2012: Tarot of Ascension
2012: Tarot of the Ascension
Mayan Prophecy
Mythology
Art
78 cards + a title card and an advertising card, with a standard LWB, housed in a standard cardboard tuck box.
Interestingly, the deck's title differs on the box vs. on the LWB and title card.
On the box, it appears in English as 2012: Tarot of Ascension. On the title card and cover of the LWB, it appears in English as 2012: Tarot of the Ascension.
Cards measure 12 cm tall x 6.5 cm wide.
Card backs are non-reversible.
The card stock is flexible, with a smooth, matte finish.
Card titles appear in 6 languages, as is typical of many Lo Scarabeo decks.
Suits are Chalices, Pentacles, Wands, and Swords. Courts are Knave, Knight, Queen, and King.
The minors are fully scenic, though the suit symbols aren't always truly incorporated into the scenes and sometime seem just arranged over the top of the art.
Justice is VIII and Strength is XI. The Fool is numbered 0.
Michele Penco is credited only on the box; his name does not appear in the LWB.
Penco, Michele (artist)
Zizzi, Pierluca (author)
Lo Scarabeo, Italy
LS
2010 (copyright on LWB)
78 cards
Multi-lingual
Other
978-0738721828
Arcades Tarot
Art
Carolus Zoya Marseille Tarot
Photography
22 cards + a signed, numbered title card in a handmade, burgundy slipcase cover. This deck is part of a limited edition of 22 decks; my copy is #1. <br /><br />When the deck was initially offered for sale, Camelia notified those on an email list and there was a "countdown" event in a closed Facebook group as we waited for a chance to buy a copy. I was fastest on the "buy" button when sales launched, and thereby got copy #1.<br /><br />Cards are smaller than poker size, measuring 7.8 cm tall x 5.1 cm wide. They are handmade, with silver edging and square corners.<br /><br />The card backs are reversible. <br /><br />The card stock is uncoated and smooth to the touch. Though reasonably sturdy, I would not shuffle this deck by traditional means.<br /><br />As noted by Camelia Elias on <a href="http://www.cameliaelias.com/arcades-tarot-ltd/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">the deck's website</a>:<br /><br />"<strong>The Arcades Tarot</strong><span> deck is an entirely handmade, Majors only deck, showcasing the images of the unique Carolus Zoya Marseille Tarot from c. 1780 (the only known copy of which is in our possession), photographed by me in a mirrored arcade setting, with talismanic objects surrounding the Zoya originals."<br /><br />The deck was sold together with a hardcover companion book (<em>Arcades Tarot: Haiku Poems</em>). My copy of the book is signed by the author/artist. <br /><br />The book isn't needed to use the deck, though; it's not a book of card interpretations but rather a book of photography and poetry.</span>
Elias, Camelia
<a href="http://www.cameliaelias.com/arcades-tarot-ltd/" title="Arcades Tarot website">http://www.cameliaelias.com/arcades-tarot-ltd/</a>
Self-published
2019
<em>Arcades Tarot: Haiku Poems</em> by Camelia Elias. (Hardcover book purchased with the deck; my copy is signed.)
22 cards
TdM
#1 of 22
Tarot Bagong Sining
Bagong Sining
Art Nouveau
Art
44 cards plus 2 extra cards - a title card and a card with the deck's # and the artists initials. Packaged in a beautiful book-binder style box with a ribbon tie. No LWB or booklet included.
Cards are 12.2 cm tall x 7.3 cm wide.
This is technically a majors-only deck; however, two different versions of each of the major arcana are included. One female version and one male version, with the exception of the Lovers, where there's a traditional hetero couple on one version and a homosexual male couple on the other version.
Interestingly, one version of the Chariot is mis-numbered as XVII, as you can see in the scan.
Cards are laminated on the front, but not on the back. Standard sized. The card stock is incredibly easy to crease, though you wouldn't think so at first. However, even careful and limited handling can result in creases (and did, in my case). I would NEVER recommend shuffling these cards.
Backs are reversible.
Strength is 8 and Justice is 11.
My copy is number 13 out of a limited edition of 45; the number is written on the edition card, as well as on the box itself (the number 13 is written on the box in silver ink).
Narciso, Lynyrd
Self-published
2010
44 cards
English
Other
Blue Dart Frog Arcana Tarot: The Life of Balthazar
Frogs
Art
Animals
22 majors plus a signed and numbered title card, and a card with one-line card meanings. The cards are housed inside a black drawstring bag, within a 2 piece, white, lidded cardboard box, with an ink drawing on the lid along with the artist's signature and the deck's number.
My copy is #12 of a limited edition of 50.
The cards are slightly smaller than average, measuring 10.2 cm tall x 6.4 cm wide (4 inches tall x 2.5 inches wide).
The cards have a shiny laminate on both sides.
The backs are reversible.
An interesting detail of the cards is that each one is numbered (with the deck number, that is) in the lower left corner. So each card has evidence that it is part of deck #12 out of 50.
