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Marseille, Belline, Lenormand, Egyptian, Spanish, Persian, Triad: the full picture of the great divinatory decks and how to pick yours.
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What do the cards hold for you today?
Let your thoughts settle for a moment. Then turn the cards to discover what they have to reveal.
One word — “tarot” — covers decks born centuries and countries apart. Some hold 78 cards, others 32. Some answer yes or no, others tell the story of a whole life. Here is the full picture, so you can spot at a glance which deck speaks your language.
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What are the different tarot card decks?
Eight decks account for most of the divinatory practice in English. They are not rivals: each answers a different need, from an instant yes-or-no to the reading of an entire life.
Tap a deck to open its full guide
78 cards⇢
The Tarot of MarseilleThe universal benchmark. 22 major arcana for the broad strokes, 56 minor arcana for the practical detail.
53 cards⇢
The Belline OracleA planetary architecture: 49 cards spread across 7 families, from the Sun to Saturn.
36 cards⇢
The Petit LenormandThe deck of the concrete and the near future. Plain images, blunt answers, read as a grid.
78 cards⇢
The Egyptian TarotThe densest branch in symbolism, and the one the Grand Etteilla grew out of in the 18th century.
40 cards⇢
The Spanish TarotHeraclio Fournier’s deck: four suits of ten cards, with no major arcana and no queens.
55 cards⇢
The Persian Tarot19 major arcana and 16 intermediate cards — one category more than any other deck.
57 cards⇢
The Oracle of the TriadCreated in 1992. Numbered cards with no families, and a built-in way of dating events.
32 cards⇢
The 32-card deckClassic cartomancy with a French deck stripped of its low cards. The quickest of all to learn.
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Historic and regional tarot decks
Alongside the decks in daily use, a handful of court, collector and regional tarots survive. They are rarely drawn today, but they explain where all the others came from.
The Visconti-Sforza, the oldest surviving tarot
Painted in Milan in the middle of the 15th century, probably by Bonifacio Bembo for the marriage of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza, it is the oldest tarot that has come down to us. Of its 78 gold-leaf cards, only 74 have ever been found: the Devil, the Tower, the Three of Swords and the Knight of Coins are still missing.
The Minchiate, the extended Italian tarot
Born in Florence, the Minchiate runs to 97 cards: 41 major arcana instead of the usual 22, plus the 56 suit cards. The extra trumps bring in the twelve zodiac signs, the four elements and the virtues — which makes it the most astrological of the old decks.
Neapolitan cards, a deck of their own
In southern Italy, cartomancy is read with Neapolitan cards: 40 cards in 4 suits (batons, cups, coins and swords), ace to seven plus the knave, the knight and the king. There are no major or minor arcana at all, and the way a card is laid — upright or sideways — can reverse its meaning outright. The most common spreads use 5 or 26 cards.
These three decks are not yet covered by a dedicated guide in English, which is why none of them is linked here.
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Which tarot deck should you choose?
The right deck is not the prettiest or the oldest: it is the one whose logic matches what you are asking. Here is how readers steer people in practice.
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For a question about a relationship, a break-up or a new encounter, with dedicated spreads.
Beginner
Yes or no
A closed question that calls for a clear answer, then the means of getting there.
All levels
Near future
The coming weeks in detail: places, people and material obstacles.
Beginner
Short term
A blunt, concrete reading, especially where feelings are concerned.
Beginner
Whole picture
A wide reading of past, present and future, across every area at once.
Advanced
Inner work
More self-examination than prediction, with a way of dating what is coming.
Advanced
Quick answer
Everyday cartomancy, with a deck you almost certainly already own.
Beginner
People and profiles
When the question is about someone: 16 cards are devoted to exactly that.
Advanced
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Your questions about tarot card decks
What is the oldest surviving tarot deck?
The Visconti-Sforza, painted in Milan in the middle of the 15th century, most likely by Bonifacio Bembo for the marriage of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza.
Of its 78 cards, only 74 have ever been found. The Devil, the Tower, the Three of Swords and the Knight of Coins have never resurfaced, and modern editions repaint them in the style of the originals.
How many cards are there in a tarot deck?
It depends entirely on the deck, and that is their main difference:
- 97 for the Minchiate
- 78 for the Tarot of Marseille and the Egyptian Tarot
- 57 for the Oracle of the Triad
- 55 for the Persian Tarot
- 53 for the Belline Oracle
- 40 for the Spanish Tarot and Neapolitan cards
- 36 for the Petit Lenormand
- 32 for classic cartomancy
What is the difference between a tarot and an oracle?
A tarot follows a fixed structure: major arcana that set the general theme, and minor arcana grouped into suits that fill in everyday detail.
An oracle obeys none of those rules — whoever creates it decides how many cards there are and how they are organised. That is the case with the Oracle of the Triad (57 numbered cards, no families) and with the Belline Oracle, built on the 7 traditional planets.
Which tarot deck is best for a beginner?
The 32-card deck and the Petit Lenormand are the gentlest ways in: few cards, legible images and concrete answers.
That said, the Tarot of Marseille remains the best long-term investment, because the symbolic vocabulary of every other deck descends from it.
Do you need a different deck for every question?
Not at all: an experienced reader will answer almost anything with one deck they know inside out.
Switching does help when the nature of the question changes, though — a short deck for a near deadline, a full deck for a decision that runs deep. The safest route is to talk it through with a tarot reader, who will pick the deck that fits your situation.
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