Tarot cards were originally just a game
Tarot cards originated in 15th-century Italy as playing cards for games, not for divination, revealing their surprising secular beginnings before evolving into mystical tools.
Tarot cards, often associated with mysticism, actually began as playing cards in 15th-century Italy. Around the 1440s, wealthy families commissioned hand-painted decks like the Visconti-Sforza tarot for trick-taking games called tarocchi, not fortune-telling.
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