
Dr. Robert V. O'Neill
Virgo Sun.
The late Dr. Robert V. O'Neill was a Tarot scholar, author, and award-winning ecologist. His interest in Tarot began in the 1950s when he first encountered the cards. Dr. O'Neill and a colleague developed a statistical analysis of Tarot imagery that was published in the Journal of the International Playing Card Society in 1982. Over the course of his career, he produced 60 unpublished Tarot decks and 240 publications, including his renowned book on the symbolism of 15th-century Tarot, Tarot Symbolism. He also attended the first two International Tarot Symposia in Chicago to present his research on the history of Tarot.
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Articles by Dr. Robert V. O'Neill

Fool Cards

Iconology of the Hermit Cards

Introduction to Iconology of the Early Tarot

The Major Arcana: Fool's Journey

Iconology of the Hanged Man Cards

Papess Cards

Virtue Cards

Iconology of the Fortitude Cards

Tarot Death Cards

Iconology of the Devil Cards

Dante

Iconology of the Chariot Cards

Catharism and the Trumps

Tarot Imagery

Iconology of the World Cards

Albigensian Crusade

Art of Memory

Tarot Bagatto Cards

Empress Cards

Origins of Catharism

Introduction to the Magic of Tarot

Iconology of the Wheel Cards

Iconology of the Lovers Cards

Iconology of the Moon Cards

Iconology of the Temperance Cards

Iconology of the Angel Tarot Cards

Pope Cards

Ramon Llull

Catharism and the Tarot Conclusions

Iconology of the Justice Cards

Emperor Cards

Iconology of the Tower Cards

Iconology of the Star Cards

Doctrines of Catharism

Iconology of the Early Tarot Conclusion

Religious Art and Magic