The Mary-El Tarot
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 coursin...
The Steampunk Tarot
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 ...
The Tarot House
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 wonder...
The Pirate Tarot
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 L...
Tarot in the Land of Mystereum
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 d...
Celebration of Love Oracle Cards
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...
Pixie’s Astounding Lenormand Deck
A version of the Lenormand executed in the style of Pamela Colman-Smith? This creation of Edmund Zebrowski is a gift bestowed upon the reader, with the perfect synergy of Pamela Colman Smith (Pixie), A.E Waite ...
Gaian Tarot by Joanna Powell Colbert (Llewellyn, 2012)
Being the proud owner of a copy of the original Majors-only version of the Gaian Tarot printed in 2004, and having followed the gestation, creation and journey of the deck to its final manifestation as a 78-car...