TAROT EMBLEMATA Renaissance Emblems Companion Guidebook is a 184-page, First Edition softcover book (5.5 × 8.5 in) featuring the 78 original-size tarot card images, plus 10 Oracle cards, opposite full-page tarot interpretations.
The Companion Book is strongly recommended to incorporate into your tarot divination practice working with the 88 cards of the TAROT EMBLEMATA deck. These Renaissance Emblems can be decoded of clues and secrets to reveal their meaning and magic. They are intended to coax the reader into a contemplative state of associations, acting as prompts & catalysts. This book can be read as stand-alone but has been created to go with the 88-card deck, (separate listings are available for the deck, or a deck & book combo listing). Interpreting a spread encourages personal transformation allowing the reader to tap into the magical archetypes and the universal mysteries that Renaissance iconography and symbolism inspire, connecting you to the guidance of spirit via the wisdom of the ancients. Reassembling Emblems adds layer upon layer, creating new meanings through myriad possibilities. By tapping into the field of subtle energies surrounding these mystical, metaphysical illustrations, relevant divinatory results and inspiring new perspectives follow, catalyzing self-knowledge and helping you expand on your path of embodiment and inspired destiny.
The interpretations have a touch of the poetic; they are serious or playful where relevant, and always strive to be insightful and helpful. Based on the Rider-Waite-Smith system.
The Companion Book includes:
78 full-size Tarot card images
Plus an additional 10 Oracle cards images
full-page Tarot card interpretations
a brief history of Emblems and the work of Claude Paradin
a graphic of traditional Tarot card spreads
suggestions on how to magically consecrate your Tarot deck
alternate artwork that never made the final Tarot deck
Written by Nitasia Roland, published poet, non-fiction author, and essayist with an MFA in Creative Writing.
