Where exactly did the tarot card come from?

Tarot cards have a long history, in which mysterious magic and devil's prophecy, regarded as paganism by the European Holy See, have been banned for hundreds of years, and many historical documents about Tarot cards have been destroyed. Where did Tarot cards originate? Who invented it? Many scholars who study tarot cards have different opinions on this, and they are unable to agree. The mysterious tarot card is an ancient divination tool, and its origin is a mystery. All kinds of mysterious legends, historical stories, conjectures and inferences, and even the subjective assumptions of catching shadows are mixed among them, which makes people who try to solve this puzzle feel constantly cut and confused. Among the numerous theories on the origin of tarot cards, the following six theories are the most famous, with corresponding basis and many supporters. Let's take a look: many theories have some truth, but they all lack conclusive evidence. We will introduce the above six most famous theories on the origin of tarot cards, hoping that friends can get their own answers. According to the research of historians, as early as the 14th century, some aristocrats in European countries began to play tarot cards. At present, the earliest known tarot cards appeared in Italy in the late 14th century and early 15th century. This tarot card originated in Italy and is of course taken for granted by many people. In the 14th century, a poker game "tarocco" was popular in Italy, which was similar in pronunciation to tarot. Moreover, "tarocco" also has twenty-two cards, which is consistent with the number of twenty-two Akana cards of Tarot. At the same time, the meanings of love, victory, death, reputation, fate and future praised in Italian poetry are similar to those of Tarot cards. Therefore, the idea that tarot cards originated in Italy has been endorsed and supported by many people. However, whether "tarocco" is the tarot card now or not has been unclear. Because the Vatican strictly forbids tarot cards, especially in our country, many important written materials have been destroyed in the raging fire ignited by the Vatican. Many scholars who study tarot cards also say that the evidence can only show that tarot cards once appeared in Europe, but can't prove that they don't believe that tarot cards originated in Italy. The gypsy theory of the origin of tarot cards Many scholars who study tarot cards think that tarot cards probably originated from wandering gypsies. Because as long as there are gypsies, there are tarot cards, and they are the people who can best understand their profound meaning. Gypsies make a living by divination, and tarot cards are one of their divination methods. During the most powerful period of the Vatican, it was the protection of gypsies that made the tarot cards spread to this day. For a long time, only gypsies can understand tarot cards, and many tarot cards are based on gypsies' explanations. At the same time, gypsies also developed the divination method of tarot cards, which seems to provide important evidence for the origin of tarot cards from gypsies. At the same time, some scholars point out that Gypsies are nomadic people who wander around, and it is unlikely that they will develop a very systematic philosophy of tarot cards. Their knowledge of tarot cards is learned from other civilizations. Many scholars believe that tarot originated in Egypt. After all, Tarot's name is taken from the words "tar" and "ro" in Egyptian, so Tarot originated in Egypt, which is a highly supported theory at present. Some people believe that after the destruction of Alexandria in Egypt, the Moroccan city of fez became a new world-class academic center, where scholars from all over the world gathered, but the ancient Egyptians who used hieroglyphs and the Europeans who used pinyin could not communicate smoothly. So the clever ancient Egyptians turned words and languages into pictures and became tools for academic communication. During the break, everyone used these pictures as tools for games, and then evolved into tarot cards. Perhaps this statement is hard to convince, but it is an indisputable fact that many symbolic patterns in tarot cards come from Egypt. However, archaeologists point out that there is no record of tarot cards in many ancient Egyptian documents discovered so far, which makes many supporters of tarot cards originating in Egypt feel very helpless. China's theory on the origin of tarot cards originated in China? Are you kidding me? Certainly not. Many scholars support this theory. Because paper is one of China's four great inventions, the earliest cards were also invented by China people. Archaeologists discovered the picture of card games in the paintings of the Tang Dynasty, and the preserved historical documents recorded that there was a card game called "Ye Zi Xi" in the ancient China court. Many scholars believe that "Ye Zi Opera" must have its special cultural background. Otherwise, simple entertainment games could not be developed and popularized in China court, which attached great importance to cultural etiquette. Moreover, Tarot's philosophy is very similar to China's simple method of argumentation in ancient times, and Tarot's positive position and negative position are very similar to "fortune depends on misfortune". Some experts also pointed out that there is no evidence that Tarot cards originated in China, but which other theories about the origin of Tarot cards are not lack of conclusive evidence? The Indian theory of the origin of tarot cards originated in ancient India mainly based on the little Akana card. The sword, star coin, scepter and holy grail appearing in the card are very similar to the instruments held by Indian gods. Some symbolic things in tarot cards are very similar to the meanings of instruments in Indian religion. This statement lacks theoretical basis, which means "the blind touch the elephant", but there are also many supporters who have become a member of the dispute over the origin of tarot cards. After studying the Jewish theory of the origin of tarot cards, experts found that the 22 big Akana cards of tarot cards are closely related to the 22 letters of Hebrew and the ancient Hebrew philosophy kabbala. Legend has it that kabbala is a knowledge that God taught Moses about improving spiritual strength, which emphasizes the cooperation between people. Moses created Hebrew and the meaning corresponding to each letter according to God's revelation. Tarot cards are the development and continuation of Hebrew letters. Now there are many side evidences to support this argument, which is especially important compared with other inferences, so now more and more people believe that tarot cards come from Jewish people. Although it is supported by side evidence, like many sources' conjectures, Jewish theory has no conclusive evidence to prove its correctness or overturn other inferences.