Yeager Tarot of Meditation
78 cards with a LWB in a 2-part, lidded cardboard box. The box lid is gold, with "The Tarot" printed in black. The box bottom is plain white. Only the inside of the LWB identifies the deck by its full title.<br /><br />Cards measure 11.4 cm tall x 7.8 cm wide.<br /><br />The card stock is thin and flexible with a smooth, matte finish. <br /><br />The card backs are completely reversible, with a simple image of a circle with a dot in the middle. <br /><br />Justice is 8 and Strength is 11. The Fool is numbered 0. <br /><br />Suits are Swords, Cups, Wands, and Pentacles. Courts are King, Queen, Knight, and Page.<br /><br />The minor arcana are pips, with simple arrangements of suit symbols. <br /><br />This deck was later republished <a href="http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/yeager-tarot-of-meditation/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">in 1982 by U.S. Games</a>, at which time some images were changed in order to add clothing to the characters (more specifically, to add pants to cover the abundance of male genitalia). <br /><br />That's not to say that the original 1970's version is completely "uncovered" -- in fact, in the court cards, all of the male characters have on pants or shorts.<br /><br />I purchased my copy through eBay in 2019.
Yeager, Marty
Credo Company
1976 (date in the LWB)
1975 (date printed on the cards)
78 cards
English
Other
20th Century Tarot
General
78 cards with a 24 page soft cover companion booklet, packaged together in a large-format, two part lidded cardboard box. No title card.
Cards measure 12 cm tall x 7 cm wide.
The card stock is thin and flexible, with a fairly smooth, mostly matte finish.
The backs have a non-reversible design featuring a candelabra.
The cards are black and white (and grey), and the art is minimalistic. The minor arcana are just pips.
Strength is 8 and Justice is 11. The Fool is numbered 0.
Suits are Pentacles, Wands, Swords, and Cups. Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King.
Published by:
SKOR-MOR CORP.
1107 E. Kimberly Ave.
Anaheim, CA 92801
Burne, Kevin G. (writer)
No artist was credited; Burne may also be the artist, but I'm not certain.
The back of the box has a copyright statement that mentions someone named Burns (could it be a misspelling of Burne?).
Listed in the Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. I, p. 283
Skor-Mor Corporation, California, United States
1970 (c)
24 page companion book, soft cover
78 cards
English
Plain pips
Royal Thai Tarot
Thai culture
78 cards + a title card, an informational card, and a card with the Celtic Cross layout, with a 47 page LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box.
The cards are somewhat square in shape, measuring 12 cm tall x 8.5 cm wide.
The backs are reversible.
The card stock is flexible, and has a semi-shiny coating that is somewhat sticky, and renders the deck difficult to shuffle.
Suits are Wands, Pentacles, Cups, and Swords. Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King.
Strength is 8 and Justice is 11. The Fool is numbered 0.
The minor arcana are non-scenic, and barely even what could be considered "illustrated." They are really just pips -- arrangements of suit symbols with little else in the way of ornament.
The inside over of the LWB notes that this copy was part of the first edition and was printed in Italy.
Horharin, Sungkom
Kriengkomol, Wasan (art director)
Sodsri, Verasak (artist)
U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
USG
2004 (c)
78 cards
English
Plain pips
1-57281-472-1
Pagan Tarot (<em>aka Tarot 2000</em>)
Paganism
New Age
78 cards. Originally packaged with a companion book, in a shiny paper bag that wasn't made to contain cards (it was more of a gift-style bag). I have the book and bag stored somewhere -- I'll update this entry when I find them.
Cards measure 10.3 cm tall x 7.2 cm wide.
The card stock is flexible, with a flat matte finish.
The backs are non-reversible.
Justice is 8, Fortitude is 11, and the Fool is numbered 0.
Some of the majors are renamed. The minors are decorative pips -- not scenic.
Suits are Swords, Cups, Coins, and Batons. Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King.
