TheTarot is a pack of cards with pictures on them that is used to predict what will happen to people in the future. Tarot is also used to refer to the system of predicting people's futures using these cards.
...the suits of the Tarot.
Today there is a considerable revival of tarot.
...tarot cards.
tarot in British English
(ˈtærəʊ)
noun
1.
one of a special pack of cards, now used mainly for fortune-telling, consisting of 78 cards (4 suits of 14 cards each (the minor arcana), and 22 other cards (the major arcana))
2.
a card in a tarot pack with distinctive symbolic design, such as the Wheel of Fortune
adjective
3.
relating to tarot cards
Word origin
C16: from French, from Old Italian tarocco, of unknown origin
tarot in American English
(ˈtæroʊ; ˈtærət; tæˈroʊ)
noun
[oftenT-]
any of a set of 22 cards bearing pictures of certain traditional allegorical figures, used in fortunetelling: sometimes used in combination with other cards
Word origin
Fr < MFr < OIt tarocco, prob. < Ar ṭaraḥa, to reject > tare2
Examples of 'tarot' in a sentence
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Those who know how to read tarot cards can consider alternative meanings too.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
The only way of sharing their stories is with a pack of tarot cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
To see into your future, give tarot card reading a go.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
She claimed to be a medium and taught Amy how to read tarot cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The tarot's luckiest card sees you winning prizes and it could lead to luxury in the sun.
The Sun (2011)
Pagan prisoners are also allowed to have tarot cards but staff have barred them from using them to tell the fortunes of other prisoners.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Before raising her scissors she will read my tarot cards, then she will cut my fortune into my hair.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Oh, come on, of course there were tarot cards.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Guidance issued to prison staff said: 'Some pagans use tarot cards for meditation and guidance.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Consider some of the more unusual possibilities like learning how to read tarot cards, or people's palms or tea leaves.
Ingham, Christine Life Without Work (1994)
In the early days most don't usually discuss anything about commitment and the future, but the pop star lovebirds had a tarot reading this week.
The Sun (2012)
A pack of tarot cards is spread on the table and I am invited to pick randomly.