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Hi,I am trying to jot down a list of novels/short stories where astrology and/or tarots are mentioned. I think Calvino and Hemingway do: is that correct?Any help would be much appreciated!

Calvino's "The Castle of Crossed Destinies" uses two tarot decks as the basis for his mode of storytelling, yes. I don't know about a Hemingway connection. There are images from the tarot in Roman Polanski's film "The Ninth Gate", specifically the Hanged Man, and I assume that the motif was drawn directly from the novel on which the screenplay was based, "The Club Dumas" by Arturo Perez-Reverte, although I haven't read the book myself. I have a collection of old Gothic horror stories, and I'd be willing to bet that at least one of those is built around Tarot; if I think about it, I'll dig up some titles for you later on. I don't know if graphic novels apply as well, but the "Lucifer" series, scripted by Mike Carey, has an entire group of characters called the Basanos, based on a tarot deck. Hope that helps. What's the for, anyway?

Hi thanks so much for your helpI just finished reading Jeanette Winterson's Powerbook and she mentions astrology so am like 'this is something I'd like to look more into'...:-)