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You are welcome to this space as many times as necessary. We thank you for sharing your time with us. Next, we share with you how this space works.

- What is said in this podcast corresponds to information supported by bibliography which will be cited in each episode.

- The intention is to provide information that is useful while keeping respect for any cosmogony and any beliefs. This is a guide rather than a manual on the Tarot and its mysteries.

- The responsibility for the use of the information belongs to the person who listen and recommend this information. In this space we do not seek to promote ideologies, beliefs or cosmogonies; on the contrary, we seek to gather as much information about each Tarot letter and locate it in some line of knowledge.

- To understand each other, and to start from a version of the Tarot that we can consult, we will use the Marseille Canon as described by Marianne Costa and Alejandro Jodorowsky in the Book La Vía del Tarot.

If your tarot deck does not belong to the Marseille Canon or you notice differences in the descriptions, do not disconnect. You will see that you will know your tarot by studying the differences with other decks.

At Arcana, we are convinced that there is no absolute way to read the tarot, only ways to interpret it. We consider it important to give information that expands the stories symbolically expanded as a result of playing the cards.

This podcast is a library where topics about the arcana are poured. If your search is based on reading, this space will help you with information about the cards. In the same way we will share the useful information to achieve readings using the Tarot.

This space is not intended to be a matter of debate, it is just a free and informative space in which we respect the different ways of seeing and thinking about the Tarot. We think more about this space to share experiences and information.

If what interests you my dear pilgrim is to know about the world of Tarot, or being the case, a deck has come into your hands, I invite you to go through your deck together.

It is not necessary to have a Tarot available, you can take this space to consult or satisfy some intellectual curiosity.

The only thing we ask of all participants is to keep their mind open to the information that is shared.

I remind you that the use of the tools and information that you hear are the responsibility of those who practice and use them.

With this welcome we begin the transmissions of this podcast. We hope your participation and that you share your experience in the world of Tarot with us and the pilgrims.

For those who listen to this podcast, it may be something new or curious, but I also know that there are some of our listeners who found us because they are in the learning process.

The only certainty is that the Tarot in the history of man fulfills a function that is important to us: Save symbolic relationships that have been established over time within the iconography of the Tarot.

From what you hear, take what works for you.

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Tarot is one of the oldest card games known to man. It is one of the doors to the symbolic world.

It is an important element for the education of esotericism. The origin of this game is as mysterious as its illustrations.

Some versions say that it is a game from China. Others, from the depths of India, from Egypt itself, there is a deck known as the Egyptian tarot.

There are speculations that mention it as a work of Hermes Trimegistro. Among his clients there are bohemians, poets, philosophers, hippies, psychologists, scars, esoterics, cabalists, among others.

The tarot contains in its history joy to be medieval and Christian illustrations, x-ray of the social structure of the moment it was created.

One of the most recognizable features is the color palette that makes it up in its most traditional form, which is the Marseille tarot.

A deck of cards from the Canon de Marseille consists of 78 colored mines and will be divided into two parts: major arcana, minor arcana.

The minor arcana is the section of the 78 cards, which consists of 56 colored plates and divided into four series: sticks, coins, swords, wands and cups.

Each stack has 14 cards with the same order in their illustrations, which are King, Queen, Horse, Zota and 10 numbered cards from 1 to 10 where the first is known as Ace.

The French deck that we know today is born from the tarot with some changes such as the figure of the horse disappears, the wands are transformed into diamonds, the cups into hearts, the swords into black hearts and the golds into clubs.

These four suits are important because in the tarot they symbolize the four paths that fundamentally make up life. In this way, the clubs symbolize fire, the cups symbolize water, the swords symbolize the air, and the gold symbolizes the earth.

The major arcana represent the paths of initiation and have been interpreted in different ways over the centuries. This section is made up of 22 sheets. His illustrations are: one the magician, two the priestess, three the empress, four the emperor, five the high priest, six the lover, seven the chariot, eight the force, nine the hermit, ten the wheel of fortune, 11 the justice, 12 the Hanged Man, the 13th arcane, or the nameless arcane, known as death. Fourteen temperance, 15 the devil, 16 the tower, 17 the star, 18 the moon, 19 the sun, 20 judgment, 21 the world, and the arcane without number, which as a mind is known as the madman.

As the tarot is like a library that is revealed through its sheets, it contains in its structure codings that at the time were the foundation of science, such as astrology and alchemy.

From what you hear, take what works for you.

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The Arabic numeral system, also known as the decimal numeral system, is one of the most widely used numeral systems around the world today. As the text mentions, this system originated in India around the 5th century AD. and became known as "Hindu numerals". However, it wasn't until it spread throughout the Arab world that it became the numbering system we use today.

One of the main characteristics of Arabic numerals is that they use ten digits, from 0 to 9, and are based on place value. This means that the value of each digit depends on its position in the number. For example, in the number 123, 1 represents 100, 2 represents 20, and 3 represents 3. The Arabic numeral system also uses a decimal point to separate whole numbers from decimals, allowing fractions to be represented very easy and efficient.

The introduction of Arabic numerals in Europe was a gradual process that began in the 12th century thanks to Arabic influence. Arabic numerals gradually replaced the ancient Roman and Greek numeral systems, and spread rapidly in Europe thanks to the invention of the printing press and the need for precise mathematical calculations in commerce and science.

Arabic numerals and the positional numeral system were fundamental to the development of mathematics and science in the Middle Ages and the modern era. They enabled the development of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, and statistics, and are essential in physics, engineering, and many other scientific and technical areas. Without Arabic numerals and their numbering system, many of the mathematical and scientific advances of the last few centuries would not have been possible.

In short, Arabic numerals are a decimal numeral system that originated in India and spread through the Arab world to the West, where it became the numeral system we use today. The Arabic numeral system is very efficient and easy to use for mathematical calculations thanks to its place value and the use of the same symbols for all quantities. Its introduction into Europe was fundamental to the development of mathematics and science in the Middle Ages and the modern era.