The Cagliostro Tarot was first published in 1912 by Modiano, a card maker in Trieste,
Italy. It was called Il Destino Svelato dal Tarocco. In 1981, Modiano created
this English version and named it after Count Allessandro Cagliostro, an 18th
century European healer and clairvoyant who founded the Egyptian Rite of
Freemasonry. The original artist was Bruno Sigon, an employee of Modiano. He
based many of his designs on Gabriel Boulinat's illustrations in Papus' book Le
Tarot Divinatoire. The cards in this deck are numbered from 1 to 78. Brief
interpretations for both upright and reversed meanings are given in panels at
the top and bottom.
Each major arcana card shows the celestial sign or other
esoteric symbol that corresponds to it. Assigned to each minor arcana card is a
time period shown at the bottom of the card. The court cards are drawn in the
traditional double-ended style of playing cards, and the suits names are: Clubs,
Hearts, Spades, Diamonds.
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