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tĂȘte de mort is my online tarot shop and archive collecting vintage and artist tarot decks.
I’m Nikita, a tarot artist and collector (also working under the name alpha_rats) based in Marseille, France.
For the moment I’m using this website to keep track and document interesting tarot decks I come across, and the online shop is available through etsy :
tĂȘte de mort?

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« tĂȘte de mort » means « skull » in french. it’s a reference to the alchemical symbol of caput mortuum, which designates the residue of the transmutation process. I chose it because of a dream I had where I was presented with a head on fire floating above a plate by a figure telling me « this is your death head »
I also like the three dots which remind me the symbol « mort aux vaches », a french anarchist symbol equivalent to « ACAB ». it’s also very cute!