Irreverent Tarot podcast by friend of the Gutter Kate Laity looks at “some of the weird and bizarre bits of tarot history from a long time tarot reader who is fascinated by the history of the cards across their three ages (game / occult repository / self-development tool).” […]
At the Victora & Albert Museum, curators unbox historic tarot decks! “Unbox six historic tarot card decks with curators Ruth, Beckie & Josephine and explore the rich and mysterious history of tarot — from its origins in 15th-century Europe to its modern use in spiritual practices. In this […]
Smithsonian Magazine has a piece on the history of Tarot cards and you can read it here. (Thanks, Kate!)
At Beats and Transgressions, friend of the Gutter Kimberly Lindbergs celebrated World Tarot Day by “[spotlighting] some of the most well-known artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers who use tarot, have written about tarot, or created tarot decks of their own.” Read more here!
The Nib has an interview in comics form with Doom Patrol writer and Tarot expert, Rachel Pollack. Annie Mok discusses being a superhero on your own terms and Pollack’s creation of Coagula, one of the first trans superheroes. Read it here.
At ArtForum, Chloe Wyma writes about artist Leonora Carrington’s Tarot. “Carrington made The High Priestess, one of only two cards to have been dated, in 1955, around the same time she and her friend Remedios Varo were haunting the metaphysical clubs established by the disciples of Russian mystics […]
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