Tarot cards do not come from Egypt, have no genuine connection with Kabbalah, and they were not intended for fortune telling.
The tarot deck was created in 15th century Italy for playing a card game similar to bridge. It was only in the 18th century that it began to be associated with the occult.
Tarot games are still played today in Europe, especially in France. Many of the players today are using a more modern looking deck with spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs and the trump pictures have very different scenes than the fortune telling decks.
http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/card/cardsmith/cardsmith1_tarot.html
http://www.pagat.com/tarot/
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