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The Legacy

The Legacy of the Divine Tarot is the latest (and, according to the artist, the last)
tarot deck created by Ciro Marchetti. He sees it as his legacy to the tarot
community and the culmination of his own spectacular journey.

The journey began in late 2002. Back in those days, artists sent portfolios to the art department. The portfolios were kept in boxes, which we called the "slush pile." The art director and her
staff would periodically go through the slush pile looking for new...

The Forest and the Garden

Last week I took a short vacation to the stunning North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota. At one point, we decided to attempt a hike down a mountain through the woods on a hardly visible trail.
We were warned that it was a hike for experts. After getting lost and feeling like we were in way over our heads, we left and headed for a State Park, with clearly marked and groomed trails. The
experience was unsettling. And it made me wish I had tried harder to see my way through the wilderness...

Revitalizing Your Tarot Practice, Part I: Decks

Imagine this: you shuffle your beloved cards, lay them out, stare at them, and suddenly see…nothing! Or worse, you don't even feel like picking up your deck. Or perhaps you lay out the cards and you
feel uninspired and bored. The cards don't seem like familiar friends full of wise council; instead, they feel like a rerun of Seinfeld that you've seen sixteen times. These are all signs of
what some people call "Tarot Reader Burnout."



Tarot Reader Burnout happens to most tarotists at some ti...