TarotHistoryChronology

1215.FirstpapermillsinItaly
135674.PetrarchwritesthepoemITrionfi,partlywhileatViscontiCourtinMilan.Theconceptofaprocessionof
allegoricalfigurestriumphingordefeatingtheprecedingfigurewasthebasisofthegameofTrionfi.
@1370.BlockprintingonpaperbeginsinGermanyandappearsinItalyseveraldecadeslater.
@1370.MamlukstyleplayingcardsenterItalianandSpanishports.ArabicdesignisEuropeanizedtobecomethe
suitsofswords,batons,cupsandcoins(theItaliansuits)andthecourtcardsbecomeking,queen,knight,valet.
1371.SpainFirstwrittenreferencetoplayingcardsinEurope,referredtoasnaip.
13771460s.NumerouswrittenreferencestoplayingcardsinItaly,FranceGermany,Belgium:incityordinances
againstgambling,accountbooksofaristocrats,inventoriesofmerchants.InitiallyreferredtoasSaracenor
Moorishcards(naibi,nahipi,naips,naibbi).LaterinItalytarotdecksarecalledcartedatrionfi.
1380.Firstreferencetoacardmakerbyname:RodrigoBorgesofPerpignanFrance,calledanaipero.
1392.AlistingintheaccountbookofCharlesVI,KingofFrance,refersto3packsofgiltandcoloredcardsordered
fromthepainterJacqueminGringonneur.Theseregularplayingcardsweremistakenlyassociatedwithatarotdeck
intheBibliotequeNationaleinParisthatwasactuallycreatedinFerrarainthelate1400s.Thisdeckisstill
erroneouslyreferredtoastheCharlesVIdeck.
1422&1423.AccountbooksofthepainterSagramoroofFlorenceshowhimbeingcommissionedtorepairdecks
andtocreateluxurydecksdecoratedwithgold,lapizlazuli,andbrazilwooddyefortheMarchesaParisinaof
Ferrara.ShewasanenthusiasticpurchaserofcardsbuthadtogooutsideFerraraforthemforatleastanother
decade.SagramorowasstillsupplyingthecourtofFerrarawithcardsin1456.
1424.MarchesaParisinaorderstwopacksofinexpensivecardsforhergirls.Thismaybefirstevidencethatcheap
printedcardswerebeingproduced.
1425.NolaterthanthisdateDukeFilippoMariaViscontiofMilancommissionedanallegoricalcardgamebased
onvirtuesandtemptations.Eachsuithadfourextratrumpcards.
1436.WrittenreferencetoacardpressownedbyDukeDEsteofFerrara.
1440.Firstwrittenreferencethatcitestarotspecifically.AdiaryentrymentionsadeckcreatedinFlorence.
1441.FrancescoSforza,futureDukeofMilan,marriesBiancaViscontiinMilan.Possiblythiswastheoccasionfor
commissioningtheCaryYaletarotdeck,asthedeckhasheraldicdevicesfrombothfamilies.Thisdeckandthe
Brera/BrambilladeckhavecoinsmintedbyBiancasfather,FilippoMariaVisconti,sobothdecksweredonebefore
hediedin1447.Milansrecordsweredestroyedinafirein1447sowehavenoaccountbookstoshowcard
purchasingactivityaswedoinFerrara.

1441.ThelatestpossibledatefortheinventionofTarot.Itmayhavebeenasearlyas1420.
1442.TarotappearsinaFerraraaccountbook:OrderedfromSagramoropaintedcups,coins,swords,batons,
andthefiguresforfourpacksoftrionfi.
1442.AccordingtotheaccountbooksoftheMarcheseofFerrara,hepurchasedtwopacksofcartedatrionfiforhis
youngerbrothers.Heboughtthemfromamerchantforasmallamountofmoney,showingthattarotwasamass
produced,easilypurchasedcommodity.
1450.FrancescoSforzaiscrownedDukeofMilan.PossiblytheoccasionofcommissioningthePierpontMorgan
Bergamodeck,asithasSforzaandViscontiemblems.Replacement(oradditional)cardsweremadeinFerrara
about1470.
1450.FrancescoSforzawritesanoterequestingtwodecksofcartedatrionfi(trumps),orifnotavailable,carteda
giocare(playingcards).HewantsthefinestyoucanfindandneedsthembySunday.Thisshowstherewasa
standardTrionfideckthatdidnthavetobedescribed,andthatwaseasilypurchased.
