Tarot & Divination

The Manga Tarot's Hierophant Written by Barbara Moore on March 16, 2010 7:39 am  |  Comments (3)

I included this deck just to try and make your brains explode. This is another compelling deck designed by my friend Riccardo Minetti. In this deck he plays with the idea of gender and how it influences our understanding of the cards. In the Manga Tarot, all the cards that are traditionally male are depicted as female and vice versa. Arcana V becomes The Priestess, and looks very much like a traditional High Priestess card. Arcana II becomes The Priest. For ease of discussion, I’ve pictured them together here. Many of us blend associations of the card’s number in with the name, image, symbolism, and other associations together to create a card’s meaning. When a deck renames or renumbers cars, do you incorporate the alterations into your interpretations or stick with what you...  Read this Post

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