Rock & Roll
Clever tarot celebrating rock and roll history through iconic musicians and personalities.
by Chris Paradis · Self Published 2000 · 2000
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The Rock and Roll Tarot by Chris Paradis is very clever. Only a person with a strong knowledge of and feel for the history of rock and roll and the personalities within it could have produced such a deck, and clearly Chris has done the research. The Rock and Roll Tarot is a great collector's deck but it is more than that. Its also a fantastic readers deck. Chris has chosen as the four suits: guitars for air, albums for earth, muse for water and voice for fire. Within each suit, personalities and lyrics are chosen that manifest the energy of each particular card. Hence the essence of Albums (Ace of earth) is represented by Cher, an earthy woman, singing "put your tiny hand in mine, there aint no hill or mountain we cant climb". Jimi Hendrix *is* the essence of air, "excuse me while I kiss the sky". The major arcana heave clearly received a lot of thought as well. Frank Zappa is the Magician, Tina Turner the High Priestess, Elvis Presley the Emperor, Madonna is Libido, John Lennon is Death. David Bowie represents the duality of the lovers. Nice. A person with more knowledge than me on the specifics of the history of rock and roll in the last fifty years will find even more meanin
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