The Mystic Ancient Origins of Tarot

The tarot started as a parlor game and significance was added over time. It didn't really get that kind of a cult divinatory application until the 18th century. They drew on a lot of folkloric and Christian and occult mysticism in developing the symbology for the writer Wade Smith tarot. But that isn't a natural function of tarot just as a product, it's a function of the work those people did to imbue meaning into those cards.