Tarot Decks

Coming this Spring 2018 from US Games - the Zillich Tarot in a Tin. It's a Thoth-based deck that features intriguing watercolor artwork from Christine Zillich. The initial printer proofs from USG made its Thoth inspiration more evident, with the corresponding Hebrew letter displayed for the Majors and the Thoth keyword shown for the minors. Sadly, no astrological correspondence symbols are shown. The USG release will come with English text, as shown below. The imagery is different from the Thoth since the minors display full images and not pips. The majors and courts also diverge from the Thoth. I must say tho - the watercolor art in the cards is simply …

Does anyone know what has happened to Jeri Totten? I got her Distant Past Tarot late last year and was looking forward to her new one (can’t recall the name) but her website is closed and so is her Etsy shop. I hope she is okay.

Halloween is coming, so this question is very apt. What dark Tarot deck/s appeal to you the most? Which are your go-to's, which ones do you use in rituals, shadow work, path-working, etc.? My dark & gothic sub-collection is quite sizable, but my absolute favorite is the Barbara Walker. I have had it for more than four months, but my passion for it has barely abated until now. Something about its menacing 70's aesthetic lends it a delicious creepiness that has to be experienced to be believed, and the legends, myths, and gods it depicts are endlessly fascinating. I highly recommend its companion book, although it has to be taken with a grain of salt because some …

At the Tarot Garden I have a "holy grail" wishllist for a select few decks (from my overall wishlist) that I consider to be super rare, unlikely-to-ever-get decks that I nonetheless would really really love to have. Turns out, with some patience and careful Ebay stalking i've been able to get quite a few of the decks I had on my 'holy grail' list in recent months! They are the Louttre B, the Silhouettes Tarot (that one I barely won a down-to-the-second auction for haha), the Jugendstil, the Swietlstij Drogi, and the Minotarot. Plus, the Bagong Sining is hopefully being republished next year, so that's another one. So now I am thinking that maybe I…

Hello everyone Does anyone have a suggestion for a good bright-side deck? I have several dark decks, and a number of neutral decks, but I don't really have any bright decks (except for the Happy Tarot, which was just too darn cute to resist), so I think I need a little light to balance things out. Thank you. :)

Does anyone have this deck? It was the second deck I purchased because I love Taoism and the art really spoke to me. I have had some good readings with it for sure, but I have trouble knowing how to really use it. It's like... it has major and minor arcana, and to a point the cards do relate to the tarot, but at the same time? They really kinda don't lol If you want to read reversals it's gotta be all intuition. Do you think this deck is best used as an Oracle deck? Have any of you used it as a Tarot deck? It's still cool as hell and I intend to work with it, just wondering if anyone else uses it.

I thought it would be nice to have a thread about sharing info re. availability of decks of interest. So I am beginning: I am looking for Terracotta tarot for so long. If you have any info where I could find it I would really appreciate it or if you see it somewhere for sale pls post it here. And just FYI if anyone would be interested:: I was also looking for the Tiger tarot and I found it after lots of search on the net. It can be ordered by emailing to kathy@imlaygallery.com (I have her permission to share her email address) I think it will go on the top of my favorites. It's unique, the faces are so expressive and the cards …

Hi there, Not sure if there’s already a thread on this but wondering if members could please share names and images of your favorite available animal themed decks? Would like to add one to my collection (very small collection!) - but I haven’t found one that’s caught my eye yet :) Thank you!

Good News for all of you who missed out on the first edition! :D / i just got this announcement eMail this morning from Karen/Baba Studios: "he Alice Tarot second edition - pre-orders are now open! We're delighted to open pre-orders for The Alice Tarot second edition - with great discounts as our thank you for pre-ordering. We expect to be shipping in March 2019. HERE on our World store pricing in USD for shipping worldwide (except EU and UK) HERE on our EU store pricing in Euros for shipping in the EU HERE on our UK store pricing in GBP for shipping in the UK UK customers can choose to buy on our EU store in Euros or on our UK store in £s. Pleas…

It seems like the Sola Busca revival is still going strong. There is some good news for everyone who missed out on the very first offering of Lo Scarabeo's Anima Antiqua series. Their deluxe Sola Busca is going to be released again this January 2019, and this time it's going to be in a museum-quality kit! I like how responsive LS has become to popular clamor - the initial release has sold out in around six months after all. And now, not only is it going to be reprinted - it's going to come out with an extensive guidebook by renowned Sola Busca scholar Paola Gnaccolini. This is a huge deal, as the available texts on the Sola Busca by Di Vincenzo, Adams, Dorsini, et…

I always think it’s a bad sign when Tarot decks are advertised or their boxes only show Major Arcana Cards. I like illustrated pips. When they don’t show any pips I have to research the deck to see if the minors are more RWS or TDM. Most of the time when the box or ad don’t show minors they are not illustrated minors. This, I think, is a bit of cheat. I respect tarot artists, but I guess it’s just easier to have a collection of the four suit items than to make a scene with them. I’m not good at reading Tarot Of Marseilles style cards—ones that only show a grouping of cups, swords, coins, or rods. I bought a very expensive deck in December that had beautiful major…

I just received a Lo Scarabeo update about another upcoming Fabio Listrani deck. I don't have any of his decks, though at least both his Tarot decks seem to have quite a following around here. Anyway, since a picture is worth a thousand words, here it is. They say it will have "special silver and black effects," by which I understand that there will be metallic black touches as well as silver.

