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Necronomicon Tarot      2007 Anne Stokes      USA                                                   Art Medium: Created digitally. Description: Based on Donald Tyson's reworking of the H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937) horror fiction mythos. The Majors are:- 0 Fool - Azothoth (Air); 1 Magician - Nyarlathotep (Mercury); 2 High Priestess - Bast (Moon); 3 Empress - Shug-Niggurath (Venus); 4 Emperor - Amun (Aries); 5 Hierophant - Dagon (Taurus); 6 Lovers - Deep One and Bride (Gemini); 7 Chariot - Beast of Babylon (Cancer); 8 Strength - Shoggoth (Leo); 9 Hermit - I'thakuah (Virog); 10 Wheel - Yog Sothoth (Jupiter); 11 Justice - Spawn in Sphere (Libra); 12 Hanged Man - Well of the Seraph (Water); 13 Death - Tsathoggua (Scorpio); 14 Temperance - Reanimators (Sagittarius); 15 Devil - Cthulhu (Capricorn); 16 Tower - Great Ziggurat (Mars); 17 Star - Ishtar (Aquarius); 18 Moon - Hounds of Leng (Pisces); 19 Sun - The Empty Space (Sun); 20 Judgement - Guardian of Eden (Fire); 21 World - Yig (Saturn). Each suit is keyed to a particular colour: red for Wands, grey for Cups, golden brown for Swords, and green for Disks. Anne Stokes also created her Gothic Tarot (2011).