LiteraTarot Oceania
Italian Tarot Museum project featuring literary classics in major arcana format.
by Assorted · Museo dei Tarocchi · 2008
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The record
Each year the Italian Tarot Museum (Museum Dei Tarocchi) hosts a collaborative Tarot project, based on a different theme. For 2008 the theme, LiteraTarot, was dedicated to great classics of literature, either contemporary or from the past. The goal was to take a recognizable element from the work of literature and meld it with the traditional meaning and symbolism of each card. This was a wonderful, large-scale project in that multiple continents were represented. Fern Mercier and Lyn Olds (New Zealand) co-hosted the deck for Oceania (down under), with sister decks coming from Asia, Europe (due out in early 2009), and the United States (this deck, LiteraTarot America, hosted by Arnell Ando, is also out). The museum itself is a magickal place in time over 400 years old, and lovingly restored by founders and curators Ernesto and Morena. In her blog on the museum Arnell talks about tree trunks that open up to reveal hidden shelves of prized Tarocchi, and tiny doors with lit windows hidden in the stone walls that open to show off miniature artwork. Ernesto and Morena also give guided esoteric tours, and maintain a museum website. This is a great site to visit to get a feel for the wo
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