A few cards from a Visconti-Sforza tarot deck: Ace of cups, Queen of coins along with the Knight of batons The term "tarot"[23] and German Tarock derive in the Italian Tarocchi, the origin of which is unsure, Whilst taroch was utilised being a synonym for foolishness during the late fifteenth and early 16th centuries.[24][25] The decks were being r