Self-Guided Tarot by Cameo Victor
Human beings have always yearned to understand the experience of life. The knowledge that we seek is not really hidden, we each have to find it within ourselves.
The Tarot is a symbol system designed to activate your imagination…
Above: cards from “Self-Guided Tarot” by Cameo Victor, published by Cameo Productions, 1999
The 78 original collages are made from contemporary graphic images out of U.S. magazines, etc., so they have a modern look. This places the images in the present times instead of using the old Renaissance images that are difficult to relate to. The really good thing is that you can be your own ‘reader’ rather than someone else putting ideas into your head! When you identify or project onto a certain image, and relate it to your everyday life, all sorts of new insights can be uncovered and dealt with in a conscious way. This deck appeals to art therapists, Jungian analysts, Goddess followers, children and mystics…
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"Human beings have always yearned to understand the experience of life. The knowledge that we seek is not really hidden… we each have to find it within ourselves. The images of the tarot are like the familiar characters of our myths, dreams and fairy tales, such as a great mother, a divine creator, a hero, a bad guy, and so forth. These archetypes inhabit our dreams and can be triggered into conscious memory by an external stimulus, such as tarot imagery. Contemporary advertisements are full of evocative images intended to influence us in similar ways to the old tarot images." |
"I used graphic images from magazines and catalogs to re-state the ideas with modern pictures. The first of my tarot collages came about when I was invited to address a 1983 Tarot Symposium in San Francisco. The theme was 'The Star', which inspired me to make the star collage. Since that time I have gone on to make large (22" x 28") collages of all the other cards. There are many layers of innuendo woven into each collage. The intention is to de-mystify the tarot and make it available to more people as a self-help guide to the state of happiness." Extracts from the book by Cameo Victor. |
More tarot & self-help packs: Argentinean Tarocco • Book of Fate • Cartas Blancas • Cartas Gitanas • Cartomancy & Divination Cards • Edyta Gdek Tarot • 17th Century Fortune-Telling Cards • 72 Names Cards • Geistliche Karten, 1718 • German Fortune Telling cards, c.1818 • Jason Ennis Tarot • Minchiate • Mlle Lenormand Cartomancy • Mail Artist’s Lenormand Deck • Naipes Tu Destino • Picture Book of Ana Cortez • Picture Show Zodiac Fortune Telling Cards • Rameses Fortune-telling cards • Ramses II Tarot • Self-Nurturing Solitaire • Tarocco Bolognese • Tarocco Piemontesi • Taroquis Obelisco • Tarot Egipcios Kier • Welsh Tarot • Tarot
By Simon Wintle
Spain • Member since February 01, 1996
I am the founder of The World of Playing Cards (est. 1996), a website dedicated to the history, artistry and cultural significance of playing cards and tarot. Over the years I have researched various areas of the subject, acquired and traded collections and contributed as a committee member of the IPCS and graphics editor of The Playing-Card journal. Having lived in Chile, England, Wales, and now Spain, these experiences have shaped my work and passion for playing cards. Amongst my achievements is producing a limited-edition replica of a 17th-century English pack using woodblocks and stencils—a labour of love. Today, the World of Playing Cards is a global collaborative project, with my son Adam serving as the technical driving force behind its development. His innovative efforts have helped shape the site into the thriving hub it is today. You are warmly invited to become a contributor and share your enthusiasm.
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