In tarot, the Seven of Swords is commonly referred to as the “Thief of Swords.” Because of that, readers tend to see it as a card about infidelity, especially in a love reading.

The popular assumption that tarot is an artifact of ancient wisdom is largely the work of 19th-century French writers, especially Antoine Court de Gébelin, who fell under the spell of Egyptomania.

Tarot will also always include court cards (traditionally, page, knight, queen, and king), though some decks swap out pages for princesses or other minor shifts in the deck’s creative direction.

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STEP 2. Understand the basics of a tarot deck. A tarot deck has 78 cards and is divided into two sections: major arcana (major mysteries) and minor arcana (meaning minor mysteries).