TAROT de BESANÇON

“I wondered how I could expand on the wonderful work done by Alejandro and Cristobal Jodorowsky with the Tarot.

The famous Jodorowsky-Camoin deck of 1997 entered Tarot history by bringing to light, giving color and understanding to the beautiful deck by Nicolas Conver from 1760.

Following the success of this deck, there have been numerous imitators who, also referring to the Conver, have reproduced many versions of the same deck. However, all these versions bring nothing significantly new to the world of Tarot scholars and enthusiasts.

Having Juno and Jupiter, in fact, while maintaining the concept of connection with the divine of Arcana II and V, accentuates in these cards the characteristics of maternal and paternal, bringing us back to the evolutionary vision of the child’s experience facing the “omnipotence” of parents. This, during Tarological Reading, opens a field of exploration of great depth.

Some other significant differences of the Besançon Tarot compared to the Marseilles can be found in Arcanum XV, the Devil and in the Moon, Arcanum XVIII. Further differences will be your pleasure to notice.

Rediscovering these ancient blades is therefore a way to expand and improve understanding of the archetypal meaning that comes from each Arcanum. The logic is that of comparison which makes the diversity between various Tarot versions help build a broader and more articulated vision of each card’s message.

The deck I created, revisiting the Benois in a contemporary key, therefore doesn’t want to be “better” than others, but to offer a different, complementary and, in some aspects new, perspective in the vast panorama of traditional Tarot.”