The Mythic Secret Origin of the Tiny Tots Tarot Version 1.2 by David Myriad Rosenbaum From Before There Was Time For Time, to the Dawn of History Before the Beginning, when the Angels were just out of diapers, the Akashic records were just a Post-It Note on the Refrigerator of the Gods,  all of the Esoteric Tarot Allegories were very young Tiny Tot cards.   The Great Mommy and the Universal Daddy played Tarot card games to  pass the time, which was quite difficult since time did not yet exist.  Everything was unformed and dark and voidy and all that.  After an infinite number of games of 78-card Troccas, the cards started to get really bored.   They kept talking out of turn and asking  to go to the bathroom.      "Hey," said The Great Mommy. "Why don't we start time so we can all take turns?" Day 1: Yom Ree-Shon Together, the Universal Daddy and the Great Mommy drew the World card, simultaneously creating Time and the World. This was a big improvement, since  now  each game had a beginning and an ending.      However, it was still dark, it was windy, and there was deep water everywhere. They floated above Mother Ocean and played their favorite card games, Tarocco, Tarock, Tarokky, and of course Tarot. They had lots of fun, but still something was not right.     "Can we do something about this darkness?" asked the Universal Daddy. "I can barely see the cards in front of my face."     "Let's turn on the Light," they agreed, and played the Ace of Wands. And there was light, which woke up all the cards, who started crying and talking all at once.     "My little Tarocchi, it's Okay," said the Great Mommy. "It's all Good."     Now that the first day had begun, everyone was happy.  Hazy foggy light was everywhere. The Tiny Tots  enjoyed playing in the water  and looking at each others cards. They  showed off their colorful clothes  and shared the beautiful landscape within each card.     "You are a picture of all our wisdom," said the Great Mommy .  "The journey of the Soul, the parade of humanity,  all of history  is within you."     Everyone stayed up way too late, since it never seemed to get dark.     "Time for bed," said the Universal Daddy. They played the Devil card;  who pushed the light to the other side of the world, leaving behind the perfect blackness of night. Day 2: Yom She-Nee     By the second day, playing cards in the foggy void was losing some of it's glamor.     "How about we make some Sky?" suggested the Great Mommy.   "The cards look kind of fuzzy in this mist."      They played the King of Swords and made the great iron dome of the Sky.  The water divided into the Great  Sea below and the water beyond the sky.  Now they could float on their backs and stare at the brightness of Day and  the darkness of Night, all the while playing cards.  Which isn't the easiest thing in the world to do, even if you're Gods. Day 3: Yom Shelee-She     By the third day, the Great Mommy had had enough.  "I have had enough," she said. "The cards are  wet and cranky, and I keep getting water up my nose. Let's make some nice dry Earth, and maybe a picnic table, so we can have a proper Tarot spread."     They played the Ace of Pentacles.  The Great Sea moved aside, revealing dry land. They all laid out happily on the beach and dried out. They played the Ten of Pentacles. Plants sprouted everywhere, including  some nice shady trees that grew over the picnic table.     "Now let's play some Oracular layouts," said the  Universal Daddy. "I want to see what our future options are."     They played their favorite card layouts, such as "I Know You Are, But What Am I",  "Me, Myself, and I", and the ever popular, "78-Card Pickup". Day 4: Yom Re-Ve-ee     Then, the next day,  the Universal Daddy played the Star card, and all the stars and the  constellations of the Zodiac appeared in the Night. Now they could keep track of the days and the seasons, and schedule Tarocca Tournaments.  In response, the Lady played the Sun and Moon cards, so they would always have enough light to see the cards by.  Now there would be no more arguments over when it was bedtime. Day 5: Yom Hah-Mee-Shee        The next day, The Great Mommy played the Ace of Cups, which filled the Great Sea with all of the underwater animals. Then the Universal Daddy played the Queen of  Swords, which filled the air with all of the flying animals. Since they were all the same age - very young, as The Tiny Tot Tarot cards ,  they quickly became  great pals. Some of the cards, especially the suits of Cups and Swords, had such a good time playing that they invited a few of their new friends to live with them inside the cards.      "That  quite enough for today," said the Great Mommy, as she made up their beds in the Kinder-garden West of Eden. The Cards all cried that they weren't at all tired, but the Universal Daddy reminded them that they had a whole lot of creating to do tomorrow. Day 6: Yom Shee-Shee        The next day, everyone had a good breakfast, then went to work.  The cards played all day long - at least until lunch time , especially the Empress, Emperor, and the Ace of Wands.   They created all the animal pals of the land, and made lots of friends. Again, their best friends  joined them and lived in the cards.       [The next time you look at a tarot deck, see how many animal pals you can find hiding there.]      That day, they also made friends with all the dinosaurs; however the Dino pals  were very shy, and were too young to leave home.      [Historical Note: The dinosaurs loved the Tiny Tots Tarot Kids, and were inspired to created their very own Dinosaur Tarot,  using their tusks and horns and tail spikes to carve cards out of fallen redwood trees. Unfortunately,  some 65 million years ago an asteroid fell on the cards, utterly destroying them. The Dinosaur Tarot was lost to the mists of time.]      After lunch, it was time to create the Humans. The Great Mommy and the Universal Daddy cleared a circle on the earth. They joined hands with all the Tiny Tots. Together they created people. A little boy and a little girl sprouted out of the ground. To welcome the Human Beans they had a wonderful Birthday Party, with stories, games, prizes, and treats! Even the animal pals joined in. Everyone had a great time, except for Little Snake, who had too much to eat and had to run to the bathroom. 7th Day: Yom Sha-Bat     By the seventh day, the Tarot cards, who were still very young, were getting really tired and a little bit bratty.      Mommy and Daddy declared that it was nap time for the Tiny Tots,  and gently placed them in their cribs in the Kinder-Garden of Eden.       "You're lucky," They  said. "You get to rest. Everybody gets to rest."     The Tiny Tots Tarot didn't feel so lucky, but they peacefully went to sleep -- until the Gods left the Kinder-Garden.      Then they climbed out of  their cribs and went to Antarctica.  Everyone had a great time throwing snowballs, sledding, skiing, and making snow people. Naturally, they made lots of Penguin Pals and wanted the friendly flightless  feathered friends to join them in the cards. However, the penguins  would have been much to warm in the temperate environment of  the Tarot Deck.  However, the tallest penguins were so impressed by the Emperor that they named themselves after him.      [Historical Note: This is the previously unrevealed secret origin of the Penguin Tarot:   Deep within their most sacred temple, hidden deep within an ice cavern , Emperor Penguins used their beaks to carve the penguin tarot cards on massive five-foot-tall slabs out of solid ice. For countless millennia the penguins studied these allegories in ice, and learned the ancient wisdom.  Finally, their leaders had learned all there is to learn, and decided to share this knowledge with their relatives, the Galapagos Penguins. An elite troop of 78 of their biggest, bravest, and strongest carefully slid the ancient tablets into the Antarctica  ocean, then swam the long journey to the Galapagos Islands.      Unfortunately, the penguin tarot did not mention that the Galapagos Islands are located on the Equator; by the time the penguins arrived the icy slabs had melted away to nothing. The original penguin tarot was lost to the mists of time.]      When the Tots got back home, the Universal Daddy and the Great Mommy were very mad. Fortunately, they were not mad at the Tiny Tot Tarot.     "We don't want to talk about it," the Gods said. "Just go to your Kinder-garden of Eden."     Back in the Garden, they played with their animal pals;  everything was back to normal, but something seemed missing.     "The Human Beans are missing!" exclaimed the Lovers.     They looked all over the Garden, but the Girl and Boy were not there. The Fool looked outside the Garden, because he didn't know any better. Which is why he was the one who found them outside the East Gate, with Little Snake, looking very sad. They had been kicked out of the Garden forever. Some Chereubims with a flaming sword guarded the way back.      The Human Beans didn't want to talk about it. Little Snake only said,  "I don't want to play the blame game."     The Tiny Tots all gathered around.     "Don't worry, we'll still be your friends," said the Magician.     "You can stay with us," said the Lovers.     "Let us walk with you," said the High Priestess. "We'll tell you everything you need to know."     So together, the Tiny Tots Tarot and the Human Beans walked forward into History. The End