Erotic Tarot: Intimate Intuition (Magma for Laurence King)

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Keep in mind that anyone can view public collections - they may also appear in recommendations and other places. We found out pretty early on we wouldn’t be able to have anything featuring genitals printed,” she reveals. Its imagery does contain images of the human form, similar to the Casanova Tarot, but it doesn't go to extremes. For example, the phallic symbolism on the Ace of Wands doesn't exclusively apply to phallus-havers or lovers. You’ve seen them in tarot books, the little handouts accompanying your decks, and all over the internet.

A card of vibrant sexual agency, The Magician shows us moments where we take things into our own hands (wink wink) and pursue our passions. Sexual imagery, symbolism, and arechetypes have been part of even the more celebrated Tarot decks like the Thoth for example so I personally don't find anything objectionable about them. In fact, the genesis of Erotic Tarot could even be traced back to Sex Ed: A Guide for Adults, a book by sex educator and artist Ruby Rare that Sofie collaborated on with her illustrations last year. Included is a 56 page instructional booklet, featuring information on all 78 tarot cards and offering advice on how to use them in spreads.We have included this set of (deliberately low-resolution) images partly to demonstrate the breadth of Manara’s artwork, and partly because it is currently about the only work of his currently in print and affordable.

Except for the two of swords, female pudenda are never shown as explicitly, though many are shaven (something I've yet to come across in my life). Journaling is a wonderful practice to explore your inner world, and it’s no wonder then that it dovetails wonderfully with tarot.The Majors retain most of the traditional names, with The Punishment replacing The Hanged Man and The Mirror replacing The Wheel of Fortune. That’s Page of Cups, which is “all about embracing new ideas, trusting your intuition, expressing yourself,” Sofie explains. The cards are indeed graphic, but are intended to reflect fourth century attitudes towards sex rather than modern Western views. I wouldn't have shown it as it's as easily described as shown, but as I always show the two of swords I couldn't very well wimp out.

Also, it's so pleasant to the touch and as per usual with Uusi's offerings, the card quality is top of the line. To some tarot users the cards of the major arcana represent stages of life, to others an initiatory sequence to be used to establish a path of spiritual ascension and evolution, to yet others they have a deep psychological and archetypal significance.If everything is epic, how can you go to the cards to understand smaller issues like daily decisions, exciting and low-stakes choices, or even open-ended explorations of themes? However, we can often seek out unhealthy relationships to get this thrill, unfortunately to our own detriment.

Ancestor work is powerful work, but often we can have a disconnect to who we see as our ancestors or how we work with them. Back of card: Black with a pink picture of that funny flower that my girlfriend says looks like a fig leaf with a penis sticking out of it.So at first I was a little worried about the potential limitations of that, but when that option is taken out you have to really focus on creating eroticism with gesture and expression, which can be so much more evocative. Tarot card reading is perhaps the most elevated of these similar practices, and whether you’re a bonafide expert at reading decks or are simply curious about what they may have to offer, there are plenty of options to help you learn about and explore the mystifying world of tarot in your own home, with friends or solo.