My year-long adventure with the Tarot de Marseille has been a bit rocky. There have been lots of stops and starts, as I’ve tried one thing, realized it wasn’t working for me, gone back to my starting point, tried something new, encountered another obstacle, and started over again. And again. I’m really trying to feel […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: Finally Hitting My Stride"I’ve now worked my way through all of the numbered cards in the Tarot de Marseille, exploring their meanings through the lens of the trump cards that are numerologically associated with them. Having done that, I turn my attention to the court cards. In RWS-style Tarot reading, the personalities of the court cards are affected […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Courts, Part I"It’s been a while since I’ve posted an update in my year-long Tarot de Marseille project, but I haven’t forgotten about it! I’ve just been harried with work. Today, we return to the TdM and cap off our exploration of the pip cards with the Tens. These cards take their numerological meaning, I suggest, from […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Tens"We’re drawing near the end of our exploration of the suit cards in the Tarot de Marseille. Today, I’m looking at the Nines, which take their meaning from the Hermit and the Sun among the trump cards. The theme that strikes me with both of these cards is one of illumination. The sun is, well, […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Nines"Picking up where we left off in my project on the Tarot de Marseille, we come now to the Eights. These cards take their meaning from two of the trumps: Justice and the Moon. At first glance, these two trump cards really don’t seem to go together; Justice is rational and ordered, whereas (in RWS […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Eights"Welcome back, one and all, to my ongoing exploration of the Tarot de Marseille. In our previous post, we looked at the symbolism of the Sixes in the suit cards, drawing inspiration from the Lover and the House of God. Today, we’re moving on to the Sevens, which take their numerological significance from two trump […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Sevens"As we delve further into the symbolism of the suit cards in the Tarot de Marseille, we come to the Sixes. According to the system I’m using, these cards take their meanings from two of the Trump cards: The Lover and the House of God. Note that both of these cards have different names in […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Sixes"I’ve been working my way through the suit cards of the Tarot de Marseille, trying to get to know them on their own terms and without any preconceptions about what they ought to mean. Largely, I’ve been doing this by looking at the cards in conjunction with cards from the trumps, seeing how the meaning […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: The Fives"In a footnote to a previous post, I talked about translating the titles of the trump cards into English. Cards in the TdM system are titled in French, and a handful of their names are actually quite different from the conventional names of the Major Arcana in the RWS system (or in English Tarot more […]
Read more "A Year of Tarot de Marseille: Le Mat"Welcome back to Jack’s year-long deep dive into the Tarot de Marseille system. Today, we’re tackling the Fours of the suit cards. Per the numerological system I’m using for this project, the significance of the Fours is given by two of the trump cards: The Emperor and Temperance. Where it proved rather difficult to find […]
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Jack Chanek 