Tarot reading is the practice of divining wisdom and guidance through a specific spread (or layout) of Tarot cards. However, contrary to popular belief, the cards do not simply tell your fortune, it is a tool to help guide and give you insight on how you can avoid or make things happen. The cards are meant to provide clarity into the innermost truths of your higher self. In other words, the cards provide an evolved awareness of what you already know deep within. The origin of the Tarot is unknown, but we do have documented references of Tarot card use back to fourteenth century in Europe. Tarot has been used as an oracle, in the basic form we know today, since the beginning of the seventeenth century.