TarosophIST International the Magazine∂Tarosophy® & Tarot Innovative & inspired tarot for all tarot readers and students Featuring: The Origins of the Celtic Cross REVEALED by Marcus Katz WITH GOLDEN DAWN TAROT DOCUMENTS NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED! Marketing & Legal Guidance for Tarot Readers Explore your Birthchart by Tarot with Keren Happuch The Common Reader by Michael Orlando Yaccarino Tarot & The Music Scene with Jonathan Kaneko-James Five Things You Didn’t Know about the Deviant Moon Deck The Fifth Tarot - Introduced Japanese Tarot in Glasgow A Remembrance of Hajo Banzhaf Art by Ciro Marchetti, Arnell An- do & Emily Carding News & Views from Tarot Professionals Spring 2009 Vol.1 Iß. 2 Marcus Katz TARosOPHIST INTERNATIONAL Editor & Publisher The Magazine of Tarosophy® & Tarot. Michael Orlando Yaccarino Regular Columnist Innovative & Inspired tarot for all tarot readers & students _______________________ FOREWORD Tarosophist International is by Marcus Katz 2 published by Forge Press, 1 Wood Cottages, THE COMMON READER Old Windebrowe, Keswick, Our regular column from Cumbria CA12 4NT (UK). Michael Orlando Yaccarino 3 www.tarotprofessionals.com www.forgepress.com PUT DOWN THE PAN-PIPES by Jonathan Kaneko-James 6 [email protected] EXPLORING THE NATAL CHART 13 Tarosophist International is Traditional Astrology with the magazine of Tarot Profes- Tarot by Keren Happuch sionals, an organisation for tarot readers and students who are THE ORIGINS OF THE CELTIC CROSS 22 interested in innovative and in- spired tarot for contemporary by Marcus Katz application. THE DEVIANT MOON TAROT DECK Subscriptions are free to all Five things you didn’t know! members of Tarot Profession- Marcus Katz & Patrick Valenza 49 als, and a PDF copy of this magazine is available at cost to IN MEMORIUM: HAJO BANZHAF non-members. by Susanne Zitzl 51 A screen-readable version of THE FIFTH TAROT Tarosophist International is Teressena & Martien Bakens 53 available to members on the Members site, and a printed B&W version (colour cover) is TAROT & MARKETING LAW IN ENGLAND available at cost to members Comments & Guidance and non-members through the by Marcus Katz 56 print-on-demand service, LULU. THE ART OF JAPANESE TAROT The views and items in this An Exhibition by Adam Mclean 62 magazine do not necessarily reflect those of Tarot Profes- TAROT PROFESSIONALS NEWS sionals or the editor. All material Updates and News 63 remains copyright to the respec- tive author and is not to be re- produced in any medium. THE 1st TAROSOPHY WORKSHOP With leading Tarot Teachers 65 Please do not pass this magazine to others. Non-members are encouraged to subscribe Cover by Ciro Marchetti to our regular free newsletter, Oracles & Auguries. www.ciromarchetti.com Tarosophist International About the cover The front cover illustration of this issue is a montage of images from the Legacy of the Divine Tarot. This is the latest deck by Ciro Marchetti, the artist behind the Gilded Tarot and the Tarot of Dreams. Both of which were voted by visitors and members of the influential Aeclectic.net web site, as the most popular tarot decks of the year on their release, and both in the top ten most popular decks of all time. The Legacy of the Divine Tarot is being published in two ver- sions. The first as a special edition, where each deck is assem- bled by hand and includes random variables of certain cards, which result in the final combination being unique, and each deck one of a kind. Each is personally signed and includes the options of a hard cover illustrated book and reading canvas. For more details and sample images visit: http://ww.ciromarchetti.com The second option will be a standard version to be published by Llewellyn later this year. Make sure to view the promotional video that provides a preview of the theme and story line behind this project. http://vimeo.com/1076456 Artist Bio/Background. Born in Italy raised in the UK, Ciro Marchetti now lives in Florida. In addition to his involvement in Tarot, his work as a digital artist has received numerous awards and has been featured in various publications. Many of his images have also been licensed and reproduced as posters, cross stitch and jig saw puzzles, among other items. Ciro Marchetti also provides periodic workshops and lectures on advanced dig- ital imagery at the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale. Tarosophist International Editor’s FOREWORD It is with great pleasure that I introduce this second issue of Tarosophist International. We have continued to expand beyond our wildest dreams, attracting talented artists, deck designers, and new exciting authors to produce arguably the best Tarot magazine in the world. We hope you find this informative and useful in developing your understanding of Tarot with us! Our third and fourth issues are already attracting ma- terial, with a very special issue being researched and exclusive interviews already completed! May a full deck of possibilities be yours! Marcus Katz MBA, M.A., PhD Candidate BREAKING NEWS: TAROSOPHIST TAROT LIFEMAP WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHER, MARCUS KATZ & OTHERS TO BE HELD IN THE LAKE DISTRICT (UK) SUMMER 2009 !!! SEE BACK PAGE FOR DETAILS !!! Tarosophy, n. Conflation of Tarot (from It., triumph?) + Sophia (from G. Σoφíα, wisdom). Meaning lit. ‘the wisdom of tarot’. Referred specifically to the living (divine) wisdom of the art and science of Tarot as practised by Tarosophists. Page 2 Tarosophist International of their own mystical journeys while taking an active role in its evolvement. Intuitive knowing plays a vital role in this process. Intuition has been termed broadly as “the act or faculty of knowing or sens- ing without the use of rational process- es.” Let us bypass this definition’s su- Practical, ethical, and mystical advice perficial implication of our potential for for the professional Tarot reader collective daftness. Instead, allow it to indicate accessing meaningful messages by not immediately apparent methods. Knowing Each reader finds their own way to es- There are very few human beings tablishing a personal style and effective who receive the truth, complete techniques through practical experience. and staggering, by instant illumi- This includes every level and form of nation. Most of them acquire it training coupled with reading for the fragment by fragment, on a small self, family and friends, or professional scale, by successive develop- clients. At its core, card interpretation is ments, cellularly, like a laborious the result of a series of split-second deci- mosaic. sions guided by one’s intuitive sense. Anaïs Nin Does that Queen of Swords before me point By definition, a mosaic is created by set- in the direction of either the seeker’s clear- ting small, colored pieces of stone, tile, thinking foresight or harmful uncertain- or glass into a surface to form a picture ty…or that of someone else…perhaps in- or decorative design. The fascinating ety- stead, she is demanding a shift toward more mology of this art term is associated with honest communication or warning of one’s the Greek word mouseios, relating to the unfair criticism…or maybe this impartial inspirational Muses of that ancient cul- monarch is illustrating an act founded in ture; as well as to Moses, the biblical in- either objectivity or bias? termediary between man and the heav- ens. Surely, the realms of the artist and Now multiply such determinations by celestial liaison intersect in reliance upon the number of cards in the spread at intuition. Revealing the unseen through hand. And then promptly link the ana- pictures, one of the goals of any Tarot lytical verdict from each of these choices reader is the development of and confi- to deliver an insightful, comprehensive, dence in this seemingly allusive ability. and potentially catalytic message wor- thy of contemplation and, if involved, a For nearly a century, writers of potboiler fee for otherworldly services rendered fiction and film have promoted the im- neatly. age of the Tarot reader skilled at both predicting specific, future happenings No small feat this. whilst delivering a sinister cackle on cue. Instead, the tremendous challenge many readers accept is illuminating their cli- ents’ paths toward deeper understanding Page 3 Tarosophist International or just shuffle your cards. Of course, the same can be done if reading in the home. The key here is to reduce any sense of hurriedness before applying an art de- manding your full powers and access to the inner-depths. While every reading cannot be a stun- We all experience instances of intuition. ning example of intuitive brilliance, Everyday life is filled with such times each one performed in earnest becomes when we simply know the absolute right a sliver of finely-colored glass from conclusion has been arrived at. At the which a worthy life in the cards is con- essence of each of these, a series of pro- structed. More than anything, the Tarot found connections are made leading to a reflects the very experience of living— deep sense of knowing. Practically from its most mundane episodes to speaking, calmness facilitates the state of those of glittering revelation. Let us val- receptivity needed in which the connec- ue them all and rely upon our intuition tions between these micro-decisions can to illuminate them in a glorious light. take place. So if at all possible, secure a few quiet, Author Biography preferably isolated moments prior to per- Michael Orlando Yaccarino is a Professional forming a reading. This can be spent us- Tarot Reader and instructor whose practice ing deep breathing techniques, silently serves numerous private and corporate clients. intoning a short meditation, or even con- As an author, his varied work is published templating a brief text of uplifting spirit- worldwide. uality. Furthermore, if you are in a situa- He has also provided the original material for tion requiring multiple, consecutive the Tarosophy intermediate Journey Begins readings, be certain to allow for at least a Course in a fully-researched 300-page course few minutes between readings to merely manual, which Donald M.