Where it comes from
Old Roots
The long history under the deck, from Italian card tables to the modern revival.
01
A Short History of Tarot
Six hundred years from a luxury card game to the candlelit table you're sitting at now.
02A Game at the Table
Long before the cards were a mirror, they were a game, and across half of Europe, they still are.
03The Painted Deck
From gold-leaf Milan to Pamela Colman Smith's pen, the tarot as five centuries of painting.