Kamasutra
Tarot reimagined through Kamasutra imagery blending divination with ancient sensuality.
by Assorted · 2006
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The Kamasutra Tarot combines a Tarot structure with 78 images in the style of the textbook of desire, the ancient Indian book that covers romantic love, the mechanics of sex, the process of finding a wife and more, but is most well-known for its inventive illustrations of sexual positions. The creation of this 78-card deck was a little unusual: rather than associating a card with each sexual position, Indian artists were commissioned to create images in the same style and character as the original illustrations in the Kamasutra. Twenty-two were chosen, adapted, and related to the twenty-two major arcana cards, and fifty-six images were organised into four suits and then related to the minor arcana meanings. Its not clear whether the artists were familiar with Tarot and the deck has a best-fit quality, where illustrations were chosen to match the archetype rather than being created from an understanding of the archetypes and symbolism. Visually, the card art is stylised, stiff, detailed, with what appears to be the same couple appearing in different (often improbable) sexual positions. The couple are mostly outdoors, with the sky visible through large windows even when under the
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