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Has anyone else heard about the new book being put out by Scarlet Imprint on the Sola-Busca Tarot? It looks very interesting.
http://scarletimprint.com/2016/09/forthcoming-the-game-of-saturn/
"The Game of Saturn is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarot. An ethno-historical study, it reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck. Beneath its beautifully decorated surface, its imagery ranges from the obscure to the grotesque; we encounter scenes of homoeroticism, wounding, immolation and decapitation redolent of hidden meanings, violent transformations and obscure rites."
The cards can be viewed individually here. http://www.tarotpedia.com/wiki/Sola-Busca_gallery
An interesting comparison of images from the Sola-Busca and the Smith-Waite can be found here. https://solabuscatarot1998mayer.wordpress.com/sola-busca-waite-smith-tarot/
Has anyone here worked with the Sola-Busca? Most of the resources online for it are rather old and the websites are down. Im very interested in possible meanings for the major arcana, which I assume are related to the history/mythology of each of the characters represented. In any case its a beautiful deck.
http://scarletimprint.com/2016/09/forthcoming-the-game-of-saturn/
"The Game of Saturn is the first full length, scholarly study of the enigmatic Renaissance masterwork known as the Sola-Busca tarot. An ethno-historical study, it reveals the existence of a pagan liturgical and ritual tradition active amongst members of the Renaissance elite and encoded within the deck. Beneath its beautifully decorated surface, its imagery ranges from the obscure to the grotesque; we encounter scenes of homoeroticism, wounding, immolation and decapitation redolent of hidden meanings, violent transformations and obscure rites."
The cards can be viewed individually here. http://www.tarotpedia.com/wiki/Sola-Busca_gallery
An interesting comparison of images from the Sola-Busca and the Smith-Waite can be found here. https://solabuscatarot1998mayer.wordpress.com/sola-busca-waite-smith-tarot/
Has anyone here worked with the Sola-Busca? Most of the resources online for it are rather old and the websites are down. Im very interested in possible meanings for the major arcana, which I assume are related to the history/mythology of each of the characters represented. In any case its a beautiful deck.