Universal
Culturally diverse deck reflecting contemporary times and global perspectives.
by Maxwell Miller · Weiser Books 1996 Deck Type: Tarot Deck Cards: 74 Rating: stars out of five Where to · 1996
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The record
Maxwell Miller carries with him a world of experience - as a performance artist, musician, artist and world traveler. One of the aims in the creation of this deck was to show cultural diversity, and to act as a reflection of the times that it was birthed in. Miller sees this deck as a means by which the Seeker may view differing religions and belief systems in relation to each other. In delving into the history of Tarot, Miller equates Astrology with the element of Air and the rational world of Air signs; Kabbalah with the element of Earth and the movement between heaven and earth on the Tree of Life; Alchemy with the element of Fire and the creative processes; Tarot with the element of Water and the intuitive processes. Miller has tweaked traditional Tarot to fit his worldview. He has renamed four of the Major Arcana cards to better reflect his concepts: Strength becomes desire, Justice becomes Karma, Temperance becomes Time and Judgment becomes The Revelation. The traditional pantheon of 16 court cards (King, Queen, Knight, Page) have become a pantheon of 12 (King, Queen, Knave). Miller's reasoning is twofold: (1) in order to assign astrological correspondences to the court cards
The cards
