A distorted View of tarot cards

This episode of ABC's The View called "A Paranormal View" was a disgrace! It was nothing more than an infomercial for John Edward's new Infinitequest.com website! This is not journalism!

On the subject of tarot history, that psychic tarot reader Sandy Anastasi, was either grossly misinformed or she's a big liar! None of what she said about the history of tarot cards is factually correct. ABC News, The View, and Whoopi Goldberg should be ashamed for promoting this distortion and stereotyping of other people's culture! We live in the age of the internet where factual information should be available to the media.

Someone should should have told Whoopi Goldberg and The View that tarot cards were really made for a card game which is still played mainly in continental Europe. They were not made for any supernatural, paranormal, or psychic purpose. There is no evidence at all that tarot cards were originally made for any other purpose than for playing a trick taking card game.

American tarot game players are trying to educate the general public about these card games and these biased and inaccurate tarot reports focusing only on psychics and fortune telling are damaging to our efforts to broaden the cultural horizons of other Americans. The mainstream media needs to stop promoting the misinformation and occult stereotypes surrounding tarot cards.

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[Solus3]

While you guys are arguing where these amazing cards came from, you're delaying the time & energy in studying them and learning from them.

[GAMEOFTAROT]

@Solus3 or play games with them.

[BelindaBentley]

I've studied the Tarot and I'd love for you to post where others can get facts about the tarot! Where did you get your information? (Thanks for sharing.) My studies show this: It is "believed" that it was first a card game. Other speculate the Tarot was brought from India to Europe as pasteboard images of gods and goddess used to teach their divinity.

The only fact recorded is the most complete deck was in the early 15 century and believed to be made for the Duke of Milan.

[GAMEOFTAROT]

watch?v=4gH-OAXQbew

I would recommend watching this video.

It is not a belief that it was first a card game. In some parts of Europe, tarot still IS a card game.

[0rhcpangel0]

lol too funny that you still dont get that it's a television program OWNED BY DISNEY and AIRED ON ABC...you are taking it way too personally and we are googling whoopi because we love the view! hahahaha, you bite the hand thats feeding you these "views"

[GAMEOFTAROT]

Does that excuse them from broadcasting lies about other people's culture? I don't think so. It may not be the most important issue in the world but there is a need to speak up when someone misrepresents culture like this.

[Tarockspieler]

Tarot cards are still used for games in the 21st century. Tarot game playing is far from dead. Tarot cards are mostly played by Europeans so people in countries like the US are ignorant of them. Soul416, you should do more research. LOGIC says they could only come from ONE country and EVIDENCE says they came from Italy

[Tarockspieler]

The Italians invented tarot for game playing. There is no documentation of anyone using tarot cards at all before the 15th century Italians.

[CherrinaCherryPie]

@saintben2008 Oowowowowo But I thought that TAROT CARDS were invented for card games!!! Only later were they used for divination!

[Necromasty]

oooooh my God, this is so rediculous. Please don't do any more like these

[saintben2008]

TAROT CARDS ARE NOT A GAME!

[tarot4games]

@lolitah028 tarot is really a game and it should be presented that way in the media. the cards were not really made for readings and the media should the people this fact.

[lolitah028]

The look on Whoopi's face the whole time is "Your full of $hit lady." LOL. So hostile. If you think tarot is BS, just dont bother getting readings, its really not that hard.

[Chirno9Icefall]

watch?v=Od9akPcY4Ck

Sandy Anastasi DEBUNKED by me, The Great Tarotist of Card Games

Tarot was made for card games NOT for divination !!!

[Chirno9Icefall]

El Tarot fue hecho para juegos de cartas, ¡no para adivinación!

Sandi Anastasi dijo muy demasiadas mentiras en este episodio ~~ también hemos visto más casos de información falsa, un ejemplo es sobre Monte y Amy (monte4amy) su vídeo acerca de la historia del Tarot; aquél vídeo contiene mucha información falsa y mera especulación.... qué podemos hacer con esta situación......

~~ Chirno con Ciera, jugadora del Tarot

[winkyco03]

@Rissalita Clearly, I see this "PSychic" is a fraud. That wont stop me from believing in tarot. My point was just that I cant stand that blonde one on the view.

[Rissalita]

@winkyco03 Heh~~ A cold reading liar who misinforms whoever watches this show, thanks to GAMEOFTAROT for exposing the lies, and presenting truth ^-^

[TwitterBug26]

@winkyco03 That goes without saying. She is surely ignorant and very disrespectful.