The Tarot Garden Library
Featured Deck
Designer(s), Artist(s): Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, Peter
Geitner
Country of Publication: Switzerland (for
Sternenmädchens Media Service GmbH, Germany)
Number of Cards: 22
Publication Year: 1975
Publication Status:
Out of Print
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Sternenmädchens Wahrsagespiel
Tarot
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With a name that translates
roughly to "The Legendary Star Maidens
Tarot," you might expect a tarot that is a
little on the "futuristic" side! Conceived
by a German record producer named
Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, and illustrated by
Peter Geitner, the Sternenmadchens tarot
was published by AGMuller in 1975. Ulrich
created the now-defunct "Cosmic Music"
record label, which according to an
article on the "Mixmaster
Morris" website, attempted to create a
"music of inner and outer space, music
that evoked a cosmic energy in both the
performers and the listeners." Somewhere
along the line, however, Ulrich also
developed an intense fascination with
tarot as well. In fact, the Cosmic Music
label recorded the music of the German
band known as "Tarot," whose debut
double-album included a set of tarot cards
by noted tarot artist Walter Wegmuller.
Whether the Sternenmadchens tarot was
intended as a tie-in with any of the
Cosmic Music label recordings is unclear.
There is one obvious connection between
Cosmic Music and the Sternenmadchens name,
however -- Ulrich's assistant, Gille
Lettmann was also known by the name
"Sternenmadchen," and it is Lettmann who
provides the introductory text on the
frontis card of this majors-only deck.
Those wishing more information are
invited to write to us at info@tarotgarden.com.
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