The Tarot: Its Occult Significance, Use in Fortune-Telling, and Method of Play, Etc.

"The term "Tarot," or "Tarocchi," is applied to a pack of 78 cards, consisting of four suits of 14 cards each (there being one more court card than in the ordinary packs-the Cavalier, Knight, or Horseman), and 22 symbolical picture-cards answering for trumps. These latter are numbered from 1 to 21 inclusive, the 22nd card being marked Zero, 0. The designs of these trumps are extremely singular, among them being such representations as Death, the Devil, the Last Judgment, &c. S. L. MacGregor Mathers"