Zillich
German artist's intellectual tarot exploring archetypes through Thoth, astrology, and kabbalah.
by Christine Zillich · 2018
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The record
The Zillich Tarot is a tarot-in-a-tin from German artist Christine Zillich. Taking its main source of inspiration from Aleister Crowleys Thoth cards, it explores archetypes and symbolism of tarot through astrology, kabbalah, mythology, and numerology. This deck takes an intellectual approach to tarot, exploring deep esoteric significance in the quest for self-knowledge. This is a fully illustrated 78 card tarot, with 22 Major Arcana cards, and 56 Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana follows Crowleys ordering, and uses the titles The Magus for The Magician, Lust for Strength, Adjustment for Temperance, Justice is designated as Judgement, and The Universe is the title given to The World. The Minor Arcana is divided into four suits of 14 cards each 10 number cards, and 4 Court cards. The suits are Wands, Cups, Swords, and Discs, with Crowleys Court and ordering Princess, Prince, Queen, Knight being used. In addition, cards 2 to 10 across all 4 suits all feature Crowleys titles such as Dominion (2 Wands), Abundance (3 Cups), Futility (7 Swords), Wealth (10 Discs), and so forth. The cards measure 60 x 97 mm which is quite small for a tarot deck, much closer in size to Lenormand card
The cards
