Author Archives: robertmplace
Discover the Secrets of Leonardo’s Vitruvian Man
For a complete discussion of all of the symbolism in Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous drawing read my article on Medium. Follow this link: The Meaning of Leonardo’s Most Famous Drawing: Vitruvian Man
Why I Wrote The Tarot, Magic, Alchemy, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism
Click on this link to read my article on NFReads: Why I wrote The Tarot, Magic, Alchemy, Hermeticism, and Neoplatonism
Creating the Tarot of the Alchemical Magnum Opus
My Journey to the Alchemical Tarot It was in the summer of 1987 when I first conceived of The Alchemical Tarot. I was studying an alchemical image that symbolized the Philosopher’s Stone. I had been studying alchemy for some time and … Continue reading
An Interview with Me on Reddit
The AMA Tarot interview with Robert M Place
An Ukiyo-e Lenormand
I have always loved Japanese art, since I was first exposed to it in high school, especially the woodcut prints of Hokusai and Hiroshige, masters of the style known as Ukiyo-e, which means “the floating world” in Japanese. The use … Continue reading
The Magician and The Fool Podcast
This is a link to a podcast of a recent interview with me. The Magician and the Fool Podcast
Music and the Tarot
Recently I was asked if I know of a connection between music and the Tarot. This immediately brought to mind my Tarot of the Sevenfold Mystery and how the sevenfold mystery of the title is connected to the seven notes in … Continue reading
