Minor Arcanaii of the Four Winds

by Steve Nichols

This book exposes coincidences between the fifty-six minor arcana of the Marseilles tarot (later Waite and Golden Dawn minor arcana) and this series of 56 times four Winds divination figures - called "lotteries" in 1635. Wither insisted in 56 rather than 50, I argue because then these lotteries could be chosen with just one spinner, plus playing cards. The designs appeared originally in Gabriel Rollenhagen's Nucleus Emblematum (1611) and Emblematum...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1409240339
• ISBN13: 9781409240334
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.7"