TAROTS and Divinatory cards

For more than 500 years, the tarot has been the most popular and the most accessible of esoteric tools, for introspection and for divination. Today it is taking an increasingly large part of our culture. For what? Because, inexpensive and easy to carry, perfect travel companions, tarot cards invite you to an inner journey. Men have always been drawn to play and seek meaning in the chaos of signs that surround them. The vivid "arcana" imagery speaks to us like no other language, straight to the heart, weaving through each card a universal story, a metaphorical path. This richly illustrated 400-page book explores 500 years of illustrated games to understand, card by card, this imagery at the crossroads of medieval imagination, Western esoteric wisdom, folklore, but also contemporary art and of pop culture. With hundreds of images from more than 100 decks, rarely published and often forgotten in library archives, this book offers us the first visual history of the tarot.