# A History Of Tarot Cards

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**Created:** [July 7, 2025, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-tarot-cards/1020589 "2025-07-07T12:42:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\
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The Smithsonian Magazine has a nice history of these odd divination tools.

> Not far from one of Milan’s last remaining medieval gates is a tiny shop door, sandwiched between shuttered storefronts. Cross the threshold, and you’ll enter a gilded world of esoteric symbols: stars, skeletons and fools. This is [Il Meneghello](https://www.ilmeneghello.it/), the workshop of some of Italy’s last known great tarot artisans.

[LINK TO ARTICLE](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/colorful-history-tarot-mesmerizing-decks-themseles-180986811/)

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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [July 8, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-history-of-tarot-cards/1020589/2 "2025-07-08T11:40:06Z")

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Thanks for that link - I own several Tarot decks and they’ve long interested and fascinated me. (No, I don’t do readings)