The Tarot Garden Library
Featured Deck
Designer(s), Artist(s): Pino Zac
Country of Publication: France
Number of Cards: 22
Publication Year: 1981
Publication Status:
Out of print
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Cartomancie de l'An 2000
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Italian cartoonist Pino Zac
created several comical card decks, but
perhaps the one holding the most appeal
for tarot collectors is his "Cartomancie
de l'An 2000." Published in 1981, Zac
humorously extrapolated a vision of life
on the brink of the 21st century.
Amusing, satirical, and a bit "bawdy,"
it is interesting to study Zac's deck with
the benefit of 20-20 hindsight. For
example, Zac selected a computer to
represent his "Devil" card -- an astute
choice, perhaps, but still rather dated by
his use of a mainframe with reel-to-reel
tape data storage.
For more information on this
fascinating deck, write to us at info@tarotgarden.com,
or see Kaplan's Encyclopedia of
Tarot vol. III, pp. 556 -
557.
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