Divination Practices—Tarot, Part 1

Divination Practices—Tarot, Part 1

By Dr. John Ankerberg and Dr. John Weldon

"Tarot cards have engrossed the elite in Hollywood, politicians, psychologists, and note-worthy members of the fine arts communities. Surrealist Salvador Dali’s wife, Gala, was interested in the occult and piqued her husband’s interest so that he painted a new set of cards for her, illustrated in the 1985 version of Salvador Dali’s Tarot by Rachael Pollack. Dali is only one of hundreds of famous individuals throughout history who have been interested in the tarot and similar forms of card divination. In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, special sets of tarot cards were hand-painted for the royal families of France (the Gringonneur Tarot) and Italy (the Vicont-Sforza Tarot)."