Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is a richly decorated esoteric book in the form of 78 tarot cards. Sometimes wildly diverging from Waite’s road, the deck can read as slim as necessary and as deep as the reader is willing to focus. Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is ©US Games Systems.
Today’s cards: Knight of Staves, 4 of Coins, & 5 of Cups.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? August 12, 2019The Fey Tarot is the work of Mara Aghem. While the card names mostly track conventional tarot naming, the scenes differ from Pamela Coleman Smith’s renditions. Not all minors display the full pip count of their number. Rather, the scenes are meant to evoke the intuition of the reader rather than depend on long lists of regurgitated meanings. The Fey Tarot is ©Lo Scarabeo.
Today’s cards: King of Pentacles, 5 of Chalices, & Strength [VIII].
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? August 1, 2019Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is a richly decorated esoteric book in the form of 78 tarot cards. Sometimes wildly diverging from Waite’s road, the deck can read as slim as necessary and as deep as the reader is willing to focus. Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is ©US Games Systems.
Today’s cards: 5 of Cups, The World [XXI], & The Judgement [XX].
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? July 29, 2019The Legacy of the Divine is a work of art by Ciro Marchetti. Warm images tell a fantastic story across rural, urban, and fantasy settings. A visually inviting deck, it has hints of esotericism for those that are seeking such things, but those hints do not interfere with those that do not. Deck artist: Ciro Marchetti.
Today’s cards: 2 of Coins, 5 of Cups (reversed), & 6 of Coins.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? February 22, 2019Designed and illustrated by Megan Weber under the name of “Zaheroux“, this black and white deck features an animal for each card. Though there are bones in every image, don’t let this deck frighten you. There is wisdom for those who seek it.
Today’s cards: The Empress [III], Queen of Pentacles, & Five of Cups.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? January 3, 2019Bryan Lahr’s Wyzard of Odd tarot deck is constructed with literally images of smoke and mirrors, and has the margins lined with correspondences from other religious and esoteric practices. The slightly oversize deck is also good for single card contemplation as the images fold onto themselves and the viewer.
Today’s cards: The Star [XVII], Five of Cups, & Four of Swords.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? November 29, 2018The Legacy of the Divine is a work of art by Ciro Marchetti. Warm images tell a fantastic story across rural, urban, and fantasy settings. A visually inviting deck, it has hints of esotericism for those that are seeking such things, but those hints do not interfere with those that do not.
Today’s cards: 5 of Cups, Page of Swords, & 2 of Wands.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? November 13, 2018The Bosch Tarot is a series of collages based on the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. Using a unique set of meanings that is not derived from Waite, it will sometimes read direct, and sometimes read like a koan. It is a good deck for introspection and examination of internal motives.
![Bosch Tarot: The Emperor [IV], 5 of Chalices, & 10 of Chalices.](https://i2.wp.com/noxporium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WDTDS20181016.jpg?fit=474%2C284&ssl=1)
Today’s cards: The Emperor [IV], 5 of Chalices, & 10 of Chalices.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? October 16, 2018Designed and illustrated by Megan Weber under the name of “Zaheroux“, this black and white deck features an animal for each card. Though there are bones in every image, don’t let this deck frighten you. There is wisdom for those who seek it.
![Animalis Os Fortuna: Five of Cups, Eight of Pentacles, & The Moon [XVIII].](https://i0.wp.com/noxporium.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/WDTDS20181009.jpeg?fit=474%2C232&ssl=1)
Today’s cards: Five of Cups, Eight of Pentacles, & The Moon [XVIII].
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? October 9, 2018The Red Magician Tarot is a collage deck created by Jay LeRoy based on Hermetic principles.
Today’s cards: The Tower, Five of Cups, & The High Priestess. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? April 16, 2018
