Vintage James Bond Tarot Cards

Tarot cards played a key role in the 1973 James Bond film ‘Live and Let Die’

I was browsing through Ebay recently and came across these vintage James Bond tarot cards produced around the time of ‘Live and Let Die‘ in 1973. Roger Moore famously used a deck of tarot cards to seduce Jayne Seymour (Solitaire). Live and Let Die is probably one of my favourite Bond films, with a classic soundtrack that matches up well. I like the way Bond made sure that Solitaire predicted ‘lovers’ by having an entire deck of cards made up of the ‘lovers’ cards.

I have never met a tarot reader in person, as most of them tend to be online or on the other end of a phone. Unfortunately, the tarot readers I found online don’t resemble Solitaire (Jane Seymour), but I can’t help but wonder whether this trick would work in real life. Watching ‘Live and Let Die’ recently really reminded me how the newest Bond films miss a certain amount of charm and charisma first brought to the seen by Sean Connery. Daniel Craig definitely does a better job than Pierce Brosnan, but for me ‘Quantum of Solace’ was too much of a Hollywood action film over saturated by big explosions and car chases. I think future Bond films should look back to films like ‘Live and Let Die’ and characters like the tarot card reader Solitaire for inspiration on how to bring back some charm.