El Tarlà A3 Poster

It is said that when the Dance of Death spread the bubonic plague through the streets of Girona, joy sprang to life in the clumsy acrobatics of an improvised dancer: a young man of indomitable spirit who leapt into the air like a jester of the sacred, conjuring hope in the face of despair.

When the fetid breath of the plague finally dissipated, the living decided to honour the Tarlà. They raised him as king of the rogues and the blessed, remembering that those who do not laugh have already chosen to die.

Arcana number 11 of the Profanus tarot is the impulse of life that, after chaos, revives with greater strength, for even upon the driest leaves, the most fragrant shoots will always bloom