Tarot

Tārot-cærta, þa þe eac hātene Tarok-cærta on sumum gemetum, sindon set cærta þe beoþ gebrūcode for plegan in Tārot (oþþe Tarok) gamen and in galdor, wītecræft, wiccecræft, and to foresegan þǣm tōcyme. Hit hæfþ fēower scēatas: Sweord (oþþe Spadu oþþe Leaf), Clūbas (oþþe Sticcas oþþe Æcernas), Cupas (oþþe Bēag oþþe Heortas), and Myntas (oþþe Belle). On galdorcærta, swā swā þǣm Rædere-Hwīt Tārot, hīe sindon genemned, mid orde: Sweord, Wund, Bēag, and Pentaclas (scīnende discas gemearcode mid steorran). Hit hæfþ eac 23 trumcærta. Tarok gaman gemæ að Tarrochini and Trull.

On þǣm dīgle þēawum sindon tarot-cēosan genemnode "arcana", mid þǣm Dōle and ōnum and twentig trumponum hātene þā Mǣran Arcana and þā swutel-cēosan þā Lǣssan Arcana, þā naman þe ne bēon brūcode fram spīelere tarot-cēosa gāmlīcu.

Seo seofontig-eahta-cēosa tarot-dec þe wiccan brūcaþ hæfð twā ācennede dǣlas:

Þā Mǣran Arcana (māran dīgle) hæfð twā and twentig cēosan būtan swutelum. Hiera naman and numeru hwearfiað, ac on gemǣnelicum rǣde, þā naman synd:

Se Dōla, Se Dryhten, Seo Hēahgyden, Seo Hlāfdige, Se Hlāford, Se Lārēow, Þā Lufan, Se Wægn, Strengþu, Se Ansetta, Wēol Forþgesceaftes, Rihtwisnes, Se Hangenmann, Dēaþ, Gemetgung, Se Deofol, Se Torr, Seo Steorra, Seo Mōna, Se Sunne, Dōm, and Se Weoruld. Cēosan fram þǣm Dryhtne tō þǣre Weorulde syndon gemearcode mid Romaniscum numerum fram ānum tō ānum and twentig, þā hwīle þe Se Dōla āna is ungemearcod cēos, hwīlum āseted æt fruman þæs deces swā 0, oððe æt ende swā XXII.

Þā Lǣssan Arcana (lǣssan dīgle) hæfð six and fēowertig cēosan, todǣlede on fēower swutelum ælc hæfð fēowertēne cēosan;

Tīen gemearcode cēosan and fēower hēahcēosan. Þā hēahcēosan synd Cyning, Cwēn, Cniht and Page/Geongcniht, on ælcum þǣra fēower tarot-swutela. Þā eald-Italienscan tarot-swutel syndon sweord, bēamas, feoh and cuppas; hwæðere, on nīwan dīglum tarot-decum, se swutel bēama is gelǣred Wund, Rōdas oððe Stafas; se swutel feoh is gelǣred Pinnaclas oððe Disc and se swutel cuppa is gelǣred Byttas.