Ophiel
Are these two separate topics, the use of alchemical symbols and the use of coded colors on the older cards? If so, perhaps we can start a separate thread for color, but for the time being, I will post them together.
The Marseilles style cards are my favorites. What can I say...but since I am unable to acquire any new versions for my collection, I picked up the Sola Busca deck the other day, which actually predates the Marseilles style cards, even though I agree with Catboxer and DMJ that these probably are not real Tarot cards but may have been produced for gaming.
The accompany information sheet that comes with this Lo Scarabo deck suggests the deck is filled with alchemical symbolism, which the notes are intricately tied into the colors used on this deck.
Camoin notes the esoteric symbols and use of color. Both, though, only note the presence of it, not any ‘hints’ as to what those symbols might be.
Camoin points out that before cards were printed in different colors, they were colored with the aid of stencils and that when printing technology was developed to a point where printing in actual color was possible, the color range had to be reduced. He also points out that printers were not necessarily familiar with occult thinking and may have made ‘mistakes.’
So obviously, the way to determine if a deck included mistakes is to know what the symbols are, and what the colors represent.
Camoin's research partner, Alexandre Jodorowsky, apparently wrote a book on this called "The Art of Tarot" and I notice that the amount of information available at the Camoin site has diminished over the past year or so. (Guess they want us to buy the book!)
Has anyone done any research and/or thinking on this topic?
PS - Since posting I went back to Camoin and only found two books listed for sale:
In French: Géométrie du NOMBRE D'OR" by Robert Vincent.
In Spanish: EL LIBRO DE ORO - EL TAROT DE MARSELLA by Daniel Rodes and Encarna Sanchez, in collaboration with Philippe Camoin.
The Marseilles style cards are my favorites. What can I say...but since I am unable to acquire any new versions for my collection, I picked up the Sola Busca deck the other day, which actually predates the Marseilles style cards, even though I agree with Catboxer and DMJ that these probably are not real Tarot cards but may have been produced for gaming.
The accompany information sheet that comes with this Lo Scarabo deck suggests the deck is filled with alchemical symbolism, which the notes are intricately tied into the colors used on this deck.
Camoin notes the esoteric symbols and use of color. Both, though, only note the presence of it, not any ‘hints’ as to what those symbols might be.
Camoin points out that before cards were printed in different colors, they were colored with the aid of stencils and that when printing technology was developed to a point where printing in actual color was possible, the color range had to be reduced. He also points out that printers were not necessarily familiar with occult thinking and may have made ‘mistakes.’
So obviously, the way to determine if a deck included mistakes is to know what the symbols are, and what the colors represent.
Camoin's research partner, Alexandre Jodorowsky, apparently wrote a book on this called "The Art of Tarot" and I notice that the amount of information available at the Camoin site has diminished over the past year or so. (Guess they want us to buy the book!)
Has anyone done any research and/or thinking on this topic?
PS - Since posting I went back to Camoin and only found two books listed for sale:
In French: Géométrie du NOMBRE D'OR" by Robert Vincent.
In Spanish: EL LIBRO DE ORO - EL TAROT DE MARSELLA by Daniel Rodes and Encarna Sanchez, in collaboration with Philippe Camoin.