[4] From an early age, Zerner was involved in making her own art, including collages created from natural materials found in the woods near her childhood home.
[6] By 1974, she had begun studying at the School of Visual Arts and had moved into designing theatrical props under the guidance of Tony Walton, including the premiere Broadway run of Chicago.
[10] By 1969, he had joined a progressive rock band called The Flow which played free concerts to protest the Vietnam War at the Central Park Bandstand, Baruch College, and a 1972 campaign rally for George McGovern.
[11] Farber and Zerner met in October 1974 during the making of Up the Girls, a pornographic film intended as the first 'feminist adult production'.
[15] Facing both professional and personal difficulties, the couple decided to refocus their lives on the shared passions of astrology, tarot, and creativity.
[17] Following this success, the couple collaborated on the next book, The Enchanted Tarot, published by St. Martin's Press in 1992; Farber provided the text, while Zerner spent 2 years creating the art.
[24] The pair were the first astrologers to sell tarot card products on national television, with appearances on QVC and HSN starting in the 1990s.
[25] Farber developed a tarot reading software application and exhibited at the Consumer Electronics Show in 1996,[26] and later served as a psychic contributor to the financial website TheStreet from 2008 to 2010.
[23] In 2020, Zerner and Farber hosted the online weekly talk show Ask the Oracles together with family friend Jeff Pulver.
[3] Zerner's development as an artist continued after meeting Farber and gradually evolved into collage-based paintings on fabric.
[7] Following the awarding of her NEA grant, she moved into applying the same painting and construction techniques she used for her tapestries to articles of clothing.