Kiy Tarot-Body
Yoga-based deck featuring Vinyasa poses with elemental and astrological markings.
by Alexander Kiy · Online Only Deck Type: Tarot Deck Cards: 78 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56 Rating: stars out of five Where to · 2009
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Thoughts on the Kiy Tarot-Body by author, Alexander Kiy KIY TAROT-BODY is a 78 Card Tarot Deck with face cards comprised of sequenced human body poses in the Vinyasa yoga style. Each card is represented by an ink drawing surrounded by elemental and astrological tarot attribute markings. The historical definition of a specific tarot card is meant to be associated and intuited with each card's unique body pose. The main aim of the Tarot-Body deck is to introduce people to archetypal/elemental attributes and progressive energy flows shared between the Tarot and Vinyasa-style Yoga. The inherent practicality of this deck is that it openly and naturally demystifies the Tarot, perhaps illuminating cosmic matrixes which the Tarot, since medieval times, continues to touch. The connection between Yoga and Western magical systems was recognized by Aleister Crowley, who in his: ‘Magick Book 4’, gives a concise commentary on the 'eight limbs' of Raja Yoga and shows how Yoga dovetails with, and perfectly compliments the process of traditional magic. The Tarot-Body Deck here is based on Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga, a traditional style of Yoga similar to Raja and Hatha yoga. Distinctions between these t
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