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The Devil (XV) from the Rider–Waite tarot deck Le Diable, from the early eighteenth century Tarot of Marseilles by Jean Dodal. The Devil (XV) is the fifteenth trump or Major Arcana card in most traditional tarot decks. It is used in game playing as well as in divination.
The Major Arcana are the named cards in a cartomantic tarot pack. There are usually 22 such cards in a standard 78-card pack, typically numbered from 0 to 21 (or 1 to 21, with the Fool being left unnumbered).
The Rider–Waite Tarot is a widely popular deck for tarot card reading, [1] [2] first published by the Rider Company in 1909, based on the instructions of academic and mystic A. E. Waite and illustrated by Pamela Colman Smith, both members of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn.
Pages in category "Major Arcana" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... The Devil (tarot card) E. The Emperor (tarot card)
In the occult tradition, tarot cards are referred to as "arcana", with the Fool and 21 trumps being termed the Major Arcana and the suit cards the Minor Arcana, [38] terms not used by players of tarot card games. The 78-card tarot deck used by esotericists has two distinct parts: The Major Arcana (greater secrets) consists of 22 cards without ...
The Devil — XV Le Diable XV la Casa del diavolo The house of the Devil (15 Les Sens, le Gout), (16 Les Sens, le Toucher), (17 Les Sens l'odorat), (18 Les Sens, l'Ouye), (19 Les Sens, la Veue) XVI La Maison Dieu (the house of God) XVI la Speranza Hope 8 l'Esperence — XVII la Prudenza Prudence 5 La Prudence — XVIII la Fede Faith — — XVIIII
It is part of what tarot card readers call the "Minor Arcana." Two of Coins from the Rider–Waite Tarot deck. Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play tarot card games. [1] In English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, tarot cards came to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes. [1] [2]
The Wheel Of Fortune card, like other cards of the Major Arcana, varies widely in depiction between tarot decks. The card has been modeled ever since the tarot's inception in the 15th century after the medieval concept of Rota Fortunae , the wheel of the goddess Fortuna .