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The complete seventy-eight card tarot pack is divided into two sections: twenty-two Major Arcana and fifty-six Minor
Arcana cards. The Major Arcana are twenty-two trump cards, usually numbered 0 through 21 and displaying names such as "The
Empress" or "The Fool". The Minor Arcana contain four suits of fourteen cards each, ace through ten and four court cards:
king, queen, knight and page. The suits of Tarot are usually swords, wands, cups and pentacles.
The twentieth century has witnessed the publication of hundreds of different tarot decks. The outpouring of tarot embraces
dozens of subjects and themes, including medieval and Renaissance figures, fantasy subjects, images based on mythology, folklore,
different cultures and societies, feminism and traditional tarot symbolism from simple line drawings to the colourful richness
of fine art.
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