"Tarot helps you meet whatever comes in the best possible way."
K. Frank Jensen just sent me fascinating information about the Oswald Wirth deck used in the movie, which I have added to my earlier post:
https://marygreer.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/oswald-wirth-meets-sherlock-holmes/
The photograph is of Wirth around the time he created his first set of cards.
Here’s a selection of uncolored Wirth cards from the Yale University Library:
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July 20, 2011 at 10:13 am
Melissa Grove
Does anyone know what the words down the (viewer’s) right-hand side of the cards in the illustration say? I assume they are divinatory meanings of the kind popular back then.
July 20, 2011 at 11:32 am
mkg
Melissa –
I quickly looked in the translation of Wirth’s book, The Tarot of the Magicians, and those are not the keywords he used. I suspect they are from Paul Christian, but don’t have time to look them up right now.
July 20, 2011 at 12:28 pm
Melissa Grove
Mary –
Thank you for taking it this far. I know you’re a busy person. Maybe someone else knows what the words are. Interesting if they are from Paul Christian. Though a mixing of one kind of deck with meanings from a different source is not uncommon.
July 31, 2011 at 8:54 pm
jason
what a beautiful set of cards!
September 20, 2017 at 12:42 pm
oracolo
t?s hard to find knowledgeable people on this topic, but you sound like you know what you?re talking about! Thanks
January 24, 2020 at 2:17 am
Andriy Kostenko
Sorry yo say this, bot the photo is of another man, Herman Wirth.
January 25, 2020 at 3:38 pm
Mary K. Greer
Thanks, Andriv. I’m changing it. I appreciate your letting me know..
Mary