This 400-page, lavishly illustrated, book offers a detailed examination of 500 years of figurative card decks used for fortune telling, divinations, and oracle purposes. It delves into the iconographic origins of each card, drawing from medieval imaginaries, Western esoteric knowledge, folklore, and contemporary art.
Specs
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size 9.9" X 7.7"
Author
French-born Laetitia Barbier is an independent scholar and curator, as well as a professional tarot reader and teacher. She earned a bachelor's degree in art history at the Sorbonne in Paris. Barbier has worked with Morbid Anatomy as the programming director and head librarian since 2012. Her work has been featured in Atlas Obscura, Vice, and in Death: A Graveside Companion (Thames & Hudson). Barbier shares her love for tarot and obscure fortune telling decks and techniques through her Instagram account, where she has nearly 40,000 followers.
