Cartomancy
Cartomancy (from Italian carte, cards, + Greek manteía, divination) is divination using playing cards or tarot cards. The earliest cartomantic systems date from the 15th-century Italian Renaissance; modern professional cartomancy was established in 18th-century France by figures such as Etteilla (Jean-Baptiste Alliette, 1738-1791) and Mlle Lenormand (Marie Anne Lenormand, 1772-1843).
Main cartomantic systems
- Tarot (Marseille, Rider-Waite) — 78 cards.
- Lenormand — 36 cards.
- Kipper ("gypsy") — 36 cards.
- Spanish/Italian deck — 40 cards.
- Poker — 52 cards.
- Belline — 53 cards.