How Tarot Survived for 500 Years
The Morgan Library and Museum presents a historical exhibition tracing tarot’s evolution across five centuries, from Renaissance card game to contemporary divination tool. Critic AX Mina, herself a tarot practitioner, examines how successive deck designers have encoded shifting power dynamics into their imagery, positioning tarot as a means of resistance and self-determination across eras. The show features some of the oldest extant tarot decks alongside modern interpretations, with particular attention to how occult symbolism has functioned as a vehicle for those seeking alternatives to dominant systems. The exhibition opens during the autumn equinox, historically significant for esoteric practice.
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