The timeline of the Tarot in 50 imagines is a project I was thinking about, and I have planned and prepared for a while now.
I wanted to create a series of 22 short, about 3 minutes long videos presenting the evolution and the diversity of the design/artwork of the Tarot cards of the so-called Major Arcana.
Although the abundance of the Tarot, respectively Tarot-like Oracles starting from the 20th century is overwhelming, I wanted to keep the videos short and consistent.
The 1st video of the series is the Magician: https://youtu.be/G-S6KKO2I_U
The traditional interpretation of the card:
Upright:
Initiative, action, spontaneity, autonomy, will, freedom from all prejudice, intelligence, lack of scruples, ingenuousness, skills.
Reversed:
Swindler, cunning, headache, annoyance, unfortunate position, disgrace, affliction, agitation, lies, psychiatric disorders.
Featured Tarot decks:
1420’s and 1460’s – Cary-Yale Visconti Tarot
1420’s and 1460’s – Visconti-Sforza Tarot
1550 – Estensi Tarot
1650 – The Tarot of Jacques Viéville
1650 – Jean Noblet Tarot of Marseille
1713-1760 – Jean-Pierre Payen Tarot of Marseille
1748 – Grimaud-Marteau Tarot of Marseille
1760 – Conver Tarot of Marseille
1780 – Ancient Tarot of Bologna
1789 – Grand Etteilla
1804 – Etteilla’s Book of Thoth
1810 – Ancient Tarot of Lombardy
1830 – Tarot d’ Epinal
1863 – Paul Christian
1889 – Oswald Wirth
1909 – Papus
1910 – Rider-Waite-Smith
1929 – Knapp-Hall
1944 (first published in 1969) – Aleister Crowley’s Thoth
1968-1974 – Gypsy Tarot
1977 – Golden Dawn
1979-1981 – Michael Bellon
1979 – Morgan-Greer
1980 – The Magic Tarot by Frederick Lionel
1988 – Jungian Tarot by Robert Wang
1988 – Cosmic Tarot
1990 – Haindl Tarot
1990 – Hermetic Tarot
1990 – Tarot of the Old Path
1992 – Katalin Szegedi
1994 – Alchemical Tarot by Robert M. Place
1994 – Kazanlar Tarot
1995 – Röhrig Tarot
1996 – Rolla Nordic Tarot
1997 – Tarot Of Ceremonial Magick
1998 – Crystal Tarot deck by Elisabetta Trevisan
1998 – Tarot of Aquarius Era
2001 – Tarot of the Sephiroth by Dan Staroff
2002 – Tarot of the Master (recoloured reprint of an Italian Tarot deck first published in 1893)
2004 – Akron Tarot
2004 – Golden Tarot deck by Kat Black
2005 – Tarot of Reflections
2006 – Demeroticon Tarot
2007 – Sensual Wicca Tarot
2008 – Initiatory Tarot of the Golden Dawn
2008 – Langustl Tarot
2009 – Dame Fortune’s Wheel Tarot
2014 – Deviant Moon Tarot
2017 – Ostara Tarot
2018 – Unified Esoteric Tarot
More decks at http://tarotator.com/tarot-decks/
Music Touch Tone by The Mini Vandals.