Payne, Robin
Lewsey, Rosemary
<a href="http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/pagan/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/pagan/</a>
Alexander Associates, England
2000
78 cards
English
Other
Tarot des Pauvres
Tarot of the Poors
Simplified Tarot
Esoteric
78 cards plus a LWB in a standard cardboard tuck box.
The cards are smaller than average, measuring 8.7 cm tall x 5.6 cm wide.
The LWB, the box information, and the card titles are all in French.
The card stock is flexible, with a matte finish.
Card backs are non-reversible -- though at first glance you wouldn't notice that.
Justice is 8, Force (Strength) is 11, and Le Mat (The Fool) is numbered 22.
The cards are black and white, and the minors are plain pips.
Suits are Bâtons, Coupes, Deniers, and Epées. Courts are Valet, Cavalier, Reine, and Roi.
de Becker, Paul
Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. III, pp. 629, 633
Carta Mundi, Belgium
1984
78 cards
French
Plain pips
Nuovo Tarocco Ligure Piemontese
Eclectic
78 cards plus a title card. No box and no LWB came with my copy.
Cards measure 11.5 cm tall x 6.5 cm wide.
The card stock is extremely high quality and a pleasure to touch -- uncoated, matte, smooth, and flexible.
Backs are non-reversible.
The minors are plain pips, just arrangements of suit symbols.
Card titles are in Italian.
Justice (La Giustizia) is 8 and Strength (La Forza) is 11.
Suits are Denari, Spade, Coppe, and Bastoni. Courts are Fante, Cavaliere, Regina, and Re.
Guarnaccia, M.
Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. III, pp. 269, 270
Carte da Giuoco, Italy
1982
78 cards
Italian
Plain pips
Ludvig Tarot
Hungarian culture
78 cards plus 2 blank cards and a LWB, in a standard cardboard tuck box.
Cards measure 12 cm tall x 6.6 cm wide.
The card stock is flexible and has a matte finish.
Backs are reversible.
Justice is 8 and Strength is 11.
Card titles are in Hungarian, as is the LWB. The publisher's name probably appears somewhere in the LWB, but I cannot read Hungarian, nor can I find the name of the publisher anywhere online (not even when translating information from Hungarian sites selling the deck).
A TdM influence is evident in the deck, though the minors are more "plain" than "illustrated" in the TdM style.
Zsuzsa, Ludvig
Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. IV, pp. 409, 413
[unknown] Hungary
1998
78 cards
Hungarian
Plain pips
Tarot of Hellen (English Edition)
Flowers, Plants
78 cards plus 2 advertising cards, with a LWB in English, in a standard cardboard tuck box.
The cards measure 12 cm tall x 7 cm wide.
The card stock is flexible and has a smooth, semi-matte finish.
Backs are non-reversible.
This is a non-scenic deck; even the majors do not have scenes, but merely feature a painted image of a plant, herb, or flower. The majors really don't correspond to regular tarot majors.
The minors are simple arrangements of suit symbols.
The court cards feature plant-like representations of ancient Greek deities.
The suits are Leaves (Fire), Branches (Air), Flowers (Water), and Grains (Earth).
Courts are Valet, Knight, Queen, and King.
Bernard, Valérie
AG Muller, Switzerland
AGM
1999
78 cards
English
Other
3-905219-70-0
Vision Tarot
Photography
78 cards plus a title card and an informational card, with a LWB, in a standard cardboard tuck box.
Cards measure 12 cm tall x 7 cm wide.
Backs are reversible.
The card stock has a matte finish and is semi-flexible.
The art style is that of digitally enhanced photography. Some of the cards are quite dark, though, obscuring the details. Also, in some cases the minors are very similar from card to card -- especially in the case of the suit of Staves.
The minors are plain -- simple arrangements of suit symbols with decorative borders.
Suits are Coins, Staves, Cups, and Swords. Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King.
Justice is 8 and Strength is 11.
