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: Queen of Staves, 7 of Swords, & 3 of Cups.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? January 18, 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: Ace of Wands, Seven of Swords, & Ace of Pentacles.
Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? October 22, 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: 7 of Swords, 2 of Wands (reversed), & 6 of Cups. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? April 11, 2018
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.
Today’s cards: 7 of Swords, 3 of Coins, & 5 of Cups. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? March 14, 2018
The 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.
Today’s cards: Ace of Pentacles, 7 of Swords, & The Hermit. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? October 14, 2017
Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is a richly decorated esoteric book in the form of 78 tarot cards. The deck can read as slim as necessary and as deep as the reader is willing to focus.
Today’s cards: The Judgement, 8 of Coins, & 7 of Swords. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? October 10, 2017
Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is a richly decorated esoteric book in the form of 78 tarot cards. The deck can read as slim as necessary and as deep as the reader is willing to focus. Each card has a surface meaning that is easy to memorize, and layers of depth that can be as esoteric as desired.
Today’s cards: 7 of Swords “Hope”, The Chariot [VII], & The Hanging Man [XII]. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? September 29, 2017
The 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.
Today’s cards: 8 of Chalices, The Tower [XVI], & 7 of Swords. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? September 04, 2017
Tavaglione’s Stairs of Gold Tarot is a richly decorated esoteric book in the form of 78 tarot cards. The deck can read as slim as necessary and as deep as the reader is willing to focus. Eschewing Golden Dawn attributions, this deck leads the reader and querent down a path where Waite does not exist.
Today’s cards: 9 of Swords, The Pope [V], & 7 of Swords. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? August 29 2017
The 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: 7 of Swords reversed, The Devil reversed, & 8 of Swords. Continue reading What Does The Deck Say? June 07 2017
