https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-tarot--6944660enSpiritualityCopyright Podra Networkhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/f51bd0717a3386d65b786357b83989b4.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-history-of-tarot--6944660Wed, 22 Jul 2026 07:15:02 +0000Podra NetworkPodra Networkfeeds@spreaker.comFrom Renaissance playing cards to mystical oracle — the fascinating history of tarot through the centuries.falsef8c2023d-af03-507b-8da6-929b54c3336depisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-major-arcana-s-journey-tracing-the-fool-s-path-through-history--71229307https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71229307Thu, 02 Jul 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkJoin host Clara Moss as she explores the fascinating evolution of the Fool's Journey through tarot history. This episode traces how the Major Arcana's sequential narrative developed from medieval Italian card games to modern psychological and...327falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-digital-age-oracle-how-technology-revolutionized-tarot-reading--71229266https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71229266Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkIn this episode of The History of Tarot, host Clara Moss explores how the digital revolution transformed tarot reading from traditional in-person practice to global online phenomenon. Discover the evolution from early 1990s computer software to...347falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/from-parlor-rooms-to-psychology-carl-jung-and-tarot-s-therapeutic-turn--71229201https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71229201Thu, 18 Jun 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkExplore the fascinating transformation of tarot from Victorian parlor entertainment to psychological tool in this episode of The History of Tarot. Host Clara Moss examines how Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung revolutionized tarot interpretation by viewing...358falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-marseille-tradition-preserving-europe-s-original-tarot-dna--71229086https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71229086Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkExplore the fascinating history of the Tarot de Marseille, Europe's most authentic preservation of original tarot imagery and symbolism. Host Clara Moss examines how 17th and 18th-century French cardmakers in the port city of Marseille became the...357falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/flower-power-and-fortune-cards-how-the-1960s-revolutionized-tarot--71228979https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228979Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkExplore how the 1960s counterculture movement revolutionized tarot, transforming it from an obscure occult practice into a mainstream tool for personal reflection. This episode of The History of Tarot examines the cultural forces that democratized...366falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/aleister-crowley-s-thoth-deck-art-magic-and-controversy--71228934https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228934Thu, 28 May 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkExplore the fascinating history behind Aleister Crowley's Thoth Tarot deck, created in collaboration with artist Lady Frieda Harris between 1938-1943. This episode examines the five-year artistic journey that produced one of tarot's most visually...261falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/arthur-waite-s-vision-creating-the-rider-waite-smith-standard--71228880https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228880Thu, 21 May 2026 07:00:03 +0000Podra NetworkExplore the fascinating story behind the world's most influential tarot deck in this episode of The History of Tarot. Host Clara Moss examines the groundbreaking collaboration between scholar Arthur Edward Waite and artist Pamela Colman Smith that...403falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/pamela-colman-smith-the-forgotten-artist-behind-the-world-s-most-famous-deck--71228827https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228827Thu, 14 May 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkDiscover the remarkable story of Pamela Colman Smith, the visionary artist behind the iconic Rider-Waite tarot deck imagery. Born in 1878, Smith was a multicultural artist, folklorist, and member of London's mystical Golden Dawn society. In 1909, she...331falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-golden-dawn-s-mystical-mathematics-occult-symbolism-in-modern-tarot--71228774https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228774Thu, 07 May 2026 07:00:03 +0000Podra NetworkExplore how the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn revolutionized tarot through systematic occult symbolism and mystical mathematics. This episode examines the Victorian-era organization's scholarly approach to combining tarot with Kabbalistic Tree of...308falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/etteilla-s-cards-the-first-professional-tarot-reader-s-empire--71228706https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228706Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkDive into the fascinating world of Jean-Baptiste Alliette, known as Etteilla, the 18th-century French occultist who revolutionized tarot reading and built the first commercial cartomancy empire. This episode explores how a Parisian seed merchant...384falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antoine-court-de-gebelin-and-the-egyptian-myth-that-changed-everything--71228660https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228660Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkIn this episode of The History of Tarot, host Clara Moss explores how Swiss pastor Antoine Court de Gébelin created the most influential myth in tarot history. In 1781, Court de Gébelin published his theory that tarot cards were actually the ancient...328falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/antoine-court-de-gebelin-and-the-egyptian-myth-that-changed-everything--71228659https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71228659Thu, 23 Apr 2026 07:00:02 +0000Podra NetworkIn this episode of The History of Tarot, host Clara Moss explores Antoine Court de Gébelin's groundbreaking 1781 theory that connected tarot cards to ancient Egypt. Court de Gébelin, a French Protestant pastor and scholar, claimed in his encyclopedia...397falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-visconti-sforza-legacy-italy-s-renaissance-tarot-revolution--71222474https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71222474Thu, 16 Apr 2026 07:00:04 +0000Podra NetworkExplore the fascinating origins of tarot in Renaissance Italy with this deep dive into the Visconti-Sforza decks. Discover how 15th-century Italian nobility commissioned elaborate hand-painted cards that revolutionized gaming and established lasting...266falsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/the-court-cards-of-medieval-europe-from-gaming-tables-to-fortune-telling--71222426https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71222426Fri, 10 Apr 2026 01:16:24 +0000Podra NetworkExplore the fascinating transformation of tarot's court cards from medieval gaming pieces to modern divination tools. Host Clara Moss traces the journey from 15th-century Italian aristocratic entertainment to contemporary spiritual practice. This...331falsefull