Tarot Stuff

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This year, a round of the French national championship is being held at the same time, so Tulle’s tarot festival has been reduced from a five-day event to a weekend affair.

Although there will only be about ten players, it will still be a serious event for players and audience alike. Local contestant Christophe Greda was runner-up in the 2001 French national championships, and the usual contingent from New Caledonia will have travelled half way round the world from this group of islands way to the east of Australia.

At first sight, you would never guess that Christophe was the Limousin region’s great hope for the competition. 35 years old, born and brought up in Toulouse, he started playing tarot at the age of 14. “Like pétanque, it’s one of my passions, and if you can finish in the first five it pays well enough to cover your travel costs.”

At 1500 euros, the winner’s prize isn’t trivial, either. Read the rest of this entry »

My goal for this blog is to search out the unusual in the world of the tarot cards. Although I’ll discuss the history of the cards, and their use both for game playing and for divination, I’ll always try to include something a little different. Like this:

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Does the word tarot make your spine tingle? Do you believe the cards can convey messages? Or are you fascinated by the images artists have created to illustrate Tarot cards? Perhaps you are more interested in the history of playing cards, and the origins of the tarot pack?

I’ll be discussing all of these aspects of tarot in this blog, so why not use my RSS Feed to keep up to date?

Even if you know nothing about tarot, you cannot fail to enjoy browsing some of the designs artists have been inspired to create.

‘Transfer’ - a design from The Uncarrot Tarot