本书探讨了500多张塔罗牌和原创艺术作品背后的象征意义，其中三分之二的艺术作品从未在这些牌之外的地方出现过。它是有史以来**部此类型的视觉概要，涵盖了从中世纪到现代的塔罗牌，并根据“大阿卡那牌和小阿卡那牌”中的78张卡片的顺序进行了精心排列。本书探讨了塔罗牌作为灵感来源对萨尔瓦多•达利（SalvadorDalí）和圣尼•法尔（Niki de Saint Phalle）等艺术家的强大影响力，并囊括了来自世界各地的近100位风格迥异的当代艺术家创作的塔罗牌。本书还包含Éliphas Lévi，Carl Jung和Joseph Campbell等思想家的言论摘录，艺术家Penny Slinger的前言；Johannes Fiebig的读牌指南；以及Marcella Kroll撰写的关于神谕卡的文章。

To explore the Tarot is to explore ourselves, to be reminded of the universality of our longing for meaning, for purpose and for a connection to the divine. This 600-year-old tradition reflects not only a history of seekers, but our journey of artistic expression and the ways we communicate our collective human story.

For many in the West, Tarot exists in the shadow place of our cultural consciousness, a metaphysical tradition assigned to the dusty glass cabinets of the arcane. Its history, long and obscure, has been passed down through secret writing, oral tradition, and the scholarly tomes of philosophers and sages. Hundreds of years and hundreds of creative hands―mystics and artists often working in collaboration―have transformed what was essentially a parlor game into a source of divination and system of self-exploration, as each new generation has sought to evolve the form and reinterpret the medium.

Author Jessica Hundley traces this fascinating history in Tarot, the debut volume in TASCHEN’s Library of Esoterica series. The book explores the symbolic meaning behind more than 500 cards and works of original art, two thirds of which have never been published outside of the decks themselves. It's the first ever visual compendium of its kind, spanning from Medieval to modern, and artfully arranged according to the sequencing of the 78 cards of the Major and Minor Arcana. It explores the powerful influence of Tarot as muse to artists like Salvador Dalí and Niki de Saint Phalle and includes the decks of nearly 100 diverse contemporary artists from around the world, all of whom have embraced the medium for its capacity to push cultural identity forward. Rounding out the volume are excerpts from thinkers such as Éliphas Lévi, Carl Jung, and Joseph Campbell; a foreword by artist Penny Slinger; a guide to reading the cards by Johannes Fiebig; and an essay on oracle decks by Marcella Kroll.