In this installment of Practical Magic, Lisa Stardust explains reading tarot with playing cards, or cartomancy ... and challenges. ♥️ Hearts are similar to the cups suit in a tarot deck.

Playing cards have been ... have adopted the French variation - using hearts, diamonds, clovers and spades. A statement from LiveAbout reads: "French cards were exported to England around 1480 ...

These French playing cards were made in the 18th century. The suit, hearts, are hidden in the cartoonish faces depicted on the card. There’s wide speculation on how playing cards eventually made ...