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Archive for March 2012

The Mary-El Tarot

Posted by: TheReviewer on: March 29, 2012

I’ve waited ten years to hold this beautiful creature of art and mystery in my hands. Ten long years in the making, and here it is at last… and it takes my breath away. It heats up my blood and sends it coursing through me, making the warmth rise in my cheeks and spread down, […]

The Steampunk Tarot

Posted by: The Tarosophist on: March 28, 2012

The Steampunk Tarot, by Barbara Moore and Aly Fell (pub. Llewellyn, 2011) video reviewed “out of the box” by Marcus Katz. In this “straight out of the box” review, Marcus discusses Steampunk, gears, Babbage’s computer, reveals what his brother does as a living, provides a “Difference Engine” spread to investigate the deck, talks about shuffling […]

Minoan Tarot

Posted by: TheReviewer on: March 27, 2012

We take a sneak peek at The Minoan Tarot, the latest deck by Ellen Lorenzi-Prince, also the creatrix of the Tarot of the Crone and Pandora’s Tarot… Each card of the Minoan Tarot is based upon an original work of the painters, sculptors, jewelers and potters who lived thousands of years ago. Unlike their contemporaries in Egypt […]

Fantasy Showcase Tarot

Posted by: TheReviewer on: March 20, 2012

This is one Golden Oldie that you’ll return to time and time again… It’s not often one finds a collaborative deck being published. Many other collaborative Tarot decks that have been created have only manifested online, such as the various Aeclectic Community Tarots, the Eat Poo Tarot, and the two Mannini decks, although there are […]

The Tarot House

Posted by: TheReviewer on: March 16, 2012

Many decks today are what we might call “clones”, usually of the Rider Waite Smith Tarot, simply copying the images in a different art style. I find decks such as these boring, and at times I find myself wondering if the creators were just out to make a quick buck, selling the integrity and ingenuity […]

Healing Tarot, by Juno Lucina and Monica Knighton

Posted by: TheReviewer on: March 13, 2012

Juno and Monica give us a sneak peek at the forthcoming Healing Tarot, a black and white Tarot due for publication in 2013. The Healing Tarot: 78 Ways to Wellness is a an entirely new Tarot deck in progress by Juno Lucina (The Kingdom Within Tarot deck and The Alchemy of Tarot book) and illustrated […]

The Pirate Tarot

Posted by: Beatrix Spinnaker on: March 13, 2012

Arrrgh – This Deck Blows! With the success of movies like “Pirates of the Caribbean”, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that a Pirate Tarot (Schiffer Publishing 2009) ended up getting published.  Created by Lucas Amodio and artist Liz Harper, the concept originally started out as a deck engraved on wood (you can get an […]

Tarot de St. Croix, by Lisa de St. Croix

Posted by: TheReviewer on: March 7, 2012

A sneak peek at the in-progress Tarot de St. Croix, and the artist’s journey to the creative process. My tarot journey began when I was a child. My mother visited a Portuguese tarot reader in Johannesburg who told her that within a year she would be divorced, marry a foreigner, move away from South Africa, […]

Tarot in the Land of Mystereum

Posted by: WizzyWizzard on: March 5, 2012

As a fan of more traditional and “magical” style Tarot decks such as the Waite-Smith and Thoth deck, this particular deck, Tarot in the Land of Mystereum by Jordan Hoggard (Schiffer Books, 2011) is a bit of a deviation for me. This deck and book boxset is very well presented in an attractive, long cigar-type […]

Celebration of Love Oracle Cards

Posted by: Amilace on: March 3, 2012

Celebration of Love Oracle Cards were my first exposure to Schiffer decks, and I was quite impressed with the quality of the packaging and presentation.  The deck is encased in an illustrated,  well-constructed, and sturdy box that can be re-used for storage and protection.  The cards themselves are large enough, 5.3″ x 3.3″ x 1.5,” […]