Thanks for suggestions. Afterwards I noticed that something similar has happened on the Six and Seven of Swords and Batons (IV, IIV). Having never really looked at this deck before, it strikes me how distinctive the eyes are. Thank you Jean-Claude for making this lovely deck available - as with the ...

I am guessing that this is just something that was reversed on the woodblock.

Patrick

I am just examining my new Jean Dodal deck - a lovely piece of work. I am probably asking about something previously explained, but the numbering of the Hanged Man as IIX? This is on the original historical images also. Is it deliberate?

Patrick

When I was about 10, my sister (who is a few years older than me) bought a pocket chess set, and we both learned to play. We were quite well matched - she was a bit older, and maybe a bit stronger. But I became quite obsessed, and she lost interest. I don't think that it was too difficult for her - ...

I gave up in 1991, Debra. On balance, well worth it. I smoked about 50 a day, plus cigars, plus a pipe when I could keep it lit. But I am now about 3.5 stone heavier, and eat things that never used to interest me. The money saved is significant, and I no longer cough for ten minutes when I wake up. ...

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I saw that this morning too, Robert. I wonder where he got it from. No link, no reference. I had a look on Camoin's site, and found this article:- http://en.camoin.com/tarot/Camoin-Tarot-religious-voyage.html I can imagine that Camoin might have slotted Mary Magdalene in somewhere with all those pos...

I've never read Frawley, but he is part of a trend in astrology to return to various more traditional practices. I have followed astrology over the years, with various periods of interest followed by inactivity. A number of years ago I attended events in London organised by a group of astrologers wh...

I think that Cirlot's ideas on the Tarot were derived from 19th Century French occult writers, so he swallowed all the stuff about connections with Kabbalah etc. It is still on sale in paperback, but it was around in the 1960s in hardcover. At the time, it was pretty well the only book of its type a...

I couldn't remember ever seeing the expression 'enigmas' used in this way, so I put it into Google. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=_pbKl-UIO_gC&pg=PA328&lpg=PA328&dq=tarot+enigmas&source=bl&ots=vdG2V9sGDo&sig=DhV61RiyeFE7pdtivSgTxbcwMrk&hl=en&ei=Bj9_SvK7NZ3SjAeUue...