Dark Academia
Join your professors, Allie Dellicarri and Nicki Nesi, as they take you on a tour of everything mysterious and macabre around the world's finest educational institutions. They cover everything from haunted halls to paranormal professors to demonic dorms, and even some secret societies.
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Dark Academia
Episode 30: The History of the Tarot
In this episode, Prof. Nicki walks us through the history of the tarot! How did the tarot deck we know today come to be? Plus, she reads Prof. Allie's cards.
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Sources used in this episode:
“Before Fortune-Telling: The History and Structure of Tarot Cards.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 8 April 2016, https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/tarot-2. Accessed 11 November 2024.
“The Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn and the Origins of Wicca.” Yale University Press, 31 October 2023, https://yalebooks.yale.edu/2023/10/31/the-hermetic-order-of-the-golden-dawn-and-the-origins-of-wicca/. Accessed 11 November 2024.
“Hunt and House: Depictions of Medieval Life in German Playing Cards.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 31 March 2016, https://www.metmuseum.org/perspectives/hunt-and-house. Accessed 11 November 2024.
Pyne, Soumi. “Tarot cards and Zodiac signs: What can be your tarot card as per your zodiac sign?” Hindustan Times, 8 September 2023, https://www.hindustantimes.com/astrology/horoscope/tarot-cards-and-zodiac-signs-what-can-be-your-tarot-card-as-per-your-zodiac-sign-101694167035484.html. Accessed 11 November 2024.
“Rider–Waite Tarot.” Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider%E2%80%93Waite_Tarot. Accessed 11 November 2024.