The Unicorn Tarot

The unicorn is a beautiful, enchanting beast. It is shaped like a fine, slender horse with a single spiralled horn emerging from the center of its forehead. This horn is said to be full of magical properties. As recently as the 19th century, traveling medicine men would claim to be in possession of powdered Unicorn hom, the remedy for many otherwise incurable illnesses. The unicorn stems back much further than that; the earliest mention of the magnificent beast is in the Holy Bible.

The complete tarot deck consists of seventy-eight cards that are divided into two sections: 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana represent the cycle of physical and spiritual forces that we encounter on our journeys through life, birth, strength, love, religion, death, and re-birth.

The Minor Arcana are believed to be the forerunner to the contemporary deck of playing cards, consisting of four suits: Swords - Spades; Rods Clubs; Cups - Hearts; and Pentacles - Diamonds. Each of the four suits contains four court cards and ten pip cards numbered one (ace) through ten. The four court cards in each suit are named King, Queen, Knight and Page. The Minor Arcana cards generally represent occupations, social positions, and status.