A fascinating and uncommon piece of French esoteric history, this card appears to originate from an early 20th-century occult publication inspired by the teachings of Papus (Dr. Gérard Encausse) and the broader Martinist tradition.

The card represents Le Diable (The Devil) and presents a rich network of symbolic correspondences drawn from the French esoteric tradition.

🔹 Arcana No. 15 – Le Diable
🔹 References to Saint-Yves d'Alveydre
🔹 Original mounted vintage card
🔹 Approximate card size: 12 × 7.7 cm (4.72 × 3.03 inches)
🔹 Presented inside a rigid magnetic photo holder/frame
🔹 Magnetic display holder size: 9 × 13 cm (3.54 × 5.12 inches)
🔹 Ready for display
🔹 Visible wear and patina consistent with age and use of the card

🪶 Collector's Note

During the first decades of the twentieth century, numerous French occult reviews and correspondence courses distributed tarot and initiatory teachings through detachable supplements. Students often mounted the cards themselves, creating personalized working sets that combined tarot symbolism, astrology, Kabbalah, and the teachings of influential occultists such as Papus and Saint-Yves d'Alveydre.

Rather than being part of a commercially manufactured tarot deck, the card was likely issued as a collectible magazine insert or educational supplement. Readers would cut out the cards and mount them onto cardboard to gradually assemble a complete set for study and divination—a practice common in French occult circles during the interwar period.

Surviving examples are increasingly difficult to find today, particularly as individual pieces. Beyond its value as a tarot-related artifact, this card is a genuine fragment of the French occult revival that shaped much of modern Western esotericism.

A wonderful addition to any collection of tarot history, Martinism, occult literature, French esotericism, or rare paper ephemera.

A fascinating and uncommon piece of French esoteric history, this card appears to originate from an early 20th-century occult publication inspired by the teachings of Papus (Dr. Gérard Encausse) and the broader Martinist tradition.

The card represents Le Pendu (Hanged Man) and presents a rich network of symbolic correspondences drawn from the French esoteric tradition.

🔹 Arcana No. 12 – Le Pendu
🔹 References to Saint-Yves d'Alveydre
🔹 Original mounted vintage card
🔹 Approximate card size: 12 × 7.7 cm (4.72 × 3.03 inches)
🔹 Presented inside a rigid magnetic photo holder/frame
🔹 Magnetic display holder size: 9 × 13 cm (3.54 × 5.12 inches)
🔹 Ready for display
🔹 Visible wear and patina consistent with age and use of the card

🪶 Collector's Note

During the first decades of the twentieth century, numerous French occult reviews and correspondence courses distributed tarot and initiatory teachings through detachable supplements. Students often mounted the cards themselves, creating personalized working sets that combined tarot symbolism, astrology, Kabbalah, and the teachings of influential occultists such as Papus and Saint-Yves d'Alveydre.

Rather than being part of a commercially manufactured tarot deck, the card was likely issued as a collectible magazine insert or educational supplement. Readers would cut out the cards and mount them onto cardboard to gradually assemble a complete set for study and divination—a practice common in French occult circles during the interwar period.

Surviving examples are increasingly difficult to find today, particularly as individual pieces. Beyond its value as a tarot-related artifact, this card is a genuine fragment of the French occult revival that shaped much of modern Western esotericism.

A wonderful addition to any collection of tarot history, Martinism, occult literature, French esotericism, or rare paper ephemera.

Rather than being part of a commercially manufactured tarot deck, the card was likely issued as a collectible magazine insert or educational supplement. Readers would cut out the cards and mount them onto cardboard to gradually assemble a complete set for study and divination—a practice common in French occult circles during the interwar period.

The card represents La Lune (The Moon) and presents a rich network of symbolic correspondences drawn from the French esoteric tradition.

🔹 Arcana No. 18 – La Lune
🔹 Zodiac reference: Aquarius – “Le Verseau”
🔹 References to Saint-Yves d'Alveydre
🔹 Original mounted vintage card
🔹 Approximate card size: 12 × 7.7 cm (4.72 × 3.03 inches)
🔹 Presented inside a rigid magnetic photo holder/frame
🔹 Magnetic display holder size: 9 × 13 cm (3.54 × 5.12 inches)
🔹 Ready for display
🔹 Visible wear and patina consistent with age and use of the card

🪶 Collector's Note

During the first decades of the twentieth century, numerous French occult reviews and correspondence courses distributed tarot and initiatory teachings through detachable supplements. Students often mounted the cards themselves, creating personalized working sets that combined tarot symbolism, astrology, Kabbalah, and the teachings of influential occultists such as Papus and Saint-Yves d'Alveydre.

Surviving examples are increasingly difficult to find today, particularly as individual pieces. Beyond its value as a tarot-related artifact, this card is a genuine fragment of the French occult revival that shaped much of modern Western esotericism.

A wonderful addition to any collection of tarot history, Martinism, occult literature, French esotericism, or rare paper ephemera.

A fascinating and uncommon piece of French esoteric history, this card appears to originate from an early 20th-century occult publication inspired by the teachings of Papus (Dr. Gérard Encausse) and the broader Martinist tradition.

