Tarot of the Quarantined Garden

The Tarot of the Quarantined Garden is a beautifully printed tarot deck by the Venezuelan plastic artist Antonio Briceño, made with photographs taken in his own garden during the 2020 quarantine.

In addition to the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot of Marseilles, adds 18 Auxiliary Arcana: 11 plants and 7 animals. This second sequence begins with The Roots and closes with The Message, a card of good omen related to the willingness to listen and grow. These Auxiliary Arcana can help guide the reading of the Major Arcana or encourage reflection on their meanings in our lives.

The 40 Arcana will be our guides through a natural epiphany in the garden that lies beneath our spirit, at the margin of the movement of the Universe and its unlimited expansion. May this journey serve, above all, for the contemplation of the strange and amazing world of the plants and animals that precede us, surround us, sustain us and are the vehicle of the metaphors that unite all the creatures of Nature in this garden in quarantine. May this encounter help us to internalize what they say and may it be a mirror and image for the understanding of the ascending spiral that, finally, gives The Message to The Fool.