Greetings to all
Welcome to TBOI Tarot, A blog dedicated to analyzing The
Binding of Isaac (TBOI) Tarot Cards released by Edmund Mcmillen. (see HERE if
you don’t know about them: http://edplusdanielle.bigcartel.com/product/binding-of-isaac-tarot-cards-2nd-edition)
With The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth being developed and
released in the near future, I wanted to celebrate by going over the recently
released TBOI tarot cards. As such, each day I’m going to pick a card from the
deck (usually at random), and give an in-depth analysis of the card’s symbols and
meanings. If you picked up one of these decks, or aren’t sure if you want one,
I welcome you to follow me on this journey.
Edit: When The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth was released in November of 2014, Mcmillen also released a set of Tarot Cards based on his horribly adorable game. At the time, I wanted to celebrate by analyzing the cards, one a day, as my small way of celebrating the game’s release. Unfortunately, life got in the way, and now it’s the beginning of 2018, and I never even got around to posting the handful of reviews I typed back then. Still, I want to analyze them, and I’ve been trying to tie up loose ends and finish my abandoned projects from years past, so at the very least I need to finish this project for personal closure. At least this will be good writing and web design practice.
As I go over these cards, I’m going to compare them to the
Rider-Waite deck (which is one of the most common decks in the United States)
and I’m going to give my own interpretations of them. This way, we’ll have a
couple of different whys of viewing the cards. Just keep in mind that I may
(and probably will) have a different interpretation of the card then you may
have. Of course, if you see some other meaning in the card, please let me know
in the comments. I would love to know what you think.
Also, since this is now little more than a personal passion project, I will probably be editing pages quite a bit. I'm kind of looking at it as if this were a short book, so if i obtain some new bit of info or insight, I'll edit the relevant post.
Let’s get started.
Edit: When The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth was released in November of 2014, Mcmillen also released a set of Tarot Cards based on his horribly adorable game. At the time, I wanted to celebrate by analyzing the cards, one a day, as my small way of celebrating the game’s release. Unfortunately, life got in the way, and now it’s the beginning of 2018, and I never even got around to posting the handful of reviews I typed back then. Still, I want to analyze them, and I’ve been trying to tie up loose ends and finish my abandoned projects from years past, so at the very least I need to finish this project for personal closure. At least this will be good writing and web design practice.
Since this is a fairly niche intersection of
interests, you can read HERE for an intro to Tarot cards and HERE for an Intro
to The Binding of Isaac
Also, since this is now little more than a personal passion project, I will probably be editing pages quite a bit. I'm kind of looking at it as if this were a short book, so if i obtain some new bit of info or insight, I'll edit the relevant post.
Let’s get started.
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