Just glancing at this thread (no expert here, BTW) and I think Philalethes should be aware that Tarot was probably mostly an 'oral tradition' so most published books on Tarot (or card …

I really enjoyed the translation! Thanks for posting. The letter of the deck of the gods and birds reminded me of Homeric Hymns

It was long years considered the oldest Trionfi card document, till in 2012 a note was discovered in Giusto Giusti's diary (published by Nerida Newbigin in 2002). This related to the 17th of …

The Rider-Waite was created in 1909, and is thus a relatively recent development in Tarot history, which goes back to the early 1400s. Here's a page from Tom Tadfor Little's website which has …

I have been working with tarot for many years, but someone asked me what the oldest known tarot deck was ! I know a bit about the history of tarot, but would like to get a deck that was …

The "Philippe Le Normand" sheet is thought to be the oldest instructions for how to read the Lenormand cards. They have been dated to approximately 1848. I was fortunate to obtain an …

Not the oldest deck or part-deck sitting under glass in a museum, but the oldest unchanged or mostly-unchanged design that is still in print? I got a bit snotty with a client (who to be fair was …

Well - it definitely is about the oldest Tarot deck known. One should assume, that there is an enormous interest in Tarot circles at such an object. It isn't. People simply don't realise, what's …

I have read and been told that the celtic cross is one of the oldest tarot spreads, But if it is why are the cards places a different name every time If its old dont you think it would say the same …

Martianus da Tortona, who wrote the "first Tarot book" as the accompaxing book to the perhaps oldest Tarot cards, gives a listing of 16 gods, which have a trump-similar function and an …