We have recently acquired a very special and precious new deck that enriches our collection and represents a piece of art and history. One more reason to visit the Tarot Museum. In 1940 and 1941 André Breton, together with other surrealist artists (René Char, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Jacques Hérold, Wilfredo Lam, André Masson, Benjamin Péret), strongly felt the ruin that the war was bringing. From this arose the need to create a new Tarot deck by totally changing the symbols. Patriarchy had once again led to an armed struggle, so it was necessary to transform the old world, entering an era where the feminine, not as gender, but as a sensitive element, could have saved the world. The Flames represented love, the Wheels revolution, the Stars dreams and the Locks knowledge. The Flames were linked to Baudelaire, the Portuguese Nun and Novalis; the Stars to Freud, Alice and Lautréamont; the Wheels to Pacho Villa, Lamiel and Sade; the Locks to Hegel, Hélène Smith, Paracelsus. A new entry in the collection of the Tarot Museum: the Surrealist Tarot We have recently acquired a very special new deck that enriches our collection and represents a piece of art and history. One more reason to visit the Tarot Museum. In 1940-1941 André Breton, with other surrealist artists (René Char, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, Max Ernst, Jacques Hérold, Wilfredo Lam, André Masson, Benjamin Péret), strongly felt the ruin that the war was bringing. From this arose the need to create a new Tarot deck by totally changing the symbols. Patriarchy had once again led to an armed struggle, for which it was necessary to transform the old world, entering an era where the feminine, not of gender, but as a sensitive element, could have saved the world. The Flames represented love, the Wheels revolution, the Stars dreams and the Locks knowledge. The Flames were linked to Baudelaire, the Portuguese Nun and Novalis; the Stars to Freud, Alice and Lautréamont; the Wheels to Pacho Villa, Lamiel and Sade; the Locks to Hegel, Hélène Smith, Paracelsus.