1452.SigismondoMalatesta,lordofRimini,asksBiancaSforzatoobtainadeckoftriumphcardsforhimfromone
ofthecelebratedartistsofCremona.ThismaybeevidencethattheSforzashandpainteddeckisbeingcopiedby
otherartists.
1450s.CardplayingisverypopularinnorthernItaliancourts.AlargefrescoofTarocchiplayersispaintedona
walloftheBorromeoCastleinMilan.
1454.AccountbooksofCountBorsoofFerraramentionapairofprintingblocksforcards.Pressesownedbythe
countweremassproducingcheapplayingcards.
1456&1457.CountBorsocommissionedtheartistdaVicenzatocreatetwoveryluxuriouspacksofcartegrandeda
trionfiwith70cards.Thiswaseitheradifferenttrionfigamethantarot,oritshowsthatsometarotdeckshadonly
14trumpcards.DaVicenzaproducedseveraldecksayearforthecourtofFerrarathrough1463.
1459.RecordsshowthatDukeBorsoloanedoutblocksforprintingtrumpcards.
1459.FirstreferencetotarotinBologna.
1465.CountBoiardoofFerraradesignedatarotdeckbasedonlovewithapoemforeachcard.
1466.OldestexampleofItalianplayingcards.Anuncutsheetfoundinthebindingofbookspublishedin1466and
1469hassuitsofcoinsandcups,andfragmentsofcourtcards.
1470.EarliestpossibledatefortheSteeleSermon,theSermonesdeLudoCumAliis,writtenbyapriestpreaching
againstdiceandcardplaying.Helistedthetarottrumpsinessentiallythesameorderwestilluse.
1470s.MuchtarotcreationactivityinFerrara:thehandpainteddEstedecknowintheCareycollectiontheso
calledCharlesVI/GringonneurdeckwhichresidesinParisintheBibliothequeNationalethereplacement(or
additional)cardsforthe1450PierpontMorganBergamoViscontiSforzadeckandhandpaintedandblockprint
cardsnowpartoftheRothschildcollectionintheLouvre.

1477.WrittenreferencestothemanufactureofplayingcardsandtrionfiinBologna.
1480.Frenchsuitsymbolsappear.Mostcardgamesconverttothesuitsofhearts,clubs,diamondsandspades
whichareeasiertostencilontomassproducedcards.ItalyclingstooldersuitsespeciallyforthegamesofTrionfi
andMinchiate.
1482.FirstreferenceinFrancetoTriumphecards,butitsnotcertainiftheywerestandardtarotcards.
1491.Ferrara.CreationofthecopperengravedSolaBuscadeckwithitsuniquedesignsandillustratedpipcards.
1480s1510s.Lotbooksbecomepopular.Playingcardsareusedtopickapageatrandomandfindananswertoa
question.
1480s90s.Prohibitionsagainstgaminginvariouscitiesexemptcertaingamesfavoredbyaristocratsliketarot,
backgammonandchess,possiblybecausetheseareconsideredgamesofskillratherthanchance,andbecausethe
Churchdidntwanttoalienatetherulingclass.
1490s.MilanandpartsofItalyareconqueredbyFrance.CardmanufacturingshiftstoFrance.
@1500.Earliestexamplesofprintedwoodblockcardsthatsurvive.Theywerepreservedasuncutsheetsofcards
usedinbookbinding.SomewerefoundinawellatSforzaCastleinMilan.SomecardshavetypicalTarotde
Marseillesimagery.
Early1500s.MinchiatedeckinventedinFlorence.Anexpandedtarotdeckwithadditionaltrumpsdepictingthe
fourelementsandtwelvezodiacsigns.TheKnightsbecomeCentaurs.
@1500.FirstreferencestothewordTarocchiinFerraraandAvignon.Theoldnametrionfishiftstoanothergame
playedwitharegularpackofcards.
1507.FirstwrittenreferencetocardmanufactureinFrance(Lyons).
1515.Germany.Tarotimagesappearinanativitycalendar,showingthattheseimagesarepartofpopularculture.
1527.Venice.TeofiloFolengo(pennameMerlinCocai)wrotefoursonnetsbasedontarottrumpsthatdescribethe
poetbeingledintoaroomwherefourpeoplehavedrawncardsrelatedtotheirfatethenaskforpoemsaboutthem.
1500s.Tarocchiappropriatiisapopularparlorgamewherehumorouspoemsbasedonatarotcardareinvented
onthespottodescribethepersonholdingthecard.
