Nerd said:
Not to dredge up a really old thread, but my understanding was that Jupiter and Juno cards were generally a bit later than the Renaissance, and did not in fact constitute "extra" cards.
The basic premise is:
1) There were originally 80 cards, which included both
Juno (Intuition) and Jupiter (Truth) plus cards 2 and 5.
2) Juno and Jupiter were supressed to render the Tarot
incomplete and impede its true power to work properly.
3) Two "blank" cards were then included with all decks,
a tradition going back many centuries, to make up for
the missing Juno and Jupiter, to be used in their place.
There's lots more, and it has merit, essentially because
the creators of the deck and book believe that it does.
How many viewers "feel" that the programs and people
on TV are real, and talk about them like they are alive?
Onno and Rob Docters van Leeuwen are suggesting we
look again, that we laugh off the muddled history that
presents Tarot as an Italian game, and find truth anew.
It's a beautiful thing, born of love.