Topic summary
Tarot de Marseille
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Tarot of Marseilles.
Influence on French and English tarot design and usage
Paul Marteau pioneered the number-plus-suit-plus-design approach to interpreting the numbered pip cards forming the Minor Arcana of the Tarot de Marseille. Before Marteau's book Le Tarot de Marseille (which was first published "circa" 1930s), cartomantic meanings (such as Etteilla's) were generally the only ones published for interpreting Marseille pip cards. Even nowadays, many French tarotists employ only the Major Arcana cards for divination. In recognition of this, many French-language Tarot de Marseille discuss the symbolism and interpretation of only the Major Arcana.