Though the cards themselves have no titles printed on them, you can tell from the art that 8 is Strength and 11 is Justice. The number 0 appears on what is clearly the Fool card.
I purchased my copy through the artist's Etsy shop for $40 USD on June 20, 2011.
Seilonen, Beth
Self-published
2010
22 cards
English
Other
#12 out of 50
Spirit of Flowers Tarot
I Tarocchi Floreali
Tarot Floral
Blumenelfen Tarot
Flowers
Children
Art
78 cards with an LWB, in a standard cardboard tuck box. Also includes a generic looking title card and a generic Lo Scarabeo advertising card that lists other current tarot decks available.
Castelli, Antonella (artist)
Tuan, Laura (author)
Lo Scarabeo
LS
2003
78 cards
073870411-3
Bosch Tarot
Hieronymus Bosch
Fine art
78 cards + a title card and an advertising card + an LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box.<br /><br /><span>Cards measure 12 cm tall x 6.6 cm wide. The card stock is very flexible, with a smooth, mostly-matte finish. This deck could easily be riffle-shuffled.</span><br /><br />The card backs have a reversible design.<br /><br />Justice is VIII and Strength is XI. The Fool is numbered 0. <br /><br />Suits are Chalices, Pentacles, Wands, and Swords. The court cards are Knave, Knight, Queen, and King.<br /><br />The minor arcana are somewhere on the continuum between "decoratively illustrated" and fully scenic; they are definitely not scenic in the RWS style, though a handful of the cards give a nod to the RWS.<br /><br />If I was going to read with this deck, I might find it easiest to ascribe TdM meanings to the cards.<br /><br />As an art deck, this tarot succeeds on both counts -- as a work of art (and homage to Bosch) as well as a functional divinatory tool.
Atanassov, Atanas A.
Lo Scarabeo
© 2004
78 cards
Multiple languages
Mixed
ISBN 888395136-0
Bruegel Tarot
Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Fine art
<span>78 cards + a title card and advertising card + an LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box.</span><br /><br /><span>The cards measure 12 cm tall x 6.6 cm wide. The card stock is very flexible, with a smooth, mostly matte finish. This deck could easily be riffle-shuffled without damage.<br /><br />The card backs are reversible.<br /><br />Justice is VIII and Strength is XI. The Fool is numbered 0.<br /><br />The suits are Wands, Chalices, Pentacles, and Swords. The court cards are Knave, Knight, Queen, and King. <br /><br />The minor arcana are scenic, and are meant to mimic Bruegel's art style and subject matter. As such, they don't align neatly with any major tarot tradition. (I can see a hint of the RWS in a handful of cards, but that's all.)<br /><br />According to the LWB, each major arcana card is aligned with a popular saying or Biblical allegory, while the minor arcana suits are each aligned with a season. Swords = Spring, Wands = Summer, Pentacles = Autumn, and Chalices = Winter.<br /><br />Despite this not being a particularly easy deck to read with, it is one of my all-time favorites from Lo Scarabeo. The art is simply amazing.<br /></span>
Marchesi, Guido Zibordi
Lo Scarabeo
© 2003
78 cards
Multilingual
Other / Mixed
ISBN 9780738704463
Byzantine Tarot
Byzantine Empire--Art
78 cards + a 160 page softcover companion book in a 2-part, lidded cardboard shelf box.<br /><br />The cards measure 7.6 cm wide x 13.2 cm long.<br /><br />The card stock is somewhat flexible, but it doesn't bounce back right away -- in other words, it would be easily to accidentally bend or crease these cards. The cards have a glossy finish that is smooth on the card fronts and very slightly rough to the touch on the backs. My copy has never been used, but has a very slight warp.<br /><br />The card backs aren't quite fully reversible, in that the border in one corner is a darker brown than the other corners. Interestingly, the darker brown corner is at the bottom right on backs of the major arcana, but in the upper left on the backs of minor arcana cards. Copyright information appears twice on the card backs, both upper right and lower left corners. The copyright year is 2015.<br /><br />Some, though not all, of the major arcana have been renamed. Justice is VIII and Fortitude (<em>Strength</em>) is XI. The Holy Fool is numbered 0.<br /><br />The suits are Swords, Staffs, Cups, and Coins. Swords are aligned with Fire and Staffs are aligned with Air. The court cards are Page, Knight, Countess, and Count.<br /><br />The minor arcana cards are scenic in the RWS style, though with some variations in keeping with the theme.<br /><br />On a personal note, this deck is more beautiful than I remembered, and the companion book is quite thoughtful and thorough. The only thing preventing this from being a good "working deck" is the card stock; I wish it felt more durable.
Conway, Cilla (artist)
Matthews, John (author)
Connections Book Publishing
Eddison Sadd Editions
© 2015
78 cards
English
RWS
ISBN 9781859063910
Cat-Rot Cards
Cats
22 majors plus a title card and an informational card, accompanied by a foldout instructional sheet, housed in a sheer yellow organza drawstring bag.
Cards are about poker sized, measuring 8.5 cm tall x 6 cm wide.
