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Famous Faces in the Tarot

Do you have any famous faces in your Tarot decks?

That is, have you come across a figure in a a card and gasped, "Oh my goodness! That looks just like _____!" Well, I've had a few and I thought I'd share them with you: 

John Travolta in the 9 of Cups especially circa Vinnie Barbarino (from the Universal Waite Tarot)

 

Madonna (especially in Evita) in The Emperor (from the Vanessa Tarot)

 

Ken Wilber (deep thinker extraordinaire) in the Five of Coins (from the Phantasmagoric Theater Tarot)

 

George W. Bush in The Fool (from the Gilded Tarot)

 

Alan Cumming in The Fool (from The Sorcerers Tarot)

 

Lara Flynn Boyle (of Twin Peaks fame) in The Fool (from the Vanessa Tarot)

What famous people do you see in the Tarot?

-- Janet Boyer, Author of The Back in Time Tarot Book - Editor at The Tarot Channel

Seedy Tarot

I recently posted a negative review of the Disney movie Oliver & Company to Amazon.com.

Well, one person wasn't happy that I didn't like it. Here's what they put at the end of their comment on my review:

BTW I'm very surprised that a disney lover like yourself is into that seedy "tarot" stuff =(

*insert eye roll here*

-- Janet Boyer

Tarot and...Maxi Pads?

No, your eyes aren't deceiving you.

A few weeks ago, I was thumbing through either People magazine or US Weekly--and came across this surprising ad.

The phrase below the "card" says Always Dri-Liners have unique, visible side barriers to help keep you protected, whatever the days may bring.

I'm thinking that the ad creators had to have some knowledge of Tarot because "The Protector" is assigned Roman numeral II, The High Priestess (who is, of course, associated with the moon).

Either that, or it was a very lucky guess!

-- Janet Boyer, author of The Back in Time Tarot Book

Tarot's big splash in The Times!

You've got to take a look at the illustration for today's New York Times's Week in Review cover story! It's a hoot! Click here!

Tarot Funnies

Q: How many Major Arcana does it take to screw in a light bulb?***

Answer.....

That's Not Tarot!

Worth1000.com is a site for dedicated to contest for media's such as photography and photoshop. 

There are three contest on the site called, That's not Tarot, That's Not Tarot 2, and That's Not Tarot 3.

Some are very interesting, to say the least.  Imaginations are running wild.  Some are just down right funny.

It wasn't clear which card won, but The Kermit is my favorite.

Which one do you like?

Out of India

Ah, India. The Taj Mahal ... Bollywood movies ... the spicy vindaloo ...

... oh, and the throngs and throngs of young people who, according to this article, make it a point to visit their personal Tarot reader at least as often as they cut their hair.

Hmm ... I wonder about their immigration policies ...

"Oh, Dear, You've Drawn The Fat Cow Card!"

In this clip from Balls of Steel -- think Candid Camera with an attitude -- a comedienne poses as a Tarot reader in order to steal another woman's boyfriend. (I have to say I've never heard The Moon card interpreted in quite this way ...)

Tarot Depletion

Tarot Depletion won't win any Oscars this coming Sunday night. With dialogue like "You're the sugar in my pie!", it's right up there with Santa Claus conquers The Martians in terms of cinematic value.

Personally, I like to think of it as a kind of public service announcement. At the end, I imagine a stern announcer saying, "Friends don't let friends read Tarot for the first time while on a cheesy date with a manic depressive."

Miss Cleo in Action

The fake accent ... the turban ... the casual disregard for any real information on the cards ... the threatening spam pretending to have a personal message just for you ... and those hi-larious catch phrases ...

Love her or hate her, Miss Cleo shaped how America thought about Tarot for more than three years. (By the way, what's "the marriage card?")