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What Does The Deck Say? November 7, 2019
The Modern Spellcaster’s Tarot is created by Melanie Marquis and illustrated by Scott Murphy. Breaking with popular thought, this deck assigns the element of Fire to the suit of Swords and the element of Air to the suit of Wands. Blending contemporary and pagan scenes, the deck can be a collection of visual art or…
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What Does The Deck Say? September 23, 2019
The Universal Tarot of Marseille is primarily based on a Swiss deck created in 1751 by by Claude Burdel. The pips have color backgrounds to assist readers with distinguishing suite and the majors have had the lines refined and color backgrounds added to soften the overall look. The Universal Tarot of Marseille is ©Lo Scarabeo.…
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What Does The Deck Say? September 16, 2019
The Bosch Tarot is a series of collages based on the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch. Using a unique set of meanings that doesn’t always aligns with Waite, it will sometimes read direct, and sometimes read like a koan. It is a good deck for introspection and examination of internal motives. The Bosch Tarot is presented…
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What Does The Deck Say? July 25, 2019
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…
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What Does The Deck Say? July 23, 2019
Bryan Lahr’s Wyzard of Odd tarot deck is constructed with images of literally 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: Queen of Wands, Three…
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What Does The Deck Say? March 21, 2019
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: The Fey Tarot deck.
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What Does The Deck Say? February 28, 2019
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: Wyzard of Odd Tarot Deck.
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What Does The Deck Say? February 19, 2019
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: The Fey Tarot Deck.
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What Does The Deck Say? January 24, 2019
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: The Bosch Tarot Deck.
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What Does The Deck Say? January 7, 2019
“What Does The Deck Say” is a daily series of 3 card pulls from a cartomancy deck. No context or query is given to frame what the cards say. The result is sometimes humorous, sometimes serious, and usually surprising. All readers are invited to play along. Deck used: Wyzard of Odd Tarot Deck.