Tarot and Divination Cards A Visual Archive
Tarot and Divination Cards A Visual Archive by Laetitia Barbier is a comprehensive exploration of the history of tarot, published by Cernunnos in 2021. This 399-page book presents a visual history featuring hundreds of images from over 100 tarot decks, many of which are rarely seen and often forgotten in library archives. It offers an in-depth look at 500 years of figurative card decks used for fortune telling and divination, examining their iconographic roots that intersect with medieval imagery, Western esoteric traditions, folklore, and contemporary art.
Readers will find a detailed examination of tarot’s evolution and its significance in self-exploration and divination practices. The book delves into the vivid iconography of the cards, revealing how they resonate with universal themes and serve as tools for navigating life’s complexities. By highlighting the connection between tarot and various cultural influences, this edition invites readers to appreciate the artistry and historical context of tarot as both a spiritual and psychological resource.
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Laetitia Barbier’s Tarot and Divination Cards is a stunning visual history of tarot.
With hundreds of images drawn from more than 100 decks, rarely published and often forgotten in library archives, this book offers the first visual history of tarot.
This beautiful 400-page book presents–for the first time–a close look at 500 years of figurative card decks created or used for fortune telling, divinations, and oracle purposes, and explores, one card at the time, their iconographic roots at the crossroads of the medieval imaginarium, Western esoteric wisdom, folklore, and also contemporary art and pop culture.
Used for self-exploration or divination, tarot has, for more than 500 years, been the most popular and accessible of all esoteric tools, looming large in today’s mainstream culture. Why? Because the cards are inexpensive and easy to carry–a perfect traveling companion and, therefore, an invitation to a journey inward and out.
Humans are drawn to playing games and feel driven to find meaning in the chaos of paradoxical signs. The vivid iconography of the “Arcanas” speak to us like no other language, moving us to the core, weaving through each card a universal story, a metaphorical pathway of transformation.
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