The card represents La Force (Strength) and presents a rich network of symbolic correspondences drawn from the French esoteric tradition.

🔹 Arcana No. 11 – La Force
🔹 References to Saint-Yves d'Alveydre
🔹 Original mounted vintage card
🔹 Approximate card size: 12 × 7.7 cm (4.72 × 3.03 inches)
🔹 Presented inside a rigid magnetic photo holder/frame
🔹 Magnetic display holder size: 9 × 13 cm (3.54 × 5.12 inches)
🔹 Ready for display
🔹 Visible wear and patina consistent with age and use of the card

🪶 Collector's Note

During the first decades of the twentieth century, numerous French occult reviews and correspondence courses distributed tarot and initiatory teachings through detachable supplements. Students often mounted the cards themselves, creating personalized working sets that combined tarot symbolism, astrology, Kabbalah, and the teachings of influential occultists such as Papus and Saint-Yves d'Alveydre.

Rather than being part of a commercially manufactured tarot deck, the card was likely issued as a collectible magazine insert or educational supplement. Readers would cut out the cards and mount them onto cardboard to gradually assemble a complete set for study and divination—a practice common in French occult circles during the interwar period.

Surviving examples are increasingly difficult to find today, particularly as individual pieces. Beyond its value as a tarot-related artifact, this card is a genuine fragment of the French occult revival that shaped much of modern Western esotericism.

A wonderful addition to any collection of tarot history, Martinism, occult literature, French esotericism, or rare paper ephemera.

🔹 Original Tarosado Tarot card by Pakito Bolino
🔹 Card III – L'Impératrice (The Empress)
⚠️Card only – no box, no deck
🔹 Large format: 20 × 12.5 cm

Created by French underground artist Pakito Bolino, founder of the cult graphic collective Le Dernier Cri, the Tarosado Tarot is one of the most unusual and provocative Tarot projects of contemporary outsider art.

Printed in a strictly limited edition of only 200 copies, each card is a standalone work of art combining raw graphic energy, surreal symbolism, underground comics, and esoteric imagery. The result is a Tarot unlike any traditional deck, highly sought after by collectors of alternative art, underground publishing, and rare Tarot creations.

 ⚠️This listing is for The Empress (III) card only.

🔹 Original limited edition artwork
🔹 Oversized card format (20 × 12.5 cm)
🔹 Printed on quality cardstock
🔹 Rare collector's piece
🔹 Ideal for framing or inclusion in an avant-garde Tarot collection

🪶 Collector's Note:
The Tarosado Tarot was never widely distributed and individual cards rarely appear for sale. Pakito Bolino's works have become increasingly collectible among fans of outsider art, underground illustration, and experimental Tarot.

🔹 Creator: Georges Muchery
🔹 Publisher: B. P. Grimaud, Paris
🔹 Year: 1924 (original first edition)
🔹 Card title: Mars
🔹 Planetary Symbol: ♂ (Mars – action, force, conflict, vitality)
🔹 Dimensions: approx. 12.7 × 7.4 cm
🔹 Design: Classical martial figure holding a spear, set against a divided celestial field with the symbol of Mars — embodying strength, courage, confrontation, and raw energy
🔹 System: Part of the renowned Système Astrologique de Georges Muchery
🔹 Material: Heavy cardstock with patterned blue back
🔹 Condition: Authentic vintage card with light edge wear and soft corner rounding; overall very good for its age
🔹 Note: ⚠️ Single card only (no box, no complete set)

🪶 Collector’s Note
This card originates from the original 1924 Grimaud edition of Georges Muchery’s astrological divination system — one of the earliest structured attempts to merge astrology and cartomancy in early 20th-century France.
Each planet was represented through a powerful symbolic scene; Mars, the planet of action and conflict, is depicted here as a martial archetype expressing drive, assertiveness, and struggle.
Printed on thick textured stock with Grimaud’s distinctive patterned back, original Muchery cards are now extremely scarce, especially as surviving single cards from dismantled or incomplete sets.

🔹 Creator: Georges Muchery
🔹 Publisher: B.P. Grimaud, Paris
🔹 Year: 1924 (original edition)
🔹 Card title: 20 Capricorne
🔹 Dimensions: 12.7 × 7.4 cm
🔹 Design: Stylized black eagle descending upon a rocky cliff — symbol of Capricorn’s ambition, perseverance, and solitude
🔹 System: Part of the renowned Système Astrologique de Georges Muchery
🔹 Material: Heavy cardstock with patterned blue back
🔹 Condition: Authentic vintage card showing light edge wear and handwritten annotations at top; overall very good for its age
🔹 Note: ⚠️ Single card only (no box, no set)

🪶 Collector’s Note:
This card comes from the original 1924 Grimaud edition of Georges Muchery’s famous astrological divination system, one of the earliest attempts to merge astrology and cartomancy in early 20th-century France.
Each sign was represented by a striking symbolic animal — in this case, the Eagle of Capricorn, embodying ambition, endurance, and ascent through adversity.
Printed on thick textured stock with Grimaud’s distinct patterned back, these cards are now extremely scarce, especially as single surviving originals.