Publisher: Patrick Valenza at Deviant Moon Inc. Website: http://www.deviantmoon.com Ever since I first laid eyes on images of an Edoardo Dotti Tarot, I have wanted a deck of those cards. In that first exposure, on page 160 of Stuart Kaplan’s Encyclopedia of Tarot, volume 1, I fell in love at first sight. I don’t know […]
A review and comparison of the following three decks: The Oswald Wirth Tarot by U.S. Games The Golden Wirth Tarot Grand Trumps by Lo Scarabeo/Llewellyn The Symbolic Tarot of Wirth by Lo Scarabeo/Llewellyn I feel confident in that fact that I am not the only tarot enthusiast who ever said, “Oh, if only someone else […]
Recently while burrowing around the rabbit hole of TarotTube, I noted a series of videos, mostly deck reviews, where “diversity and inclusion” are mentioned on a regular basis. This is to be expected, I suppose, given modern Western culture and that this marginalized spiritual practice has been adopted by practitioners who often belong to marginalized […]
This year has been a very trying time for many people. In America, in addition to the global pandemic, we have had an unprecedented amount of civil unrest in many of our larger cities and a presidential election that, of course, went completely sideways. Listening to the “news” or other programs, viewers are constantly bombarded, […]
I am a total sucker for a list of just about anything. List of top ten best episodes of Star Trek? Reading it. List of ten worst episodes of Star Trek? I’m there. A list of the books some YouTuber read this year? Watching. Video of Top Ten Rider-Waite-Smith decks currently in production? One of […]
Creator and Writer: Rachel True Artist: Stephanie Singleton Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2020 Rachel True’s True Heart Intuitive Tarot has thrust me into an existential dilemma, a conflict of gross cultural proportion. We here in the Deep South value our politesse. Mississippi, for all its past flaws and indiscretions, is “The Hospitality State.” Throughout […]
Tattoo Tarot: Ink and Intuition Publisher: Laurence King Publishing Ltd. http://www.laurenceking.com Year: 2018 Artist: Megamunden Text: Diana McMahon Collis My son and I were wandering around a mall recently when we stumbled upon a Spencer’s Gifts. Oh, what a world of naughty teen wonders! My son is sixteen now, so it’s not as though I […]
Published by Chronicle Books http://www.chroniclebooks.com (2020) Created and Written by Trungles (Trung Le Nguyen) I think it fair to say that the Star Spinner Tarot was one of the most hotly anticipated decks of 2020. I too had followed the artwork as I ran across it online. The jolly and enigmatic Fool, the warm and […]
Running Press Reviews: Tarot Nova and Everyday Tarot Publisher: Running Press, under the name RP Minis, http://www.runningpress.com As a frequenter of bookshops, I always run into that tall rack of absolutely needless crap standing dutifully next to the checkout line, the impulse purchase rack to ensnare us hoarders with our need to possess small totems […]
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo Illustrator: Renata Lechner A review of the Millennium Thoth Tarot will be difficult for me, and I’m quite certain that the review will sadly fall on the more pedantic and comparative side. I hold a great respect, even reverence for the Crowley-Harris Thoth. The first book I was ever recommended on tarot […]
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