Broadway fans often talk about theater as a spiritual experience — but most don’t think of tarot cards when they do. That could change, thanks to a new tarot deck that’s a surprising blend of Broadway and theater, reimagining the traditional imagery of tarot with artwork by famed theater cartoonist Al Hirschfeld.
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The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot is the brainchild of Emily McGill, a former Broadway publicist who worked with the Al Hirschfeld Foundation to create the new deck, out Sept. 3. A self-described “Ivy League Witch” — she holds a master of arts in spiritual psychology from Columbia University’s Spirituality Mind Body Institute — McGill described studies that point to tarot as “an effective tool for self-reflection” on the latest episode of “Stagecraft,” Variety’s theater podcast.
McGill said she focuses on the psychological and therapeutic benefits of tarot cards rather than using them to predict the future. Tarot cards, she said, can help people feel "more clarity and direction."
