn the principles of the Tarot de Marseille applied to clairvoyance, the particularities of each arcana composing this deck of cards, the different types of cards to be drawn. There is also the possibility to learn how to interpret the cards for each draw. It should not be forgotten, however, that the essential part which is the basis of tarology is the extrasensory capacity. The part of rationality concerning the knowledge of the arcana and the interpretation of the prints is minimal.
Progressive cross print

The cross print is available in several variants. This type of printing is more complex than it seems, especially when it comes to a more in-depth analysis by the consultant. The progressive cross print represents a traditional interpretation and then an evolution aiming to project itself into the future.

Meaning of the maps

In a 32-card deck, the heart symbolises warmth and passion. These types of cards suggest feeling in all its aspects. Clovers evoke density and mystery. The tile, a symbol of shaky stability, is the emblem of energy, action and movement. The spade can be likened to sorrow and worry. Its black colour symbolises mourning or night.

The tarot of the Renaissance

The renaissance tarot is a deck of cards consisting of 78 blades. These cards transport the consultant into a state of consciousness mixing the present, the past and the future. This adaptation of the Tarot de Marseille evokes in the major arcana the deities of Olympus, other Roman and Greek gods as well as certain demigods.