Name: The Tarot Circle
Author: Leah Moore
ISBN: 9781912634385

Published:

Feb-2024
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Main Genre:

Graphic Novel
Time Period:

Contemporary
Pages:

142
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The Tarot Circle is a new comic that explores the Tarot through the eyes of a diverse group of people. Entering the musty old Ace of Cups Bookshop through its fogged-up door, Jay joins Enid, Dorothea, Rowan, Fuchsia and Angel, a circle of friends who have gathered to read tarot for each other and share all they know about the craft. They begin with the earliest historical accounts of tarot; in Egypt or Russia, or was it Roma fortune tellers? They discuss Aleister Crowley’s Thoth Deck, with its rich alchemical symbolism. They shine a light on the female artists behind the most acclaimed tarot decks to date; Pamela Colman Smith (Rider-Waite-Smith), Penny Slinger (Secret Dakini Oracle) and Frieda Harris (Thoth Tarot). Their discussions explore everything from the Spanish tarot in the 16th century, the fashionable fortune-telling of the French aristocracy all the way to the Satanic panic of the 1980s. As a total tarot newbie, Jay is fascinated and quickly discovers the power of the card’s guidance for her personal struggles. The Tarot Circle narratively blends Jay’s personal strife with a rich exploration of the extensive and fascinating history of the divination practice.