Arthur Rackham and the Ring Cycle

I work every morning for my eldest son’s business (unpaid) But every now and again he shows his appreciation with an Amazon voucher. So I bought the above tarot. For me, this gift will teach more than any books, TV, theses etc And – to top it all – the illustrations are by one of […]

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Delivery

Dave the Postie has just been. Nice bloke! And I’ve received a gift from someone who knows how much I love crows and ravens. He knows about the crow we rescued and raised. We called him Jakey. Something to do with the Shawshank Redemption that’s slipped my mind. Shrug! Happy vibe :o)

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The Fool

When you go to sleep thinking of something. Wake up thinking of something. It’s a sure sign that “something” is bothering you. Here (I think) I see — The Moon. The Sun. Judgement. The World. The Fool. A Page. A King. The Hierophant. ? Is there anyone out there who knows this deck or can […]

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15th Century French

I was watching FEB. Thank you, Martin for the source shares. As soon as I saw this (below) I knew Exactly what it was! Bottom row, left to right : Lovers. Chariot. Justice. The Hermit.   I might’ve got derailed again.  

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I Am in Heaven

A RARE gift. I love John and Caitlin Matthews and their works. Today, another deep love/obsession/joy connected with them.  

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Polo

Researching the Mamluk cards, I had a little thought. They have the usual four suits but instead of wands, the staffs are called Polo sticks.   Wiki : Polo      That makes sense but the “sticks” look, to me, more like Shinty than Polo.   Wiki : Shinty     Curiouser and curiouser said […]

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Mamluk Tarot

This will not be for those who have problems with the ethereal/intangible stuff ‘n’ nonsense in life. But it’s of interest to me on a few levels. In 1927, an incomplete set of playing/tarot cards was found in the Topkapi, Istanbul. I’m reading up the literature – apart from the main book written about this […]

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The World

Something that I have never noticed before…     …In Tarot, the World card almost always features the Tetramorph. Well, I never. My Giddy Aunt :o)  

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The Lovers

Decoding the horoscope of the Zodiac in the cards of the Major Arcana Tarot “Visconti – Sforza” “Pierpont Morgan – Bergamo” – Zodiac A.S. Volkov   The Lovers. This card contains astronomical and secular symbols, but does not contain elements of the horoscope. The card “Lovers” shows a young man and woman in expensive clothes with […]

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The Star

Decoding the horoscope of the Zodiac in the cards of the Major Arcana Tarot “Visconti – Sforza” “Pierpont Morgan – Bergamo” – Zodiac A.S. Volkov The Star is sometimes called the “Star of Mages”. This card contains the astronomical and Gospel symbols, but does not contain elements of the horoscope. The main character of this card […]

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Death

  Decoding the horoscope of the Zodiac in the cards of the Major Arcana Tarot “Visconti – Sforza” “Pierpont Morgan – Bergamo” – Zodiac A.S. Volkov 3. Death. This card contains astronomical symbols and elements of the horoscope. On the card “Death” is a skeleton with a bow in his left hand and an arrow in […]

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The Sun

Decoding the horoscope of the Zodiac in the cards of the Major Arcana Tarot “Visconti – Sforza” “Pierpont Morgan – Bergamo” – Zodiac  A.S. Volkov   The Sun, The Sun. This card contains astronomical symbols and elements of the horoscope. The map shows a boy angel floating on a cloud and carrying the Sun head in […]

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