The Shakespeare
Tarot based on Shakespeare's 37 plays and extensive literary canon.
by Chris Leech · 2017
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"Bright baffling Soul, least capturable of themes," to quote the first line of Thomas Hardy's sonnet "To Shakespeare", the Bard himself needs no introduction. The English language has never been more eloquent or powerful, and the established canon of 37 plays is an inexhaustible fund of psychological insight and philosophical speculation. No wonder there have been several attempts in the past to map Shakespeare's characters onto the durable framework of the tarot. But just as Shakespeare stood head and shoulders above his contemporaries, this deck seems light-years ahead of previous efforts in terms of visual poetry and intellectual sophistication. The Shakespeare Tarot is an independently published, fully illustrated 78 card deck that can be purchased directly from the author's website. There is also an astonishing 440 page companion book, "The Shakespeare Tarot Key: The Book of the Play". It contains coloured reproductions of each card above the author's commentary. Deck and book can be purchased together or separately, but the book is more or less essential if you hope to gain a full appreciation of the complexity of the imagery on the cards and the sublety of the author's inten
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