There are many diffrent ways on how to use the tarot cards. Yes, you can just use the major arcana. I myself prefer that arcana instead. I find it much more simple.
i used some tarot cards and got a major arcana card
There are seventy eight cards in a standard deck of Tarot made up of two arcana, which are the major arcana and the minor arcana. There are 78 cards in a tarot deck (22 major arcana, 40 minor arcana, and 16 court cards).
In a standard deck of Tarot cards the two arcana s are the major arcana and the minor arcana the minor arcana are divided into four groups which are wands or batons cups pentacles or coins and swords which represent fire water earth and air and there are twentytwo trump cards or major arcana cards in the deck and the word arcana means secrets or mysteries.
queen of hearts
Tarot Deck.
In simplistic terms, a Tarot deck is made up of the Major Arcana, and a Minor Arcana (Coins, Swords, Wands and Cups).
the "arcana force" deck Decks of tarot cards.
AnswerIn an "official" tarot deck, meaning one that has existed for the last 100-150 years, they have always have 22 cards in the major arcana and 56 minor arcana. Likewise, the Gardner deck has always had 22 trumps.That being said, there have been a wide variety of tarot decks over the course of its evolution, and modern "oracle" decks which do not neccessarily have the same structure and so could easily have more, or fewer, cards.
The Tarot deck contains no Jack of Clubs. Tarot decks have a major arcana and a minor arcana. The major arcana contains the most recognizable cards (Death, The Devil, The Fool, etc.) and the minor arcana is made up of four suits (Wands, Swords, Cups, and Pentacles) with one ace, numbers 2-10 inclusive, and four court cards containing a King, a Queen, a Knight, and a Page.Some people read standard playing cards similar to tarot cards in that they read them for divinatory purposes. In this system, a jack of clubs signifies a reliable friend and/or a dark-haired youth. The placement of the card in the specific spread will give more information.
There's no difference and it's the major arcana and the minor arcana that make a complete deck. The major arcana deals with big life events and the minor arcana tells about the day to day stuff.
A deck of 52 playing cards contains 12 picture cards which are jack,queen and king in each of the 4 suits which are clubs,hearts,diamonds and spades. A deck of 78 Tarot cards contain s 78 picture cards comprising of major arcana and minor arcana.
In the Major Arcana there are 22 cards, and in the Minor Arcana there are 4 classes of 14 cards each (Wands, cups, swords, pentacles), totaling 78 cards. Technically, there is no "Number 24" card. However, if you are following suit, the 24th card in the deck would be the 2 of wands.