Tarot cards have been around since the Renaissance and have become increasingly popular in recent years, often due to their prevalence in popular culture. While Tarot means many different things to many different people, the cards somehow strike universal chords that can resonate through popular culture in the contexts of art, television, movies, even comic books. The symbolism within the cards, and the cards as symbols themselves, make Tarot an excellent device for the media of popular culture in numerous ways. They make horror movies scarier. They make paintings more provocative. They provide illustrative structure to comics and can establish the traits of television characters. The Cards: The Evolution and Power of Tarot begins with an extensive review of the history of Tarot from its roots as a game to its supposed connection to ancient Egyptian magic, through its place in secret societies, and to its current use in meditation and psychology. This section ends with an examination of the people who make up today's tarot community. Then, specific areas of popular culture-art, television, movies, and comics-are each given a chapter in which to survey the use of Tarot. In this section, author Patrick Maille analyzes such works as Deadpool, Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman, Disney's Haunted Mansion, Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows, The Andy Griffith Show, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and King of the Hill. The cards are evocative images in their own right, but the mystical fascination they inspire makes them a fantastic tool to be used in our favorite shows and stories.

Discover the spellbinding history of astrology and divination across the world.

A History of Astrology, Divination and Prophecy traces the journey of astrology from its roots in the 3rd century BCE, when ancient Mesopotamians studied celestial bodies with the aim of predicting the future, through its development into the distinct branches of Eastern astrology, Indian (Vedic) astrology, and the Western astrology that we know today.

Learn about the numerous techniques that have been devised over the centuries to predict the future – from the use of yarrow stalks of the I Ching over 2,500 years ago to methods still practised today, such as Tarot, crystals, palmistry, and numerology. Discover the stories of influential and learned seers, from the oracles of Ancient Greece to the 16th-century French philosopher and mystic Nostradamus, who is said to have predicted the death of Queen Elizabeth II, and explore how our fear of and fascination with astrology, divination, prediction, and prophecy have been depicted in art and literature.

Comprehensive, accessible, and beautifully illustrated, A History of Astrology, Divination and Prophecy will intrigue and inspire you in equal measure, and tell you everything you need to know about these rich and fascinating histories.

The Art of Fine Gifts: The tarot cards in this pack are adapted from a Tarot of Marseille deck by Nicolas Conver that dates to 1760. It was one of the earliest confirmed decks and has been beautifully reproduced here. The Major and Minor Arcana cards are accompanied by an informative booklet, which gives a history of tarot, information on each card and a step-by-step guide to get started with a tarot reading.

Keeping a record of Tarot readings to plot your growth over a year can be daunting. Now you can use this simple, effective, and beautiful annual tarot calendar and journal to keep track of your daily readings and seasonal occasions. Foster a personal bond to your cards and create a permanent record to keep forever to understand and plan your special path. Find out what the year may bring, record and reflect on daily and nightly readings, recognize patterns in your life, and connect personal experiences to the cards. Begin your calendar journey at any time during the year, and use the knowledge you accumulate to chart your spiritual progress through the Tarot. Includes quick and easy traditional Tarot card meanings to help interpret your journey.

The Original Golden Dawn tarot cards with their correct esoteric designs and colouring The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn Deck comprises 78 fully illustrated tarot cards and an instruction booklet, based on the Hermetic Order Golden Dawn tarot lectures. The colouring used in this Golden Dawn/Stella Matutina tarot deck is unique and is based on the four sets of Golden Dawn colour scales. A comparative study between the current Regardie/Wang deck and the classic Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn Deck will reveal a large difference in the colouring, especially in the in the minor arcana, where the Wang deck does not use the four colour scales. This coloured deck of tarot cards is intended as a companion to The Magical Tarot of the Golden Dawn book.

Tarot cards can offer nuanced, personal readings even for beginners, helping us face the future, solve present-day problems, and better understand ourselves. Cassandra Eason opens a window onto the world of tarot, from choosing the right pack to interpreting the cards. She lays out the most important spreads, suggests intuitive methods for choosing cards, reveals what psychic protections to take when doing divination, and more.

Discover magic, practical advice, and opportunities for self-inquiry, along with self-care ideas that correspond to the themes of the cards. Praise for Magical Self-Care for Everyday Life: “A bewitching blend of earthy and otherworldly self-care ingredients.� – Better Nutrition magazine “A veritable feast for the senses and the spirit.� – Indie Mystic “Young, modern, stylish witchcraft… This holistic guide jump starts any magical self-care routine.� – Moody Moons Tarot is a centuries-old tool used for divination, advice, play, and more, including self-care. Join tarot card reader and teacher Leah Vanderveldt to uncover how the cards can go beyond predicting a likely outcome based on the current energy. In the Magical Self-Care Tarot deck each card holds understanding, solutions and healing tools for mind, body and spirit, offering something constructive and helpful to focus on. In the guidebook, along with upright and reversed meanings, you will find a self-care action, an associated keyword, a spell and an astrological association and modality explanation for each card. With spreads for energetic support, reparenting, clarity, and elemental and inspired action, discover how to use the tarot for self-care. Whether you’re looking for direction, support, or a way to deepen your self-care practice and add a little more magic to it, this deck can help.

Marie-Anne Lenormand was the greatest celebrity fortune teller of the Napoleonic Era. Among her famous consultants were Frances, Lady Shelley, Robespierre, and the Empress Josephine, with whom she formed a lifelong bond of friendship. Since the mid-nineteenth century, the enigmatic fortune telling deck contained in this box has been associated with her secret techniques of cartomancy and fortune telling. Discover for yourself this long revered tradition through the comprehensive guidebook and a traditional Lenormand deck, freshly re-illustrated for the modern age. You will be guided on a card-by-card journey, and, when you've finished, you'll have the skills to perform readings both simple and complex. Take your cards and, in the words of the great lady herself, "coupez!" The spell cast by the "Sybil of the Salons" has never been stronger.Includes cards and book.

Discover the tarot with Wild Card, a friendly, funny and straightforward guide to the seventy-eight cards, their stories and meanings.

Every time you draw a card, you open up possibilities. What will appear and what will you see? What lessons could the cards offer up? What aspects of yourself might they reveal?

At its heart, the tarot is a storytelling device, a deck of symbols and narratives that can spark conversations, inspire ideas, and reveal new perspectives. And you don't need to be psychic to use it: it is a practice that is open to everyone. In this beautifully illustrated guide, tarot readers Jen Cownie and Fiona Lensvelt introduce each of the cards, drawing on literature, pop culture, and their own experiences, and encourage you to add your voice to this centuries-old tradition.

Whether you are learning to read for yourself and others, refreshing your knowledge, or just curious, Wild Card will show you how the tarot can add a little bit of magic to your life.