Category Archives: Tarot Cards

Divination by Drapery; The Virtuoso Unreality of The Tarot Illuminati

Posted on June 10, 2013 by

Tarot ecstacy. I feel as though I have waited so long for this deck and when it finally arrived, like a pageant firework display in miniature, I was not disappointed. The escalating anticipation was almost more than I could bear. … Continue reading →

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The Deck of the Bastard

Posted on June 2, 2013 by

Oh heavenly, blissful gift to the fickle world of tarot! This is exactly the deck that so many of us have been thirsting for. I resisted for so long – I don’t need it, surely I don’t need it, I … Continue reading →

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Fairy Lights Tarot

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Where oh where do I stand on fairy tarot decks? Or faerie tarot decks. Or maybe even fae tarot decks. I just never know. As a working male who ventures out into the real world every day in suit and … Continue reading →

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Tarot 3D

Posted on April 21, 2013 by

Yesterday I called in at my local tarot suppliers (Esoteric Shop? Magic Shop? New Age Shop? Metaphysical Shop? I never know) idly wondering whether any of the new Lo Scarabeo titles might be in stock or whether there would be … Continue reading →

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A Rider-Waite Relic

Posted on February 16, 2013 by

I couldn’t resist this one, though I know I really have no need of yet another Rider-Waite Smith Tarot deck. I have so many versions and so many editions, multiple copies, different printings, but this one attracted me like no other. … Continue reading →

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Favourite Decks; Part VII

Posted on January 29, 2013 by

This rich and strange tarot – The Magickal Tarot by Anthony Clark –  belongs to that hallowed group of decks that so few others are fortune enough to enter. A very select and sacred club, now sadly forever closed; my treasured eighties … Continue reading →

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The Triumph of The Son Tarot

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

Now you may think I’m repeating myself here, as I have blogged about this deck before, but the previous version I wrote about was an unpublished version of the deck, the proofs of a proposed Kunati edition (bought from the artist) to satiate … Continue reading →

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The Gilded Royale

Posted on December 10, 2012 by

I surprise myself sometimes. I suspect all of us do. Those decks that you thought you really didn’t like, that you would never - in a million years – like, can suddenly catch you out. It can happen at any time. … Continue reading →

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The Victorian Romantic Revisited

Posted on November 1, 2012 by

Imagine having your favourite deck multiplied by five. Five intoxicatingly different editions, tweaked to high heaven and with multiple versions of favourite cards to luxuriate in. This is how it felt last week when my bundle of 2nd edition Victorian … Continue reading →

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Tarology; The Poetics of Tarot

Posted on September 9, 2012 by

Earlier this week I finally saw the film Tarology by Chris Deleo and Kimberlie Naughton, featuring Enrique Enriquez. I have had a copy of the dvd for a while but when I received it, there was a lot going on in my life … Continue reading →

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