The Lost Tarot of Nostradamus Ebook. John Matthews

      

      THE LOST TAROT OF

       NOSTRADAMUS

      THE LOST TAROT OF

       NOSTRADAMUS

      JOHN MATTHEWS & WIL KINGHAN

      Card illustrations by Wil Kinghan

      New translations of original quatrains

       from The Prophecies of Nostradamus

       by Caitlín Matthews

      Dedications

      To the Memory of Michel de Nostredame;

       and to Caitlín and Emrys, without whom I am nothing.

       John Matthews

      To my wife Melanie and our Anabelle.

       May the future be blessed with love and happiness.

       Wil Kinghan

      Published by Tuttle Publishing, an imprint of Periplus Editions (HK) Ltd.

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      Text copyright © John Matthews and Wil Kinghan 2012

       Translations from The Prophecies of Nostradamus copyright © Caitlín Matthews 2012

       Card illustrations copyright © Wil Kinghan 2012

       This edition copyright © Eddison Sadd Editions 2012

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher.

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

       Matthews, John, 1948-

       The lost tarot of Nostradamus / John Matthews & Wil Kinghan; with new translations of original quatrains from the Centuries of Nostradamus by Caitlin Matthews. -- 1st ed.

       p. cm.

       ISBN 978-0-8048-4305-8 (pbk.)

       1. Tarot. 2. Nostradamus, 1503-1566. 3. Prophecies (Occultism)--History--16th century. I. Kinghan, Wil.

       II. Matthews, Caitlin, 1952- III. Title.

       BF1879.T2M385 2012

       133.3’2424--dc23

       2012006361

       ISBN 978-0-8048-4305-8; ISBN 978-1-4629-1910-9 (ebook)

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      CONTENTS

       Preface

      Part One

       IN SEARCH OF THE LOST TAROT

      The Seer from the South The Book of Images The Lost Tarot Reinterpreting the Images Shaping the Tarot The Tarot and the Prophecies Translating the Quatrains

      Part Two

       THE CARDS AND THEIR MEANINGS

       The Major Arcana

       0 The Fool

       I The Magician

       II The Papess

       III The Empress

       IV The Emperor

       V The Hierophant

       VI The Lovers

       VII The Chariot

       VIII Justice

       IX The Hermit

       X Fortune’s Wheel

       XI Fortitude

       XII The Hanged Man

       XIII Death

       XIV Temperance

       XV The Devil

       XVI The Burning Tower

       XVII The Star

       XVIII The Moon

       XIX The Sun

       XX Judgement

       XXI The Completed World

       The Minor Arcana

       SUIT OF STARS

       I of Stars

       II of Stars

       III of Stars

       IV of Stars

       V of Stars

       VI of Stars

       VII of Stars

       VIII of Stars

       IX of Stars

       X of Stars

       XI Postulant

       XII Cardinal

       XIII Abbess

       XIV Pope

       SUIT OF SUNS

       I of Suns

       II of Suns

       III of Suns

       IV of Suns

       V of Suns

       VI of Suns

       VII of Suns

       VIII of Suns

       IX of Suns

       X of Suns