Tarot and Divination Cards - Illustrated Histories

For over 500 years, tarot has been the most popular and accessible esoteric tool, both for introspection and divination. Today, it is playing an increasingly important role in our culture.

Why? Because, inexpensive and easy to carry, perfect travel companions, tarot cards invite an inner journey. Humans have always been drawn to play and seek meaning in the chaos of signs that surrounds them.

The vivid imagery of the "arcana" speaks to us like no other language, straight to the heart, weaving a universal story, a metaphorical path through each card.

This richly illustrated 400-page book explores 500 years of illustrated decks to understand, card by card, this imagery at the crossroads of medieval imagination, Western esoteric wisdom, folklore, but also contemporary art and pop culture.

With hundreds of images from over 100 decks, rarely published and often forgotten in library archives, this book offers us the first visual history of tarot.