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Jilly_in_VA

(10,989 posts)
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 08:47 AM Nov 2021

Why the secret symbols of magic and witchcraft fascinate us

Earlier this summer, a collection of Sylvia Plath's personal items went up for sale at Sotheby's. It included intimate love letters, recipe cards, a rolling pin, family photo albums and her and Ted Hughes's gold wedding bands. The rings sold for a respectable $38,000 (£28,000) – but this was mere pocket change compared to the most sought after item in the lot: Plath's personal tarot deck. Originally expected to fetch between $6,000 (£4,351) and $9,000 (£6,527), it eventually went for $206,886 (£150,037).

The Tarot de Marseille deck was a 24th birthday gift from Hughes. Plath wrote in her journals of her wish to get better at reading tarot – but it played an important part in her art, too. She references the practice in her poem Daddy ("With my gypsy ancestress and my weird luck/ And my Taroc pack and my Taroc pack&quot , while The Hanging Man takes its name from a tarot card.

Tarot has been a muse for countless writers, artists and designers in their work – TS Eliot wrote of the "wicked pack of cards" in The Waste Land, Salvador Dalí created his own deck, while Andy Warhol made a film of the Velvet Underground having their cards read. Earlier this year, fashion house Dior cast models as the characters from a deck of tarot cards for its spring/ summer 2021 couture show (Christian Dior himself had his cards read before every show). Recently, the costume designer for the sci-fi film Dune revealed that tarot cards were a source of inspiration.

arot has been a muse for countless writers, artists and designers in their work – TS Eliot wrote of the "wicked pack of cards" in The Waste Land, Salvador Dalí created his own deck, while Andy Warhol made a film of the Velvet Underground having their cards read. Earlier this year, fashion house Dior cast models as the characters from a deck of tarot cards for its spring/ summer 2021 couture show (Christian Dior himself had his cards read before every show). Recently, the costume designer for the sci-fi film Dune revealed that tarot cards were a source of inspiration.

https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20211102-why-the-secret-symbols-of-magic-and-witchcraft-fascinate-us
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Article gets better. As a (very) beginning Tarot reader I found it interesting

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Why the secret symbols of magic and witchcraft fascinate us (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Nov 2021 OP
The Tarot Is A Great Tool Deep State Witch Nov 2021 #1
My tarot deck is my constant companion. peacefreak2.0 Dec 2021 #2

Deep State Witch

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1. The Tarot Is A Great Tool
Wed Nov 3, 2021, 11:05 AM
Nov 2021

It's not only used for divination, but can be used for personal growth.

(Disclaimer: I am part-owner of The Fool's Dog tarot app. http://foolsdog.com)

peacefreak2.0

(1,029 posts)
2. My tarot deck is my constant companion.
Sun Dec 5, 2021, 06:18 PM
Dec 2021

I use the Rider Waite mostly every day. It’s getting worn and bent. I’ll use it until it gets as soft as cloth. My new favorite is the Muse deck.

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