Category: Tarot History

Tarot History

Tarot History

The Zodiac in the Major Arcana

Every trump named here has its own longer study on our site, gathered in a complete guide to the twenty-two Major Arcana, with Death, Temperance, the Tower and the Star good places to begin this month. The full table of letters, paths, planets and signs is laid out in one place in our guide to the twenty-two paths and their Tarot correspondences, and there is a free printable chart of the twenty-two paths you are welcome to keep beside your deck while you work through your own chart. And if the old book at the root of all this has caught your interest, we have published a free illustrated edition of the Sefer Yetzirah in PDF, with a shorter page on the three mothers, seven doubles and twelve simples that sets the text's own planetary order beside the Golden Dawn's.

Evelynne Joffe's twenty-class course, Living the Tree of Life · Part 2: The Twenty-Two Paths · each path taken slowly with its Hebrew letter, its Major Arcanum, its planet or sign, its myth and its practice · is available through Global Spiritual Studies, and the 2026 Cohort adds two live Q&A sessions with Evelynne, dates to be announced · globalspiritualstudies.com/sp/living-the-tree-of-life-part-2-the-paths/

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Consider the Source: Crafting A Personal Tarot Philosophy

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Near the beginning of Robert Anton Wilson’s book Prometheus Rising there is a drawing that shows a man contemplating a model of his...

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The Zodiac Hidden in the Minor Arcana

Every card named here has its own longer study on our site, gathered in a complete guide to the thirty-six Lenormand cards, with the Moon, the Stars, the Ship, the Bear, the Ring and the Heart good places to begin. The pairing practice described above is laid out card by card in our guide to Lenormand card combinations, and when you are ready for all thirty-six on the table at once there is a study of the Grand Tableau to read alongside Greer's approach. If you would like the whole vocabulary in one place to keep beside your deck, there is a free printable chart of the thirty-six Lenormand cards you are welcome to print.

Mary K. Greer's five-class course, The Complete Lenormand: From Card Pairs to Grand Tableau · from the history and the card pairs to a full Grand Tableau read from every angle · is available through Global Spiritual Studies · globalspiritualstudies.com/sp/the-complete-lenormand/

Mary K. Greer's five-class course, The Complete Lenormand: From Card Pairs to Grand Tableau · from the history and the card pairs to a full Grand Tableau read from every angle · is available through Global Spiritual Studies · globalspiritualstudies.com/sp/the-complete-lenormand/

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The Hidden Architecture of the Tarot: Reading the Cards Through the Tree of Life

Everything in this article can be explored at your own pace, and a single essay can only open the door. For the whole structure laid out slowly and vividly, there is a complete guide to the Tree of Life, and a fuller look at how the Tree maps the Major Arcana. The full twenty-two paths and their Tarot correspondences are gathered in one place, letter by letter, road by road · and each road has its own longer meditation, beginning with the path of Aleph and the Fool, then Gimel and the High Priestess and Tav and the World. There is also a free Tree of Life PDF chart and study notes you are welcome to print and keep beside your deck.

Evelynne Joffe's twenty-class course, Living the Tree of Life · Part 2: The Twenty-Two Paths · each path taken slowly with its Hebrew letter, its Major Arcanum, its planet or sign, its myth and its practice · is available through Global Spiritual Studies · globalspiritualstudies.com/sp/living-the-tree-of-life-part-2-the-paths/

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Origins of Cartomancy: The 15th Century

1414 Barcelona – Joch de nayps moreschs Two Barcelona inventories have entries for “joch de nayps (or ‘nahyps’) moreschs”. The Instituto Municipal de Historia in Barcelona...

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“Coming By It Honestly”

AUTHOR’S NOTE: My Canadian forebears had a wealth of colorful Scottish and Irish folk sayings that I’ve treasured since the long-ago summers I spent in...

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Chiron: The Planet of Tarot Readers

Chiron, the planet of tarot readers. The asteroid Chiron was first recorded in mid-October 1977. Its orbit marks a liminal and erratic path between Saturn...

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The Golden Dawn Minor Arcana

Tree of Life on the Tarot in the Four Worlds I am delighted to provide this previously unpublished text, which is from a hand-copied manuscript...

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1969: The Tarot Renaissance

When did the modern tarot renaissance actually begin? It’s always hard to pinpoint the beginning of a movement but here are some events worth noting...

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