tarot

[tar-oh, ta-roh]

noun

1. any of a set of 22 playing cards bearing allegorical representations, used for fortunetelling and as trump cards in tarok.

tarot

/ 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

1. relating to tarot cards

Word History and Origins

Origin of tarot¹

1590–1600; back formation from taros (plural) < Middle French < Italian tarocchi, plural of tarocco

Word History and Origins

Origin of tarot¹

C16: from French, from Old Italian tarocco, of unknown origin

Example Sentences

In addition to hosting perfume making and lipstick reading — which is like tarot card reading, but with lipstick — the store gave away an advance copy of “By Invitation Only.”

From Los Angeles Times

Bishop Snow accused him of practising witchcraft - both because of the "seance" and the fact Jay happened to have a close friend who was a tarot card reader.

From BBC

So when I’m with somebody that’s really invested and committed to runes or tarot, I am hook, line and sinker in.

From Los Angeles Times

Surfaces are covered in books, tarot cards, clay and other art supplies to make use of.

From Los Angeles Times

He started to believe that he had the ability to heal people by touching them, and that he could divine their futures with the help of his psychic abilities and tarot cards.

From Salon