The Da Vinci Tarot: Breaking the Code

Leonardo da Vinci didn’t play by the rules.

He accepted commissions he never finished. He invented machines so advanced, the technology of his day couldn’t produce them. He completed masterpieces -- like The Last Supper -- using untested and unstable techniques.

Like its namesake, the Da Vinci Tarot doesn’t play by the rules. And, like its namesake, this deck will delight some ... and challenge others.

A Different Voice.

Right up front: the Da Vinci Tarot isn’t your grandma’s Rider-Waite deck. Instead of merely redrawing Pamela Coleman Smith’s influential images in Da Vinci's style, Iassen Ghiuselev and Atanas Atanassov (the artists for this deck) decided to illustrate these cards with elements, ideas, and symbols adapted from Da Vinci’s work.

This can be disconcerting at first, especially for those who expect to see three dancing Mona Lisas on the Da Vinci Tarot's Three of Cups. But if we can move beyond such expectations -- if we can open ourselves to new experiences, innovative approaches, and fresh interpretations of familiar themes -- the Da Vinci Tarot’s haunting images will inspire insights that more familiar decks cannot.

Read the entire article at Llewellyn Journal

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