hi, Jess Already in 15th century there was Cartofeminism of high degree My understanding of the word "Cartofeminism" is that it refers to a modern, really postmodern phenomenon. What you are talking about is an effort by male authorities in 15th-century Italy to control the behavior of the...

" ... you don't understand the dimensions of "thinking sport". I thought this thread was about Cartofeminism which indicated that women do not participate in thinking sports- just drivel and they were taking over the world of Tarot, had no concepts of History of cards......... Have a...

"But I became quite obsessed, and she lost interest." This is a common development, some get obsessed, others not. Mostly boys become obsessed. Girls have mostly not the free energy capacity. These decisions of early youth determine the later statistical results. There are some big holes ...

Right, and there is a scientific basis for the notion that women are intellectually inferior to men. It's always good to know where one stands in the eyes of others. Got it. ... :-) ... there is evidence by the Hungarian Judit Polgar and the Chess teaching concept of her father, that there is no es...

Well, I think, that the following is a true observation about modern Tarot history ... although not too much refering to cartofeminism. Undoubtly the internet took its start in US America ... this happened in a period, when in America the topic of Tarot was still of larger interest, which is confirm...

The war to make Tarot the domain of women. The true history of Tarot is not just the story of where and why things began, but also the story of how they are ending up, today, and tomorrow. Yet, in "A History of The Occult Tarot, 1870-1970", the authors dismiss the notion that history now ...

Well ... it's even worse ... Already in 15th century there was Cartofeminism of high degree ... at least at the high courts. Occasionally (documented Savoy 1430) it was prohibited to men to play with cards, only allowed, when they played with women. Men were advised to stay humble, playing chess or ...

We've added two articles to the collection of appearances of the expression "Trionfi" in context of playing cards in 15th century: http://trionfi.com/0/e/29b/ http://trionfi.com/0/e/29c/ One contains a report to a new finding by Ross Caldwell for November 1469, the painter Federico Bonacos...

At Tolfo's page she mentions that she took her information from Leopoldo Cicognara. The relevant passage should be at page 52. http://books.google.com/books?ci=209%2C176%2C478%2C231&as_brr=1&id=QG4EAAAAYAAJ&dq=bullet+tarocco&q=martiano#v=onepage&q=marziano&f=false I don't kno...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Ambrogio_de_Predis_-_Ritratto_di_una_dama.jpg Given to Ambrogio de Predis and to ca. 1490 ... with insecurities, I guess ... "unknown person", occasionally ascribed to somebody, I remember "Bianca Sforza" I see similarities in t...