1534.TarocchiappropriatibyTroiloPomerandaCittadelasonnetsbasedonthetrumpsthatpraisetheladiesof
Venice.
1534.RabelaisFiveBooksofGargantuaandPantagruellistsover200gamesincludingTarau.Healsolists
numerousdivinatorymethods,butTarotisnotincluded.
1543.TheCardsSpeakbyPietroAretinopublishedinVenice.Partofapornographicbookthatgivesinformation
onthenamesandorderofthetrumpsduringthecourseofadialog.

1550.FlavioAlbertiLilliowroteInvettivacontrailGiuocodelTaroco,aversediatribeagainsttarot.
1550.GiulioBertoniwroteanessayTarocchiVersificatiwhichdescribesladiesofthecourtofFerraraand
includesinformationonthenamesandtheorderofthetrumps.
1557.Lyons.TheCatelinGeoffroydeck.Thisisthefirstblockprinteddeckstillexisting.
1570.Pavia.GiambattistaSusiowroteappropriatipoemsassociatingthetrumpswithladiesofthecourt.Hegave
thenamesandtheLombardyorderofthetrumps,whichisalmostthesameastheVievilledeckcreatedinParisa
centurylater.
1572.Venice.GiriolamoBargaglidescribeshowhesaweachparticipantinatarocchigamebeinggivenacardand
beingtoldwhyhewasassociatedwiththatcard.
1575.Venice.Firstprintedaccountofagameoftarot.
1576.France.PoemsinaseriesofstoriescalledFacetiousNights.Ineachstanzaatrumpfigurewhoisplayinga
gameoftarotlosesthetricktoasuitcardthatkillshim.Attheend,alltheslaintrumpsareresurrectedbyshuffling
thedeck.
1589.Venice.RecordsoftheInquisitionshowtheDevilcardbeingusedasafocusofvenerationandprayer.Its
notablethatTarotitselfisnotconsideredevilbyassociation.
@1610.TheParisiandeck,thefirstcompleteblockprinteddecktosurvive.Itshowsablendofseveralregional
influences.
1637.France.ThefirstsurvivingprintedrulesofthegameofTarotarepublishedinapamphlet.
Mid1600s.TheBelgianpatternappearsintheDeHautotdeckpublishedinRouenandtheVievilledeckmadein
Paris.
1660.Paris.JeanNobletpublishedthefirstdeckweknowofthatcloselyconformstotheTarotdeMarseille
pattern.
1663.TarocchiandMinchiateareintroducedtoSicily.Siciliandecksareverydifferent,withPortuguesesuits,
fewercardsandsomeuniquetrumpimagery.
1664.MitelliTarot,aspecialcommissiondoneincopperengraving.TheearliestdeckwehaveintheBolognese
pattern.
1680.JohannMayerofSwitzerlandpublishesthefirstknownexampleoftheBesanconpatternwithJupiterand
JunoinsteadofthePapesseandPope.
Early1700s.ChossonstyledecksproducedbyMadenieofDijon,PayenofAvignon,HeriofSwitzerlandand
others.
1714.Lyon.Dodaldeckpublished.ItsatransitiondeckbetweentheNobletandthestandardTarotdeMarseilles.

1725.Bologna.TheEmpress,Emperor,PopeandPapessearereplacedbythefourMoorsinregionaldeckson
orderoftheVatican.
17301830.HeightofpopularityoftheTarotgame.Therulesanddecksarestandardized.
1736.ChossonofMarseilleprintsadeckthatbecomesthetemplateforthemainstreamofTarotdeMarseilles
decks.
1736.Serravalle,Italy.FirstTaroccoPiemonteseprintedbyGiuseppeOttone.ItsnowintheMuseodeNaipes
Fournier.
1740.Bologna.Onepagemanuscriptdiscoveredinthe20thcenturybyPratesiintheUniversityLibrary.Itgives
divinatorymeaningsof35cardsoftheTaroccoBolognese,andsaystoseparatethecardsinto5pilesof7cards
each,butdoesntsaywhattodowiththemnext.
1740s.The78cardLombardystyleemergesinMilan.ItspublishedwithItaliantitlesandiseventually
supersededbythePiemontesepatternforcardplaying.
@1750.TarockdeckinventedwithFrenchsuitsanddecorative,doubleheadedtrumps.Itisstillthestandarddeck
forgameplaying.
1753.Bologna.FirstrulesforTarocchiBolognesepublishedinacardgamebook.
1756.Vienna.TheearliestrulesforthegameinGerman.ItsthestyleofgameplayedinLombardywhichwas
ruledbyAustriaatthetime.
