A deck whose images are read as a language of archetypes. The cards hold no answers; the reading is where meaning is made.
French tarot, from Italian tarocchi; the ultimate origin of the Italian word itself is not settled, with proposals pointing in different directions and none of them secure.
A deck read as a language of pictures rather than consulted as an oracle. Meaning is not printed on any card; it is made fresh in the reading, every time the cards are laid down.