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Tarot Reading The first documented record of a Tarot deck was in fifteenth century Italy, but there are many different theories as to the true origins of the Tarot. Tarot reading tends to be associated with magic, occultism and mysticism. Tarot was adopted by occultists, mystics and secret societies during the 18th century. a Swiss clergyman and Freemason, Antoine Court de Gébelin, claimed that the name "tarot" came from the Egyptian words ro, meaning "road", and tar, meaning "royal", and that the tarot therefore stood for the "royal road" to wisdom. Egyptologists have found no evidence in the Egyptian language to support de Gébelin's fanciful theories, but by the time authentic Egyptian texts became available, the identification was already firmly established of the Tarot cards with the Egyptian "Book of Thoth" in occult practice and tarot reading today is widely accepted as having it’s origins in Egypt. Tarot reading became popular in 1910, with the publication of the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot deck. The Rider Waite deck took the step of including symbolic images that related to divinatory meanings on the numeric cards. During the 20th century a large amount of different decks have been created, some of them traditional, some of them vastly different in design whilst still remaining true to the original basis for the cards. There are many ways to begin a Tarot reading, but typically, the card deck is shuffled by either the subject or the reader, (most often the querent – the intention being to generate energy in the deck from the querent). Cards are then chosen either at random or in a specific way and laid out in one of several kinds of patterns or "spreads". They are then analyzed and interpreted by the tarot reader. These might include the subject's doubts and wishes (known or unknown), past, present or future events or relationships. In most spreads, every card is turned over in a sequence, with each card being interpreted before the next card is revealed. Each position has a meaning regarding the final interpretation of the spread. Sometimes, the first card is deliberately chosen to represent the querent or the question being asked instead of picking the card at random. This card is called the “significator,” regardless of whether it was chosen at random or not. Tarot reading involves the use of many different spreads, depending on the background and preferences of the reader and the purpose of the reading. Some spreads in Tarot reading can become very involved, with much reshuffling and the laying out of more than one set of cards, although a single card can be considered a spread. A common tarot reading spread is the Celtic Cross, where ten tarot cards are used. Five cards are placed in the shape of a cross and four are arranged vertically next to the cross. Another card is then positioned across the card in the middle of the cross. The card in the center of the cross becomes the significator and the crossing card often signifies a hurdle the querent must face or important elements of the question that they may not have considered. There are more methods of reading the tarot cards than there are cards in the deck. Some methods provide different meanings if the cards appear reversed instead of upright. A reversed card is sometimes given the opposite meaning of its upright position. However, only a few methods of tarot reading adopt this meaning to cards that are reversed. Some tarot readers may interpret a card that is reversed as a stronger association or meaning of the standard card or an underlying possibility or perhaps an issue that is requiring more attention.