Grand Tarot Belline
France, 19th–20th century — 78 cards
A distinctive French tarot deck of 78 cards, attributed to Mage Edmond.
Major Arcana
The 22 major arcana form the spiritual backbone of the tarot. Each card represents a universal archetype, a stage of the soul's journey.
Minor Arcana
The Grand Tarot Belline: a French divinatory lineage
A name, several realities
The Belline lineage belongs to the history of French cartomancy and is surrounded by a certain mystery. It is important to distinguish three realities under one name: Belline, the 20th-century clairvoyant who popularised the material; the Belline Oracle, a deck of fifty-three cards with its own structure; and the Grand Tarot Belline, a true tarot of seventy-eight cards.
The symbolic material is traditionally attributed to the Mage Edmond, a figure of 19th-century Parisian cartomancy whose history mixes fact and legend, before being rediscovered and published in the 20th century.
Its own visual identity
Though it sometimes evokes the Tarot de Marseille, the Grand Tarot Belline carries its own graphic and symbolic identity, combining astrological and esoteric references in a distinctive aesthetic. Respecting the structure of a complete tarot of seventy-eight cards, it can be read with logics close to those of the tarot, yet with a symbolism that belongs to it alone.
How to read this deck
On this page you can explore its twenty-two major arcana, each opening onto a detailed guide of its symbolism and meaning. Recognising its own identity is the key to reading it not simply as a variant of the Marseille, but as a deck with its particular symbolic universe and a place of its own in the history of French divinatory cards.