by welkin » 15 Oct 2017, 11:52
Thank you for your kind words.
The suits work in the same way as they do in a standard tarot deck, and retain their same core meanings. Each Ace is something of the suit's symbol - it's mascot, if you will. The Cups suit Ace is King King - primeval emotion in our modern world. The Swords suit is called Spades, for Same Spade, because its Ace is The Maltese Falcon - an idea, something people kill for, something which may not even exist...
The pip cards almost always have the studio logo or full name on the card. On the Ace of Spades you can see the Warner Brothers logo, which is in the shape of a spade. Warner Brothers corresponds to Swords in part because it was the most violent studio, the home of James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, and the gangster film. Each pip suit is also colour-coded; part of the thin frame of each card - a detail which, once picked up on, makes determining the suit very easy. The suit of Batons for instance is red:
The suit of Coin is yellow:
So, in short, while which star worked for what studio and what style of film that studio specialized in is pertinent to the underlying integrity of the Golden Age of Hollywood Tarot, it's not something someone has to know in order to read with the cards. As with any good tarot deck, these additional meanings exist layers below the surface, there to broaden the meaning and hence, ultimately, one's understanding.
Similarly, I very carefully chose films which not only correlated to their respective studio suits, but also directly related to their corresponding card's meaning. Whats more, they also had to relate indirectly - that is, in a hidden or off-screen way. And at the same time, the films had to be fairly well known to the average person, and also be of a certain quality in themselves. Example:
6 of Cups - Charlie Chaplin's City Lights. Note the blue border. City Lights is imbued with childish innocence; it is a film about giving. It was a silent film released in the era of talkies - from the world's most beloved comedian, albeit from a by-gone era. The film was made by United Artists - the little studio with heart, formed to counter the big industrial studios by performers - one of whom was Chaplin, the Little Tramp. Of course, by the end of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Chaplin had his work-Visa revoked by the HUAC commission for being "Un-American". City Lights is probably Chaplin's most perfect film.
Shipping, of course, can be a problem; and it depends in part on how the parcel is shipped. With my Shakespeare Tarot, I sent the book and deck to Europe for a cost of $33 US, or £25. I believe The Golden Age of Hollywood Tarot deck and book will be somewhat cheaper, as the book is not the tome the Shakespeare Tarot Key was.
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Thank you for your kind words.
The suits work in the same way as they do in a standard tarot deck, and retain their same core meanings. Each Ace is something of the suit's symbol - it's mascot, if you will. The Cups suit Ace is King King - primeval emotion in our modern world. The Swords suit is called Spades, for Same Spade, because its Ace is The Maltese Falcon - an idea, something people kill for, something which may not even exist...
[url=https://postimg.org/image/15kozw1zcb/][img]https://s1.postimg.org/15kozw1zcb/1_spades.jpg[/img][/url]
The pip cards almost always have the studio logo or full name on the card. On the Ace of Spades you can see the Warner Brothers logo, which is in the shape of a spade. Warner Brothers corresponds to Swords in part because it was the most violent studio, the home of James Cagney, Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, and the gangster film. Each pip suit is also colour-coded; part of the thin frame of each card - a detail which, once picked up on, makes determining the suit very easy. The suit of Batons for instance is red:
[url=https://postimg.org/image/2j8i1qrnrf/][img]https://s1.postimg.org/2j8i1qrnrf/8_batons_sabateour.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://postimg.org/image/1nos0gox0r/][img]https://s1.postimg.org/1nos0gox0r/13_batons_babara_stanwyck.jpg[/img][/url]
The suit of Coin is yellow:
[url=https://postimg.org/image/9qpi7ffee3/][img]https://s1.postimg.org/9qpi7ffee3/5_coins.jpg[/img][/url]
[url=https://postimg.org/image/4qbgrudtjv/][img]https://s1.postimg.org/4qbgrudtjv/10_coins_wizard_of_oz.jpg[/img][/url]
So, in short, while which star worked for what studio and what style of film that studio specialized in is pertinent to the underlying integrity of the Golden Age of Hollywood Tarot, it's not something someone has to know in order to read with the cards. As with any good tarot deck, these additional meanings exist layers below the surface, there to broaden the meaning and hence, ultimately, one's understanding.
Similarly, I very carefully chose films which not only correlated to their respective studio suits, but also directly related to their corresponding card's meaning. Whats more, they also had to relate indirectly - that is, in a hidden or off-screen way. And at the same time, the films had to be fairly well known to the average person, and also be of a certain quality in themselves. Example:
[url=https://postimg.org/image/3nd1erugwr/][img]https://s1.postimg.org/3nd1erugwr/6_cups_city_lights.jpg[/img][/url]
6 of Cups - Charlie Chaplin's City Lights. Note the blue border. City Lights is imbued with childish innocence; it is a film about giving. It was a silent film released in the era of talkies - from the world's most beloved comedian, albeit from a by-gone era. The film was made by United Artists - the little studio with heart, formed to counter the big industrial studios by performers - one of whom was Chaplin, the Little Tramp. Of course, by the end of the Golden Age of Hollywood, Chaplin had his work-Visa revoked by the HUAC commission for being "Un-American". City Lights is probably Chaplin's most perfect film.
Shipping, of course, can be a problem; and it depends in part on how the parcel is shipped. With my Shakespeare Tarot, I sent the book and deck to Europe for a cost of $33 US, or £25. I believe The Golden Age of Hollywood Tarot deck and book will be somewhat cheaper, as the book is not the tome the Shakespeare Tarot Key was.
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