{"title":"Nitasia Roland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNitasia Roland\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a captivating blend of mystical insight and personal growth, inviting readers to explore self-discovery through the lens of ancient symbolism and tarot. Her works seamlessly weave spiritual wisdom with practical guidance, encouraging a deeper understanding of the self and the world around us.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect richly detailed explorations of arcane traditions that support personal transformation and empowerment. With titles like \u003cem\u003eStarlore Arcana\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTarot Emblemata\u003c\/em\u003e, her books invite a thoughtful journey into the mysteries of the soul and the art of intuitive living.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"starlore-arcana-by-nitasia-roland-9781578638482","title":"Starlore Arcana","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA beautiful fifty-six-card cartomancy deck exploring the mythology, folklore, and mythical stories of constellations and the zodiac. The companion 128-page guidebook provides starlore and tarot arcana interpretations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe stars and constellations have long been regarded as gods, sacred ancestors, and powerful entities. This beautiful fifty-six-card deck is comprised of playing cards that have been revived and remastered from original illustrations by John Lenthall, published in 1717. The focus of the \u003ci\u003eStarlore Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e is the mythology and folklore of sixty-three constellations, including the zodiac.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAlthough many of the constellations have their genesis in lore and myth stretching as far back as Egyptian, Babylonian, and Phoenician origins, most of the interpretations in the companion book derive from Greek myth. By including associations with the minor arcana, author Nitasia Roland invites a playful exploration between the tarot, the fixed stars, the zodiac, and playing card cartomancy. The deck has been crafted to align with the fifty-six cards of the tarot minor arcana, with interpretations that follow the tradition of the Rider-Waite-Smith system of symbolism and archetypes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA stand-alone deck accessible to beginners, the \u003ci\u003eStarlore Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLocations of the constellations\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eMyths and lore associated with each constellation\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCartomancy interpretations\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTarot (minor) interpretations\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGuidance on how to use the cards in divination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMay the magic of the \u003ci\u003eStarlore Arcana\u003c\/i\u003e provide stellar insight and transformation and bring poignant connection, with the guidance of spirit, the wisdom of the stars, the ancients, and the seen and unseen worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46868792869100,"sku":"9781578638482","price":64.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/1262323482750.jpg?v=1759769789"},{"product_id":"tarot-emblemata-by-nitasia-roland-9781578638963","title":"Tarot Emblemata","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'This deck teaches us to look beyond the surface, to engage with a gaze of awe, admiration, and reverence.' Laetitia Barbier, author of \u003cem\u003eTarot and Divination Cards: A Visual Archive\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTarot Emblemata\u003c\/em\u003e is a magical and mystical tarot deck based on the 1551 book of emblems by Claude Paradin. Renaissance emblems are intimate illustrations with accompanying mottos that allegorically and symbolically express sentiments, concepts, societal concerns, and parables. These Renaissance emblems are a didactic genre of interpretive art and, within them, author and creator Nitasia Roland has discovered that their enigmatic imagery and 'mottos' correspond dynamically and align perfectly with the seventy cards of the Major and Minor Arcana of the tarot.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAmong the many ancient and iconic images this deck portrays—plumes, helmets, swords, gemstone rings, coins, wands, clouds, wreaths, flowers, animals, and trees—Roland sees the evolution of tarot's wands, swords, cups, and coins, as well as evocative glimmers of the Major Arcana archetypes. Both secular and religious, Renaissance emblems were meant to crystallise virtue or vice and cover every sphere of early modern knowledge: ethics, natural philosophy, politics, science, religion, love, war, and everyday life, very much in the same way that modern tarot imagery provides insight and clarity today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eTarot Emblemata\u003c\/em\u003e deck will help readers expand on their path of embodiment, spiritual gnosis, inspired destiny, and empowerment. The accompanying guidebook presents tarot interpretations and elucidations on the symbolism of the emblems. \u003cem\u003eTarot Emblemata\u003c\/em\u003e features a ribbon lift and gilded cards. 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