Paul O’Brien has been feeding bullshit to the media!
O’Brien is the CEO of Tarot.com and here are some examples of the bullshit he’s been feeding to the mainstream media.

“There is an intricate web of intimate relationships and correspondences between Tarot and Astrology.”
THIS IS BULLSHIT!

Beliefnet.com quotes from Paul O’Brien:
“Most people who play cards don’t realize that our modern deck of 52 cards is derived from the Tarot deck.”
THIS IS BULLSHIT!
“It was masquerading as a card game for a long time because people could be burned at the stake for using it. And the court cards are modeled after the different royalty of Italian at the time — there’s a pope card, for example. It comes out of medieval Europe and its growth coincides with the printing press and the ability to print cards. It basically coexisted with the Church but was never part of any religion. It was more related to alchemy than religion.”
THIS IS BULLSHIT!

The Brandchannel.com article, Tarot answers by Alycia de Mesa used O’Brien as a source for its article
From the Brandchannel article:
“The Tarot itself is a deck of 78, spiritually meaningful cards whose origins go back over 3,000 years to the Near and Far East.”
THIS IS BULLSHIT!

Here is the evidence based truth about tarot cards!
This is the truth that Paul O’Brien will not tell you!
Tarot cards were not intended for divination!
They were intended for no other purpose than for playing a card game!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Tarot
http://www.pagat.com/tarot/
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/4505
http://it.geocities.com/a_pollett/cards3.htm
http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/card/cardsmith/cardsmith1_tarot.html
http://www.angelfire.com/games5/atga/
http://www.shogix.net/en-index
http://www.tarotux.org/index.php?rubric=0Home&subRubric=&language=en
http://www.tarock.net/
http://en.frenchtarot.net/
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Tarot cards do not come from Egypt, have no genuine connection with Kabbalah, and they were not intended for fortune telling.
The tarot deck was created in 15th century Italy for playing a card game similar to bridge. It was only in the 18th century that it began to be associated with the occult.
Tarot games are still played today in Europe, especially in France. Many of the players today are using a more modern looking deck with spades, hearts, diamonds and clubs and the trump pictures have very different scenes than the fortune telling decks.

http://www.msoworld.com/mindzine/news/card/cardsmith/cardsmith1_tarot.html

http://www.pagat.com/tarot/