tarot UK /ˈtæ.ɹəʊ/US /ˈtæ.ɹoʊ/ noun2 •Any of the set of 78 playing cards (divided into five suits, including one of permanent trumps), often used for mystical divination. •A card game played in various different variations.[…] it is not that I cannot convince him, but that I must refuse to go on talking with him, just as I shall refuse to go on playing tarot with a partner who insists on taking my fool with the moon. — 1987 formstarots