Get a Marseille tarot reading with the deck that predates every modern tarot system. The Tarot de Marseille comes from 17th-century France and is one of the earliest surviving tarot formats still in active use. Long before the Golden Dawn, Rider-Waite, or Thoth, there was Marseille. It began as a card game, but once occultists recognised its symbolic potential, it became a tool for serious divination.
Unlike modern decks, the Minor Arcana in Marseille does not show narrative scenes. The numbered cards use simple pip designs, relying on the reader to understand number, suit, and pattern without illustrated prompts. This may seem minimal at first, but it creates a stronger connection to the core meaning of the cards and trains your intuition through practice, not shortcuts.
The Major Arcana retain bold, medieval-style imagery. These archetypes are older, sharper, and more direct than their modern reinterpretations. A Marseille tarot reading cuts through layers of symbolic clutter and speaks to the foundation of the Western tarot tradition.
This deck inspired both the Rider-Waite and the Thoth systems. It is the ancestor of nearly everything that came after. If you want to read tarot without modern filters, without pop culture softening the symbols, this is the place to begin.
Start your Marseille tarot reading now and reconnect with the old language of the cards.
