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The traditional

Tarot Deck consists of 78 cards,

which may be divided into 2 groups.

22 Major Cards

56 Minor Cards

52 of the Tarot's Minor Deck

are those bastardized to make the

52 Playing Cards.

The 4 suits used for the Playing Cards

are similar to those of the Tarot Deck

as they symbolically represent the same principles.

The Tarot's Minor Deck has

16 Face (or Court) Cards.

King, Queen, Knight, & Page

across the 4 suits.

It may be the Knight and Page

were combined to create the Jack

for the Playing Deck,

leaving 52 Minor Cards.

The

22 Major Cards

are traditionally numbered

0 -21

and titled.

Of the Tarot's Major Cards,

the Fool

was the only card to be carried over to the Playing Deck,

being called the Joker.

As the Joker is the Wild Card of the Playing Card Deck,

the Fool is the trump card of the Tarot.