Why do they make tarot cards so big?

[vg]

Serious question. I lost a deck of tarot cards somewhere in my house and they fitted perfectly in my hands. I don't have tiny hands lol yet this deck I lost was a "mini" deck. I have another deck of cards i don't normally use as i find them hard to shuffle. 

Why do they make tarot decks so big? If they were the size of normal playing cards that would be fine too. 

[FruityLlama]

To get all the imagery on I suppose so that people can look closely at the symbols etc. There's quite a lot in one card- the high priestess is a good example. I had a very mini mini tarot deck once which was designed to be attached like a keyring to your keys (it was that small!!!). Still got it but can't use it anymore as I just couldn't read them holistically.

I agree they don't need to be any bigger than the conventional ones though, that would be kind of ridiculous.

[vg]

Good point FruityLlama ! though I still think they should make them hand friendly lol and  maybe put the detailed imagery in a book or something. I just wonder if they can be accurate if the shuffling isnt smooth. I guess its more that i need to get used to them. I lost my deck along with my leno cards
somewhere in my house But that tarot deck i lost was getting old so maybe it was a sign to change. Miss my leno deck

[aquila]

Anything but round!