TAROT FAQ—Online since 1996!
Tarot Extended Answer #1—What is Tarot?
Tarot Extended Answer #2—What does the name Tarot mean, and where did it originate?
Tarot Extended Answer #3—Where can I buy a Tarot deck?
TAROT ARTICLES
What is Tarot Art?—explores a number of questions about the art(s) of Tarot, and focuses close attention on the works of two much-acclaimed Tarot personalities, Robert M. Place, and Ciro Marchetti.
Egyptomania—Tarot's original secret sauce!
The Naples Arrangement—Newly upgraded (Aug. 2004) and much expanded, jk explains Aleister Crowley's famous, but little discussed or understood, Qabalistic system, giving special focus on Thoth Tarot minors. Included is a large supplement on The Triple Veils of the Negative.
The Death of Tarot—What happened when the snipers played the Death card.
Cartofeminism—The great late-20th-century Tarot conspiracy.
A. E. Waite's Chariot Card—In 1996 jk wrote this (in)famous series of articles to the newsgroup, alt.tarot. Learn meanings of methods of Waite's Tarot.
Tarot Magick in the 16th Century—When did people begin using Tarot for magick and divination? Venetians were using Tarot for Devil worship in the 16th century.
Robert Chambers' Cartomancy—One of A. E. Waite's main sources for the divinatory meanings of the minor arcana cards, this document also provides insight into English cartomancy in the mid-19th century.
First Named Cartomancer In History—A 1734 poem, which is not only one of the earliest mentions of cartomancy, but also gives a partial name of the cartomancer.
Tarotmania Map—The infamous 2004 map of the Tarot world of Tarotmania. You will learn a lot about social, ideological, and financial tribes of the crazy Tarot community.
REVIEWS
jk's Tarot Deck Buyer's Guide—What's worth buying, or not.
Giger Deck Review—jk reviews HR Giger's Tarot.
Giger Interview—HR Giger spoke to J. Karlin about the Giger Tarot and the occult influences that led up to its creation—except its creation not (exactly) by Giger, but by the occultist Akron.
Jung & Tarot—A review of the Jungian (and cartofeminist) movement in Tarot, with special emphasis on Sallie Nichols' Jung and Tarot.
READINGS/BLOGS
jk's Tarot Readings—That's what you're really interested in, right? To learn your destiny. Well, pick a reading.
jk's BLOGs—like it says, my various blogs, including Tarotica blog, and my new Thelemic blog, Onion-Peelings.
