Meaning of Mythological Tarot Cards – Blog

The Mythological Tarot or Mythical Tarot (The Mythic Tarot), was created by the duo Juliet Sharman-Burke, a practitioner of analytical psychotherapy and professor of Tarot and Astrology, and Liz Greene, a psychologist, Jungian analyst and astrologer. Check the links at the end of the article to see the meaning of each mythological tarot card.

Along with Burke and Greene, the Mythological Tarot counted with the collaboration of Tricia Newell, an illustrious painter and plastic artist who did all the illustrations of the Mythological Tarot cards.

Launched in 1986, Mythological Tarot came about with the intention of restoring the original accessibility typical of tarot cards, so that it would no longer be the exclusive domain of scholars or occultists who deliberately mystify the card symbolisms.

The Myth and Archetypes of the Mythological Tarot

The Greek gods are not the exclusive property of any esoteric school, religious doctrine or spiritual path, and their symbols, archetypes and mysteries are present in all cultures and periods of history.

The Mythological Tarot images were created by the human imagination and express, through poetic language, essential human experiences and patterns.

Thus, the Mythological Tarot “operates” as a mirror of the psyche. The archetypal nature of the images occultly and unconsciously touches the interpreter’s intuition and reflects in him an unknown knowledge that apparently could not be rationally revealed. This is why clairvoyant powers are not prerequisites for unlocking the Mythological Tarot cards meaning.

Better understand the meaning of the 22 cards of the Major Arcana of the Mythological Tarot that portray, through images, different stages of our own journeys.

Meaning of the 22 Mythological Tarot Cards: The Major Arcana