Description: Arcus Arcanum Vintage Tarot Card Deck Rare OOP 1st Edition Vintage AGMuller 86 Pre-owned and not used, like new condition. Box shows some wear from storage. Includes the card-sized booklet of 69 pages of the cards and their meanings. From a private collection. Arcus Arcanum Tarotby Günter Hager and Hansrudi Wäscher.published by AGMüller, Switzerland, 1986 (in a German and an English edition). In the U. S. the deck is distributed by U.S. Games Systems, Inc. traditional card titles, except Highpriestess and Highpriest (one word)eight: Justice; eleven: Strengthsuits are wands, cups, swords and diskscourts are page, knight, queen and kingillustrated pips, no captionsbacks non-symmetricalpurpose: Two of Swords The Arcus Arcanum translates to “Arc of Secrets.” The idiosyncratic symbolism is notable for its liberties. The Fool’s familiar is a black cat. The Magician stands before an “Arc of Secrets,” lettered with A and O, repeated in the lemniscate on the backs. Presumably, these stand for Alpha and Omega, the Greek A and Z, beginning and end. The Highpriestess has a tapestry with dolphins, instead of pomegranates. The Empress is without dove or other allusion to Venus. The Emperor much resembles Santa Claus; his jewel-encrusted scepter is topped with a reindeer, sometimes seen as representing a lunar psychopomp, transmitting souls to higher realms. The Highpriest presides over a sword, rather than the classic polarities. The Lovers (four) are apparently without divine influence. They walk among roses, symbol of fiveness, rather than the lilies of sixness. The Chariot is drawn by a pair of male goats, rather than a more complementary team and the charioteer carries a weapon. Justice stands outside the dungeon. The Hermit has tipped over his hourglass. The Wheel is turned by three blondes. The LWB names them Urd, Werdandi, and Skuld, Norns (Scandinavian Fates) of past present and future. The only other reference to Nordic mythology seems to be the runes on the sword of Gabriel in Trump XX! Strength rides her lion, while the lemniscate hovers over her upturned right palm. The Hanged Man is also armed, with spear and shield within reach of his tree. Death arrives at a battleground with corpses strewn outside a stone circle. Temperance dips her robes in the creek. This Devil seems to amuse his captives. This Tower is ruined among brambles. This Star features an ibis in the foreground. The Moon has only one canine. The other has become a voluptuous babe. The Sun repeats the mysterious arc, in topiary, across the water from twins, who cavort. Judgment’s herald has runes on a sword. In the World card, Aquarius holds Scorpio’s cup, while Scorpio sports the Aquarian sword.
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