A typical tarot deck includes 78 cards that present archetypes of characters we will all meet and situations we will all face.

A reading begins when the querent shuffles the cards in the tarot deck.

He usually provides guidance to others by making divinations with his tarot deck.

Tarot decks, when used for divination, are interpreted by personal experience as well as traditional interpretations or standards.

In many tarot decks and in some forms of modern witchcraft, pentacles often prominently incorporate a pentagram in their design.