Tarot of Atlantis
Mythologically-inspired deck exploring Atlantis symbolism and lore.
by Bepi Vigna, Massimo Rotundo · 2004
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The record
"The myth of the Lost Continent, the mystery that the ages have buried in the depths of the Mediterranean, is evoked by the symbolism of the Tarot." The Tarot of Atlantis depicts a fictionalised era in the ancient island nation of Atlantis. The legend of Atlantis was most famously described in Ancient Greece, in Platos Republic, and has since taken on myth-like proportions, but there is some evidence that a civilisation once existed in the Mediterranean before being wiped out by a volcano eruption and subsequent tsunami. The concept is from Bepi Vigna, who collaborated on the Tarot of the Druids, while the art is the creation of new Tarot artist Massimo Rotundo. The art is in comic-book style, and rather masculine in theme, and illustrates the imagined daily life of Atlanteans, through spiritual and religious rituals, scenes of love and romance, games and banquets, as well as images of the city and its destruction on a grand scale. The Atlanteans come across as quite war-like rather than ethereal spiritual beings in this deck -- though there is mention in some of the myths that they controlled the Mediterranean and had defeated plenty of other nations, so its not entirely out of
The cards
