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The Quantum Tarot combines the revolutionary theories of 21st century physics with the traditional Tarot Card archetypes in a 78-card deck. Quantum mechanics, Einstein’s theories of relativity and modern superstring theory offer new and wonderful ways to visualize tarot themes. The Quantum Tarot shows how New Age wisdom can mesh with New Age science.
The deck and book set features 78 borderless, gilt-edged cards and a 208-paged perfect bound paperback book with black-and-white illustrations, packaged in a sturdy, elegant cigar box.
I The Magician – The Electromagnetic Force
The Quantum Magician is the Electromagnetic Force, encompassing the whole spectrum of different rays, including visible light, infrared, ultraviolet, gamma rays, X-rays, radio waves and microwaves.
The Magician manipulates and formulates energy, making the invisible visible. He has the ability to make something out of nothing – to act creatively – which can seem magical from the outside. He brings consciousness and illumination to mystery, acting as a bridge between the inchoate sea of the unconscious, and material reality. Whenever we create anything we invoke the Magician archetype.
Read Kay’s Blog on the Magician: http://quantumtarot.blogspot.com/2008/04/bring-some-magic-into-your-life.html
XVIII The Moon – Extra Dimensions
If string theory (see the Star card) is correct, all the fundamental particles in the universe comprise of tiny loops, or strings, that vibrate at different frequencies. The early versions of string theory suggested that strings have only one dimension, but then superstring theory proposed that strings might vibrate in ten dimensions! How is this possible? Well, apart from the three dimensions of ordinary space, and one of time, the theory claims that the other six dimensions are curled up, or compressed into a very tiny space. The strings wind themselves around these “curled up” dimensions like a kind of cosmic cat’s cradle.
Because these other dimensions occupy such an unimaginably small space, we may move through them all the time without realizing it. The Moon represents this idea that there is much more to the world than we are usually aware of. These inaccessible extra dimensions are like the extra dimensions of our lives; hints, hunches, movements out of the corners of our eye. The Moon represents a fearful mystery to those who like everything to be explained. To the more intuitively or psychically-minded, this sense of something extra, something more than we can detect with our everyday, physical senses, is no surprise. The Moon shows up when the indefinable starts demanding attention in our consciousness – and to the conscious mind this can seem like a threat.
Read Kay’s Blog on the Moon: http://quantumtarot.blogspot.com/2008/08/strange-phenomena.html
Kay Stopforth
Kay bought her first deck, the Mythic Tarot, in 1990 and has been fascinated by the tarot ever since. Kay is a Film Studies graduate, a former geek who trained in electronic engineering and information science. Kay has worked as a recording studio technician, pop video editor, waitress, documentary maker, IT systems manager, librarian and professional tarot reader.
Inspired by photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope, Kay created her first deck, the Universe Cards, in 1999. She is a regular blogger and contributor to the Aeclectic Tarot Forum. Kay is currently working on her first novel.
Chris Butler
Chris Butler is a UK based artist and illustrator. He has illustrated five tarot decks and two oracle decks to date. Chris discovered the Tarot through watching a James Bond movie at the age of thirteen. Now, almost thirty years later, his fascination with the cards remains undiminished. Apart from his digital illustration work, Chris works as a painter and a portrait artist. He has also worked as an assistant to Tony Raymond, one of Europe’s foremost decorative artists. He now lives in his native city of Liverpool, England
Relativity Spread
from the Companion Book pg 31
- Space: where you are at the moment
- Time: what will change in the near future
- Gravity: what is attracting you
- Relativity: key to integration
Quantum Tarot Wallpaper by Chris Butler
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