The cards have square corners, are printed on plain white stock, and are coated with a shiny lamination..
The backs are plain white and thus fully reversible.
This is very much a theme deck / art deck. Each card features one or more cats in a minimalistic and humorous scene.
Strength is 8 and Justice is 11. The Fool is numbered as 0.
There are three noticeable misspellings on the cards, as follows: Strength is spelled "Strenght," Wheel of Fortune is spelled "Wheen of Fortune," and "Justice" is spelled "Justuce."
An interesting oversight on the foldout LWB sheet is that Justice is missing from the list.
Self-published by the artist, in Belgium.
Available from the artist's Etsy store for $25 USD.
I'm unsure about the publication year; I first purchased a copy from Etsy in February 2011, but it may have first been available in 2010. I cannot find a definitive date yet.
Personal note: I have two copies of this deck, which was entirely accidental. (I'd forgotten that I'd ordered it, and ordered a second copy.) Only one copy came with the instructional sheet.
van Bruggen, Maria
<a href="http://www.elfies-world.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.elfies-world.com</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.zazzle.com/cat_alogue" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.zazzle.com/cat_alogue</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/catswithattitude" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.etsy.com/shop/catswithattitude</a>
Self-published
2011
22 cards
English
Other
Chakra Arcana Tarot
Chakras
Rider-Waite
New Age
Art
22 cards in an unfinished purple iridescent bag. No title card or LWB.
Cards measure 10 cm tall x 6.5 cm wide.
The card stock is very flexible and laminated on both sides.
Card backs are purple with a field of white stars, and are reversible.
Some, but not all of the cards are retitled. Justice is 8 and Kundalini is 11. The Fool is titled "The Flying Man" and is unnumbered. Death is titled "Transformation" and is numbered 13.
All cards feature a small central scene or figure based on the RWS model, but the more eye-catching feature of each card is the colorful mandala.
Though not over-painted in iridescent colors in the manner of the custom-ordered Illuminated tarot decks by the same artist, this deck is beautifully "glittered."
Beautiful isn't strong enough a word, even -- the glitter treatment is honestly stunning. Many different colors were used, making the cards catch the light and literally glimmer and gleam in jewel toned sparkles. Sadly, the scans don't begin to capture the beauty of the glitter effect.
I suspect this was some type of custom-order . . . I did not purchase this directly from Carol herself, but rather through a sale from an Aeclectic Tarot member.
I acquired the deck in August 2011, but I'm not sure when this specific copy was printed/produced, as there's no date on it.
Note: When viewed at Aeclectic Tarot or at the Soul Guidance site, it appears that the deck comes with "chakra cards" in addition to the major arcana. My copy came with only 22 cards -- just the major arcana with no additional cards. (Again, this seems indicative of my copy having been a special order).
Herzer, Carol
Self-published
n.d. [1996 was when copies of this deck were first made available]
22 cards
English
RWS
China Tarot
Art
China
<span>78 cards + a title card and advertising card + an LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box.<br /></span><br /><span>The cards measure 12 cm tall x 6.6 cm wide. The card stock is very flexible, with a smooth, matte finish. This deck could easily be riffle-shuffled without damage.<br /><br />The card backs are fully reversible.<br /><br />Strength is VIII and Justice is XI. The Fool is numbered 0.<br /><br />Suits are Pentacles, Chalices, Swords, and Wands. The court cards are Knave, Knight, Queen, and King.<br /><br />The minor arcana are decorative pips with arrangements of suit symbols.<br /><br /><strong>Note</strong>: This deck is a reprint of the Der-Jen tarot from Taiwan. The art is the same in both versions, but the Lo Scarabeo version adds multilingual borders/titles.<br /><br /></span>
Der Jen
Lo Scarabeo
© 2006
78 cards
Multiple languages
Plain pips
ISBN 073871058-X
Golden Dragon Tarot
Tarot of the Golden Dragon
Chinese Tarot
Traditional Chinese art
78 cards with an LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box. Also includes 2 extra advertising cards with other decks listed from the publisher's catalog, in multiple languages.
Cards are 13.4 cm tall x 7.5 cm wide.
Cards are fully scenic, and sometimes bear a slight resemblance to the RWS, but for the most part present their own unique interpretation of the tarot.
Card backs are non-reversible.
Would be considered slightly oversized by current standards, but the cards are still able to be shuffled.
No names are given for the artist or the person who may have scripted the art. The only name given -- Jean-Louis Victor -- is that of the writer of the instructions (LWB).
Copyright date on the cards is 1993, though the LWB lists 1994.
Suits are Coins, Wands, Cups, and Swords.
Justice is 8 and Strength (The Dragon) is 11.
Pages are named Masters.
Many of the major arcana are retitled, but still recognizable as their traditional counterparts. For example, card XXII is titled "Harvest."
Card names appear in both English and in Chinese characters.
Victor, Jean-Louis (LWB author)
AGMuller
AGM
1994
1993 (copyright date printed on the cards)
78 cards
English
Chinese
Other
3-905017-48-2