1750s.Etteilla(Firstknownprofessionaltarotreader17381791)istaughtcardreadingbyamanfrom
Piedmont.
1760.Marseilles.TheConverdeck,averyclosecopyofChossons1736deckbecomesthestandardTdMandthe
basisforcontemporarydecksbyFournier,Grimaudandothers.
1770.Paris.Etteillawritesthefirstbookofcartomancy,HowtoEntertainOneselfwithaPackofCards.Heusesa
PiquetdeckbutmentionsTarotforfortunetelling.Thisisthefirstmanualofcardreadingandthefirstexplicit
writtenreferencetodivinationwithTarot.
1770s.FlemishstyledeckswithSpanishCaptainandBacchusinsteadofPapesse&PopeareprintedinBelgium.
17601780.TheTaroccoBolognesebecamedoubleheaded.DoubleheadeddecksdidntappearinFranceand
Englanduntilthe1800s.
1781.AntoineCourtdeGebelinpublishesVolumeVIIIofMondePrimitif.ItcontainsessaysonTarotlinkingit
withtheHebrewalphabetandancientEgyptforfirsttimeinprint.
1783.EtteillapublishesHowtoEntertainoneselfwithaPackofCardscalledTarot,thefirsthowtoreadtarot
manual.ItcontainsanelaboratestoryofTarotsancientEgyptianorigins.
1789.EtteillaproducesthefirstoccultdeckillustratingHermeticteachings.ItscurrentlyinprintasLeGrand

EtteillabyGrimaud.
18041807.DOdoucet,afollowerofEtteilla,publishesabookoncardmeaningsbasedonEtteillasteachings.
ThisisthebasisforabouthalfthemeaningsoftheMinorArcanacardsintheRiderWaiteSmithdeck.
1820s.AdeckofdoubleheadedBolognesecardsislabeledonthetopandbottomwithdivinatorymeanings.
1835.CarloDellaRoccaengravestheMilanesestylesoprafinodeck.ItsstillprintedbyLoScarabeoandIl
Meneghello.
Late1700s.Grandpretredeckengravedincopperplateandhandcolored.ThePopeandPapessearecalledthe
HighPriestessandHighPriest,thefirsttimethesenamesareusedinadeck.TheHangedManisuprightand
calledPrudenceasindeGebelin.
1856.Paris.EliphasLevipublishedDogmaandRitualofTranscendentalMagic,agrandsynthesisofthewestern
magicaltraditionthatgivesTarotanimportantplace.
1861.EnglishoccultistKennethMackenzievisitsEliphasLeviinParisandisinspiredtocreatetheCypher
ManuscriptandBookTwhichbecomethebasisfortheteachingsoftheHermeticOrderoftheGoldenDawnand
thebedrockofAngloAmericanTarot.
1863.Paris.PaulChristianpublishesRedManoftheTuileries,anovelthatdescribesEgyptianTarotcards.The
firsttimethetermArcanaisusedforthecards.
1864.RobertChamberswritestheBookofDayswhichgivescardreadingtechniquesusedbyBritishsoldiers
wives.A.E.Waiteusedsomeofthesecardmeaningsforhisminorarcana.
1865.Paris.EdmondBillaudot,professionalcardreader,createsTarotBellinefromChristiansdescriptionsinRed
Man.ThefirstdecktohaveHebrewlettersonthecards.ItscurrentlypublishedastheGrandTarotBelline.
1870.Paris.PaulChristianpublishesHistoiredelaMagieusingallthetarotmaterialinRedManofTuileries.He
describesanancientEgyptianinitiationchamberandexpandsonTarotasanancientmysteryteaching.
1888.London.WilliamWestcottandS.L.MatherslaunchtheHermeticOrderoftheGoldenDawnafter
obtainingMacKenziespapers(CypherManuscriptandBookT).
1888.London.S.L.MatherspublishesTheTarot:ItsOccultSignification,UseinFortuneTelling,andMethodof
Play.
1888.France.ElyStarpublishesanastrologybookusingPaulChristiansteachingsonTarotandhiscardnames,
whichinfluencedEgyptiandecks.HisuseofthetermMajorandMinorArcanawasadoptedbyPapus.
1889.Paris.OswaldWirthpublisheshisdeck,designedwiththehelpofStanislausDeGuaitausingLevis
descriptions.
1889.PapuspublishesTarotofBohemianswhichcodifiesLevisteachingsonTarot.ItsillustratedbytheTdMand
Wirthdecks.

