tarot

/'tærɔk/ Cách viết khác : (tarot) /'tærou/

Thân thiện

A woman lays out tarot cards on a velvet cloth.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of playing card: "tarot" refers to any card from a specific deck of cards, traditionally consisting of 78 cards, used historically for games and, more commonly in modern times, for divination or fortune-telling.
   • The deck itself: "tarot" can also refer to the complete deck of these cards.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • She drew a single tarot from the deck. (She selected one card from the tarot deck.)
  • He owns a beautiful antique tarot. (He possesses an old and attractive tarot deck.)
  • The tarot is often used for spiritual guidance. (The tarot deck is frequently used to seek spiritual advice.)

Advanced Usage

• "to read the tarot": to use tarot cards to give someone a reading or prediction about their life.
  • My friend learned how to read the tarot. (My friend learned the skill of interpreting tarot cards.)
• "a tarot reading": a session in which someone interprets the tarot cards for a querent (the person asking questions).
  • I had a fascinating tarot reading last week. (I experienced an interesting session of tarot card interpretation last week.)

Variants and Related Words

• Tarot card (n): A single card from a tarot deck. This is a common compound form.
  • The Death tarot card is often misunderstood.
• Tarot deck (n): The complete set of tarot cards.
  • She bought a new tarot deck with modern artwork.

Synonyms

• Divinatory cards: Cards used for fortune-telling.
• Oracle cards: A broader term for cards used for seeking guidance or prophecy, which can include tarot.

Related Phrases and Idioms

• "to lay out the tarot": to arrange tarot cards in a specific pattern or spread for a reading.
  • The reader will lay out the tarot in a Celtic Cross spread.
• "the tarot doesn't lie": an idiom suggesting that the cards reveal an unavoidable or truthful message (often used rhetorically).
  • I know it's bad news, but the tarot doesn't lie.

Học thuật

Noun

1. any of a set of (usually 72) cards that include 22 cards representing virtues and vices and death and fortune etc.; used by fortunetellers

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