Thompson, Tim
Carta Mundi, Belgium
1995
78 cards
English and French
Plain pips
Millenium Tarot
Art, Renaissance
78 cards plus a title card and an informational card, accompanied by a 96 page booklet. Housed in a glossy cardboard tuck box, and also came with a sheer, gold, organza drawstring bag.
The cards measure 12.1 cm tall x 7 cm wide.
The cards have sharp, square corners and a high gloss coating. The stock is inflexible and would not be easy to shuffle.
According to the information with the deck, the major arcana were begun in 1994, the minor arcana were finished in 2002, and finally the book was written and the set was published in 2004.
Interestingly, the box bears the date of 1994, which may be referring to the copyright date of the majors, as it certainly doesn't reflect the publication date of this edition.
The backs are almost but not quite reversible.
Justice is 8 and Strength is 11.
Suits are Swords, Pentacles, Wands, and Cups. Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King.
The minors border on being what I would call plain pips. Perhaps decorated pips is a more accurate description. But they are by no means scenic, nor are they are elegantly illustrated as what you would find in a Marseille style deck. Even the Majors of the Millennium tarot contain very little "scenic" detail.
I confess, this ranks amongst my least favorite decks.
Simpson Krause, Dorothy (artist)
Dubois, Marina (author)
<a href="http://www.millenniumtarot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.millenniumtarot.com/</a>
Viewpoint Studios
2004
78 cards
English
Plain pips
0-9755007-0-8
Alcohol Tarot
Alcohol, Drinking, Photography
78 cards plus two informational cards, packaged in a standard cardboard tuck box. Not accompanied by an LWB, though a URL is given for downloading a PDF version of the instructons (<a href="http://www.beertarot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.beertarot.com/</a>).<br /><br />Cards are 12 cm tall x 7 cm wide. The card stock is flexible and smooth, with a semi-matte finish.<br /><br />The theme is alcohol and drinking, and the art style is photography. Only the major arcana feature people; the minors are more or less plain pips, with photos of a certain number of beer bottles or glasses, etc. I'd classify this as a illustrated deck, but definitely not scenic.<br /><br />Backs are non-reversible.<br /><br />Suits are Beers (Wands), Lager (Cups), Spirits (Swords), and Wines (Coins). <br /><br />Courts are Page, Knight, Queen, and King.<br /><br />Strength is 8 and Justice is 11. The Fool (named The Drunken Fool) is numbered 0.<br /><br />The name of the photographer or deck creator does not appear anywhere on the deck box, cards, or informational cards. In the PDF of the LWB, it is attributed to The Drunken Prophet.<br /><br />Though published in this century, there is no ISBN on the box or informational cards. However, there is an ISBN in the PDF LWB.<br /><br />Published in Great Britain.<br /><br /><strong>Note</strong>: I deliberately chose not to display the Death card first in this case, as the image is so gross that I personally hate to see it.
The Drunken Prophet
<a href="http://www.beertarot.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.beertarot.com/</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.beertarot.com/TarotGuide.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.beertarot.com/TarotGuide.pdf</a>
Beer Tarot / Carta Mundi
2004
78 cards
English
Plain pips
0-9549153-0-5
Tarot Settani
Photography
78 cards with a softcover companion book, packaged together as a set in a cardboard shelf box.
The cards are oversized, measuring 14 cm tall x 9.5 cm wide.
This is a photographic deck with a TdM influence in the majors, and minors that are illustrated but not scenic. The minors consist of various arrangements of brightly clad people.
The companion book is half in English and half in German.
I'll be honest -- after years of searching for this deck, once I finally acquired it and did a bit more research on it (and discovering more pictures in the process), I lost my sense of excitement for it. Hence I've never unwrapped the cards -- my gut feeling is that I'll only be disappointed if I do.
Published in Switzerland.
Settanni, Pino, 1949-
Victor, Jean-Louis
AG Muller
AGM
1995
78 cards
German and English
Plain pips
3-905017-75-X