READING TAROT CARDS
on VENICE BEACH, CALIFORNIA

There are never less than a dozen people reading tarot cards in the carnival-like atmosphere of the oceanfront boardwalk on Venice Beach, California. One of America's most crowded beaches, Venice Beach is a major L.A. tourist attraction, and has always been known as a hangout for various fun-loving eccentrics. Just about anyone with an entrepeneurial spirit can set up shop on the sidewalk. So the Boardwalk is alive with colorful street performers, souvenir vendors, visual artists, poets, and of course tourists. The area also features several handball courts, paddle tennis courts, beach volleyball courts, a Skate Dancing plaza, and a bike trail, as well as many interesting local shops and businesses. Oh, and the beach is nice too. The ever-popular Santa Monica pier is located only four miles from Venice Beach.
TAROT LESSON ONE
There are 78 cards in a tarot deck. The cards appear in four suits. Suits are often represented as Cups, Wands, Swords and Coins (or Pentacles). The deck also contains sixteen face cards - Kings, Queens, Knights and Pages.
56 cards in the tarot deck represent people and events. For each suit, the cards are numbered Ace through Ten, with one of each "face card." Each suit contains fourteen cards altogether. The other 22 cards represent vices, virtues and spiritual realities. These cards are numbered from zero to 21, and are named as follows: 0 - Fool 1 - Magician 2 - High Priestess 3 - Empress 4 - Emperor 5 - Hierophant 6 - Lovers 7 - Chariot 8 - Strength 9 - Hermit 10 - Wheel of Fortune 11 - Justice 12 - Hanged Man 13 - Transition 14 - Temperance 15 - Devil 16 - Tower 17 - Star 18 - Moon 19 - Sun 20 - Judgment 21 - World
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