What are the decks that you truly, bitterly regret missing out on? It may be because it has become OOP and is no longer available at all, or it can still be around but its prices have become mercenarily astronomical. It may be a limited edition deck you kept postponing on buying until it's too late. :( It may be something you once had but which you traded/gave away, and which you are hankering for again but now it's out of stock everywhere. This is a thread of sorrows, so it's alright if you wish to pour your heart out. :'(

Oh god. Small Rosettas and Tabula Mundi. AND you get a bit extra if you preorder and $1 off if you order both.... I wish I hadn't read that e-mail... So I will offer you all equal suffering rights: http://www.tarotcart.com/POCKET-SIZE-ME-I-want-BOTH-Tabula-Mundi-and-Rosetta-POCKET-size-TM-RT-PK.htm

It's already funded even!

Almost all the decks that I'm buying have some cards that I don't like (I suspect everyone feels the same way). For example the Maat. Most of the cards are gorgeous. I love those cards and I really hate a few others (so I have very strong emotion about this deck). I can't stand the Devil and about 3-4 more cards. So I am not using the deck for reading. It's a pity, the rest of the deck is great. What is your experience with decks that have cards you don't like? Can you just overlook/disregard them? Are you still using them for reading?

The discussion of Tarot decks would be incomplete if we ignore the part of it which shares almost half of its total surface area: its back! So share all the Tarot backs that move you: the ones you love and the ones you find distasteful. Post those which are out of this world, which even the people here know very little of, or which you simply are very curious about. If you can, try to post pics, alright? :)

This caught my eye: https://www.etsy.com/listing/555344785/pams-vintage-tarot-deck I bit the bullet and bought it on Gamecrafter (the link is in the Etsy page, and it does save money). It's supposed to ship September 15. Like the other recent Rider Waite editions that have been popping up on Etsy, Amazon and eBay, this one claims to be a reproduction of one of the very first editions. I'll wait and see.

I am trying to find the artist, publisher and name of this deck. Can anyone help me?

Ok, so I bought this deck pre-loved and I know nothing about it. The box has no information regarding manufacturer. The deck has 80 cards, and it has a historical style to it. Every card has titles in four languages, but I must admit that I am not 100% sure which languages they are (although I am perfectly able to discern which card is which anyhow). Some of the cards have a banner with some words on them, I will add pictures of that as well. So, please, any information you guys can give me (about anything really!) is welcome! I am thinking that this is a mass produced deck and that it perhaps is slavic? The images are really lovely and quite interesting. And I re…

I know it's early, but already getting excited about what 2020 will bring! Things to look forward to during a cold Winter 😄 UPDATED: June 23, 2020 Llewellyn Llewellyn 2020 Winter Catalogue Llewellyn 2020 Spring/Summer Catalogue Llewellyn’s full 2020 Tarot Catalogue - New Releases and Backlist - published June 1, 2020 Llewellyn’s Fall 2020 catalogue Lo Scarabeo Lo Scarabeo 2020 Catalogue Eddison Books Eddison Books International Rights Catalogue 2020 Ryland Peters & Small /CICO Books Ryland Peters & Small /CICO Books 2020 US Games …

Hello All 😁👋 I was wondering how on earth you choose which pack of cards to buy. there are so many out there to choose from all beautifully designed too. I am guessing a lot of it is to do with personal taste etc but for a beginner who is just learning about the basics of the cards decks & history this has got me stumped 🤔 any tips would be greatly appreciated thanks 🙏

Publisher is Magical Omaha. With full size companion book that is the same content as the original edition. Thanks, @DDwarks, for verifying that. DuQuette posted about it on fb, so it's legit. $56.99 though, and with a sizeable shipping charge if you're not in the US, but thought I'd pass along in case anyone is eyeing a more expensive sale of the long OOP edition. EDIT: @FLizarraga pointed out that when you sign up for Magical Omaha emails, you get 20% off your first purchase. It's HERE.

I recently saw posts having to do with demonic decks and vampire decks ... not surprising for the time of year ... and realized I have an aversion to darkly themed decks, especially demons, vampires, and over-use of skeleton imagery. But as some of you know ... I absolutely loathe "sweetness and light" decks. Possibly even worse than my aversion to dark decks! The aversions come from different places. As far as demons and vampires ... let's just say I've had enough of that sort of thing in real life. I've been harmed physically and mentally [and seen other people harmed] from contact with these sorts of beings. I'm quite rational ... yet I've …

So - erotic decks. Which ones do you have in your collection? Which are your favorites and why? Which do you enjoy working with, and which ones did you immediately trade away? The discussions here might become a bit explicit. If some readers do not like nudity in their decks, I fully respect that, but it may be advisable to skip this thread. In any case, we're all adults here, and this thread is NOT meant to be prurient. Sexual imagery, symbolism, and arechetypes have been part of even the more celebrated Tarot decks like the Thoth for example so I personally don't find anything objectionable about them. Erotic decks are just a more explicit manifestation of this …