January 6, 2025

If I must say so myself, this video is worth watching in entirety.

Faux pas yes, I accidentally called the Empress the female Pope. I definitely know the difference, my mouth said the wrong thing. Hopefully you all realize that and give me the benefit of the doubt that it was a slip of the tongue.

I also believe I erred showing the Fool and Magician. I showed them in the order I thought was correct and in retrospect, I believe I presented them in the wrong order. Marco has told me that the Pied Piper type figure was the Fool and the guy with the balloon is the Magician. It's easy to confuse them and others disagree with his order. So there is debate. However, I believe Marco told me that Mitelli had them in that order and I yield to Mitelli and Marco's judgment.

Yes, this is a long one and to any of you who watched the entire thing, I hope it was worth it. I dropped a few insightful observations which I think will have made it worth it for you.

From left:

Sarton Flamand Tarot by Marco Benedetti (c1750)

Vandenborre US Games Systems Inc printed in Belgium (c1770)

Adam C de Hautot Tarot Sheet Revival (?)

Anonymous Tarot of Paris International Museum of Tarot (c1650)

Vieville Tarot Marco Benedetti (c1650)

Mitelli by Marco Benedetti (c1650)