It's wild to think that Sylvia Plath, the iconic poet, actively engaged with tarot! Her husband, Ted Hughes, gifted her a Tarot de Marseille deck, and she's believed to have used a Rider-Waite deck too. Apparently, her original cards were auctioned off and found their way to Courtney Love, what a journey for those artifacts!
What truly fascinates me is how deeply this practice seems woven into her writing. Take her poem 'The Hanging Man,' for instance; it so vividly echoes the imagery and themes of The Hanged Man card, reflecting a sense of being suspended, a world turned upside down, and perhaps her resistance to societal expectations.
It offers such a unique perspective, suggesting she used tarot as a framework to explore the divide between tradition and her search for identity. Even 'Morning Song' is rich with allusions to cards like The Fool, The Magician, and The Star. It completely changes how I view her powerful and often enigmatic work! 🤯 #literature #poetry #tarot https://lithub.com/a-tarot-reader-consi… 🔗
