Hermetic Circle Tarot
An 84-card round deck, including 9 text cards,
in a round box
Preorder the deck now
I have finished the Hermetic Circle Tarot, and the files are now at the printers in China. This is a round deck that comes in a two-part round cloth-covered box. The cards are three-inch circles with gold edges and a matt finish, there 84 cards including nine cards of text with instructions.
The deck will be here in February;
but you can preorder it now
The preorder price is $40 plus shipping.
Shipping is $15 in the US, $35 for Canada, and $50 international
US customers can use this PayPal link to order:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/DT3D6LTRZYEVC
Canadian and other international customers can email me to request a PayPal invoice:
alchemicaltarot@aol.com
And,
if you preorder the deck, you will get
a free Anima Mundi tac pin, based on the world card
The adjective Hermetic originally described philosophical mystical texts authored in the 1st to 3rd centuries in Hellenistic Egypt. These books on alchemy, astrology, and philosophy (the Hermetica), were written by authors who instead of using their own names, signed their works Hermes Trismegistus. Hermes was said to have been a sage who lived centuries before and due to his pursuit of gnosis became enlightened, like a god. All later alchemists considered Hermes to be the first alchemist, and Hermetic philosophy dominated alchemical reasoning.
The Hermetica was translated into Latin in 15th century Italy, and it had a major influence on the arts and philosophy of the Renaissance including the Tarot. Hermetic came to describe art and literature of a mystical or occult nature. In the 18th and 19th centuries the Hermetic thread was picked up by the Romantics. And in the 20th century it influenced the psychology of Jung and to some extent Freud. The otherworldly mystical aspect of the soul came to be identified with the unconscious mind and the ego with the conscious mind. Mystical works of art and literature, as well as people who are aware of this inner wisdom, an inner voice beyond the ego, may be referred to as within the Hermetic Circle. I believe that the Tarot is a tool for contacting that inner voice.
The Fool and 22 trumps describe the Hermetic quest for gnosis.
The suits symbols are animals that represent each element: rabbits for earth, fish for water, birds for air, and salamanders for fire. There are nine pips in each suit.
There are four royals in each suit: Ladies, Knights, Queens, and Animal Kings.
Round cards have historic roots. I was inspired by these German, circa 1500, round cards by Master PW of Cologne, with five suits: Pinks, Columbines, Roses, Parrots, and Hares, with each suit comprising a king, queen, upper knave, under knave, and pip cards from 10 through ace,