1896.TheFalconnierWegenercardsarepublished.TheyarethefirsttrulyEgyptiandeckbasedonPaul
Christiansdescriptionsof1870.
1909.A.E.WaitepublishestheRiderWaitedeckandtheaccompanyingbookthePictorialKeytoTarot.These
becomethebedrockofAngloAmericantarot.
1909.AleisterCrowleypublishesLiber777whichdivulgesalltheGoldenDawnsritualsandteachings.This
demystifiessecretsocietiesanddemocratizesesotericteachings.
1910.TarotoftheBohemiansbyPapus(1889)translatedintoEnglish.Oneofthemostimportantbookson
FrenchesotericTarot.Stillinprint.
1912.AleisterCrowleypublishestheGoldenDawnsBookTwhichcontainstheirTarotteachingsinhismagazine
TheEquinox.
1917.ThefirstAmericantarotbook.Hariette&F.HomerCurtisspublishTheKeytotheUniverseoraSpiritual
InterpretationofNumbersandSymbols,abookonesoterictarotillustratedwiththeRiderWaiteSmith,Egyptian,
TarotdeMarseillesandWirthdecks.
1917.USA.DeLaurenceCompanypiratestheRiderWaitedeckandWaitesbookThePictorialKeytoTarot.
1918.USA.C.Z.ZainpublishesinstructionalcoursesforhisChurchofLightwhichcontainthefirstEnglish
translationsofPaulChristiansteachings.HeusestheFalconnierWegenerEgyptiancarddesignsforhisdeck.
1920.USA.PaulFosterCasefoundsB.O.T.A.whoseteachingsdrawheavilyontheGoldenDawn.
1926.Paris.OswaldWirthsbookLeTarotdesImagiersduMoyenAgerepublished.
1927.London.DionFortuneestablishestheSocietyofInnerLightandbeginsherteachingandwritingcareer.
1929.USA.J.AugustusKnappandManlyPalmerHallcreatewhatcametobeknownastheKnappHallTarot
publishedin1978whichcombinesWirthandEgyptianimagery.
1930.Paris.PaulMarteau,ownerofGrimaudpublishinghouse,producesarecoloredConverTdMwhichis
currentlythestandarddivinationdeckinFrance.
1936.USA.TheChurchofLightfoundedbyC.Z.ZainproducesitsEgyptiandeckbasedontheFalconnier
Wegenerdesigns.
1937.USA.IsraelRegardiebeginspublishingalloftheGoldenDawnsteachingsandrituals.
19381942.London.FriedaHarriscreatestheoriginaloilpaintingsforAleisterCrowleysThothdeck.
1942.London.OriginalpaintingsbyFriedaHarrisforCrowleysThothdeckareexhibitedinagallery.
1944.LimitededitionofCrowleysdeckpublished.
1947.PaulFosterCasepublishesasynthesisofhisteachingsinTheTarot:AKeytotheWisdomoftheAges,with

linedrawingsofhisdeckbyJessieBurnsParke.
1948.ThebookLeTarotdeMarseillebyPaulMarteauteachesreadingtheTdMbypayingcloseattentiontothe
imagery,colorsandnumber,ratherthanusingesotericattributions.
1951.Britain.TheWitchcraftActisrepealedallowingTarotdeckstobeprintedandsoldfreely.
1959.USA.UniversityBooksbeginsprintingtheRiderWaiteSmithdeckandthePictorialKeytoTarotgivingit
widespreaddistribution.
1960.EdenGraypublishesherfirstbookonhowtoreadtarot,TheTarotRevealed.Tarotbecomesuserfriendly
andaccessibletothegeneralpublic,layingthegroundworkforTarotspopularityinthelate20thcentury.
1966.GertrudeMoakelypublishesTheTarotCardsPaintedbyBembo,whichshowstherelationshipbetween
15thcenturytrumpcards,PetrarchandRenaissancetriumphalparades.
1968.HouseofCamoinproducesitsfirstreproductionofConvers1760TdM.
1968.AlbanoWaitedeck,arecoloredRWSdeckmaybethefirstRWSspinoff.
1968.TheNewTarotfortheAquarianAgebyJohnStarrCookeandRosalindSharpeischanneledviaaOuija
board.ThefirstNewAgepostmoderndeck.
1968.StuartKaplanbuystheSwiss1JJ(Jupiter&Juno)deckatatradefair,launchingU.S.GamesSystemsinto
Tarotdeckpublishing.
