Zodiac
1940s-inspired zodiac tarot with vintage baby and period imagery celebrating astrological timing.
by Luca Raimondo, Lee Bursten · 1940
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The record
I fell in love with this deck the moment that I saw it! Perhaps this was because of the baby pictured on the front of the box (and the front of the LWB - Little White Book), or perhaps it was because of the 1940's type imagery on some of the cards ... the end result is that I love this deck! (It also doesn't hurt that Lee Bursten, someone that I consider to be a very accomplished Tarotist and wordsmith, wrote the text!) In his introduction, Bursten describes the influence of the Golden Dawn on the Rider-Waite-Smith and Crowley-Harris Thoth Tarot decks. This influence was largely based on a synthesis of diverse occult systems, including Christian Hermeticism, Qabalah, astrology, Enochian magic, astral projection and Tarot. Bursten goes on to state that the sole Golden Dawn influence that was included in the Zodiac Tarot was that of their astrological attributions. The astrological attributions have been placed within a modern day concept, rather than that of mythology or medieval times. This is what I was referring to above when I spoke of the 1940's type imagery. Many of the cards in this deck reflect images that some of us are old enough to have lived through, and which others may
The cards
