Stopped by the local bookstore-cafe & one thing led to another....

"It's so off & on! What am I doing wrong?" they said in distress.

"It's not you. It's their repetitive cycle. And they're the one who has to want to change." #tarot #tarotdemarseille #relationship

Hard it is
to leave the world
yet leave I will
for this path
is the truth
~ Saigyō

#tarot #tarotdemarseille

Here's a great Youtube interview with renowned tarot artist Wilfried Houdouin! Don't understand French, even with subtitles?

Just copy & paste the transcript into Google translate!

See https://youtu.be/nhqDIRxqI_c

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #wilfriedhoudouin

all of it
is true
and I in
my ruin
am having
the
time
of my
life.i
~ Eileen Myles

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot

So far I've gotten at least 2 messages from astute followers here who note the similarity between the antique Bolognese Al Soldato on the left & famed contemporary tarot artist Nigel Jackson's recent Rose Tarot.

I'm so happy you noticed!

Sometimes people think Nigel's card images are idiosyncratic or "wrong;" here's a fine example displaying that they are instead deeply informed by his profound knowledge of tarot history.

Do you have any of Nigel's decks?

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tarotreading #italiantarot #nigeljackson #antiquetarot #alsoldato

The 1639 Vachier tarot, our oldest so far discovered TdM, was auctioned yesterday in Paris for €50k, about US$54,235.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tdm #antiquetarot #vachier

What can April's Fool do? Behold the world as clothed in love.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tarotreading #italiantarot

What can any Fool do? Behold the world as clothed in love.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tarotreading #italiantarot

Pip & trump: Yesterday a friend connected with me for a quick Spring Equinox/ Mabon reading.

She was so delighted that she was kind enough to let me share.

"What's the meaning of spring for me now?" She wondered. "How can I engage with spring?"

8 Swords & Fool! "Gaiety & music," I replied. "Spring's the time to leave those dreary, February thoughts behind. It's a beautiful day! What would happen if you went outside & danced?"

She laughed. "I haven't danced in SO LONG," she said. I smiled back. "Time to give it a try!"

"So joy," she mused. "It seems so frivolous with everything going on today. Can I really just surrender to it?"

Knight Wands comes stepping by..."Don't turn away from it," I urged. "Keep your eyes upon it! Try actively engaging with delight.

You may find accepting joy reveals a bright Italian garden in your forgotten center; a gentle wisdom transporting you towards timelessness."

"Ok," she beamed. "I'll try joy."

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #springequinox #mabon #wheeloftheyear

@loscarabeotarot releases another limited edition gem: a Bolognese Minchiate from 1775, the al Cigno. Set to ship March 25!

Wow! I've pre-ordered.
How about you?

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #italiantarot #bologna #minchiate

Wilfied Houdouin's famed Millennium TdM's back in a new edition printed in Marseille!

It's a MUST.HAVE. for sure.

Buy at: https://www.tarot-de-marseille-heritage.com/boutique/tarot-millennium-2022-p-34.html

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #collectible_cards

Viarengo Piemontese, 1862

Don't you love the naïve style? The Fool's butterfly? The world as the goddess Diana? All that great blue hair!

#tarot #italiantarot #tarotdemarseille #antiquetarot

Viarengo Piemontese, 1862

Don't you love the naïve style? The Fool's butterfly? The world as the goddess Diana? All that great blue hair!

#tarot #italiantarot #tarotdemarseille #antiquetarot

At long last! The long-awaited revised & expanded 2nd edition of tarot artist Wilfried Houdouin's Big Book of Wild Occulture. It's really OUT THERE, unapologetic & with bravado.

You may recall Wilfried as the artist of the highly-acclaimed Millennium TdM.

Order from Lulu for print-on-demand: https://www.lulu.com/fr/shop/wilfried-houdouin/the-sacred-code-of-tarot-the-rediscovery-of-the-original-nature-of-the-marseille-tarot/hardcover/product-k4nd2j.html

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tarotbook #tdm

As little scraps of paper Scattered wide as leaves
With flower faces
~ Issa

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #wirth

As little scraps of paper Scattered wide as leaves
With flower faces
~ Issa

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #wirth

Hear the voice of the crayfish.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #rosetarot #nigeljackson

The Flornoy Noblet for Imbolc.

And I think it's interesting that the rare green comet is passing by too, perhaps for the last time.

What else is making a notable exit from your life in your own layout as we make our way towards spring?

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #imbolc #wheeloftheyear

The amazing artisanal hand-carved tarot from Thomas Perrin! 🥰

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #handmade

🔥 I LOVE THIS DESIGN…Le Tarot Medieval: series published in the occult periodical l’Astrosophie, in the July, 1935 edition, by Francis Rolt-Wheeler. Illustrations Christian Loring. Private collection, D. Dragojevich

#tarot #tarotdemarseille