1969.GrimaudbeginspublishingitsTdMwithanaccompanyingbookletinEnglish.
1969.AleisterCrowleysThothdeck,createdinearly1940s,ispublishedasapoorqualityphotoreproduction.
1970.CrowleysThothdeckpublishedbasedonphotosoftheoriginalpaintings.
1970.EdenGraysbookCompleteGuidetotheTarotdescribestheFoolsJourneyforthefirsttime.
1970.DavidPalladinisAquarianTarotisoneofthefirstofalandslideofRWSspinoffdecks.
1971.PaulHusonsTheDevilsPictureBookisoneofseveralbookspublishedinthelate60sandearly70stoput
tarotinaWiccanorpagancontext.
1971.RichardRobertsbookTarotandYoucontainstranscriptsofreadingsusingapsychologicalfreeassociation
methodwhichinfluencedMaryGreer.
1971.TarotofBohemiansbyPapusisrepublishedinEnglishforthefirsttimesince1910.Itsoneofthemost
influentialtarotbooksofalltime.
1971.U.S.Games,Inc.acquiresrightstotheRiderWaiteSmithcards
1971.BuenosAires.EgipciosKierdeckpublished.ThisisanimportantesoterictarotinSpanishspeaking
countries.

1974.NewTarotbyHurley&HorlerisoneofthefirstradicallyredesigneddecksthatbreakswithRiderWaite
imagery.Theyworkedonitfrom196167whilelivingparttimeatEsaleninBigSur,California.
1975.MountainDreamTarotbyBeaNettles.Thefirstdeckbasedonphotographs.
1975.JosephMaxwellsbookTheTarotbecomesoneofthefewFrenchtarotbookstranslatedintoEnglish.
1976.XultunTarotbyPeterBalinisthefirstdeckbasedonanonwesternculture.
1976.PennySlingersTheSecretDaikiniOracleisthefirstcollageddeck.
1976.Tarotrespondstothefeministmovement.WomanspiritCircleinSantaCruz,CAisthebirthplaceofseveral
feministdeckswhichappearinthelate70ssuchasANewWomansTarotandtheAmazonTarot.
1978.StuartKaplanpublishesthefirstoffourEncyclopedias,makingthousandsofdecksavailableforeveryoneto
study.
1978.A.G.MullerprintsFalconnierWegenersEgyptiandeckastheEgyptianTarot.
1980.MichaelDummettpublishesTheGameofTarot,thedefinitiveworkontheTarotdeckandgame.
1980.SeventyEightDegreesofWisdombyRachelPollackbecomesoneofmostinfluentialbooksoncard
meanings.
1981.MotherpeacedeckbyVickiNoble&KarenVogel.Thefirstrounddeckandthefirstfeministandgoddess
orienteddecktoenjoywidedistribution.
1984.FfionaMorganand14otherspublishtheDaughtersoftheMoon,arounddeckconceivedintheSantaCruz
WomanspiritCircleinthelate1970s.
1984.MaryGreerpublishesTarotforYourself,aworkbookthatguidesthereaderthroughformingpersonal
meaningsforthecardsratherthanmemorizingreceivedcardmeanings.GoldenDawnastrologicalandelemental
attributionsaredisseminated.
1980s90s.Goldenageofsmall,individuallyownedtarotmagazinessuchasTracyHooversWinged
Chariot,CrystalSagesTapestryandGeraldineAmaralsCelebratingtheTarot.
1990s.SeveralartistsandpublishersupdatetheTarotdeMarseilles:Fournier,MajorTom,Rodes&Sanchez,and
Hadar.
1990s.Llewellyn,foundedin1901asanastrologicalpublishinghouse,becomesamajortarotdeckpublisher,and
in2000formsapartnershipwithLoScarabeo,amajorItaliantarotdeckpublisher.
1991.FirstBATS(BayAreaTarotSymposium)organizedinSanFranciscobyThalassa.
Mid1990s.TheTarotcommunitygoesglobalthankstotheinternet.Alt_TarotandTarot_L(Yahoo)are
pioneeringdiscussionlists

1996.ThebooksAWickedPackofCardsfollowedbyTheHistoryofOccultTarotin2002,aswellasresearchinto
tarothistorybyMichaelDummettandindependentresearcherswhosharetheirfindingsonline,debunkoccultist
theoriesofTarotsancientorigins.
1997.FirstWorldTarotCongressinChicagoorganizedbyJanetBerres.
2002.FirstReadersStudioorganizedinNewYorkbyRuthandWaldAmberstone.