This is a reproduction of a deck commemorating the life of Mary Stuart, Queen of the Scots, first published in Milan by Dotti, 1845.
According to Osvaldo, Teodoro Dotti had a playing card factory which was in direct competition with Ferdinando Gumppenberg’s factory at that time. Read more Tarocco di Maria Stuarda
In the world of tarot, the cards can be works of art unto themselves. One rare and stunning deck is the IONA Tarot, designed and printed by artist Giona Fiochi, who produced only 12 complete decks using intaglio printing in 1999. Read more The Iona Tarot deck
The Ostara Tarot deck it’s the creation of an Illustrator collective from Vancouver, B.C. It’s a very beautiful deck. The creation of four artists from the Pacific Northwest, the deck is a unique and surreal interpretation of the traditional Rider-Waite cards. Read more The Ostara Tarot deck
The philosopher Cicero, medieval ecclesiastics, modern-day anthropologists, and many other important figures have studied and continue to seriously study the art of divination.
Even skeptics dedicate considerable resources to the study of this phenomenon and must admit the impact and importance of these practices from ancient times until today. Read more The Dark Tarot deck
Gérard Anaclet Vincent Encausse (July 13, 1865 – 25 October 1916), whose esoteric pseudonym was Papus, was the Spanish-born French physician, hypnotist, and popularizer of occultism, who founded the modern Martinist Order.
As a young man, Encausse spent a great deal of time at the Bibliothèque Nationale studying the Kabbalah, occult tarot, magic and alchemy, and the writings of Eliphas Lévi. He joined the French Theosophical Society shortly after it was founded by Madame Blavatsky in 1884 – 1885, but he resigned soon after joining because he disliked the Society’s emphasis on Eastern occultism. Read more The Papus Tarot deck
The XIII Tarot is very literally a dark deck; illustrated in greys and blacks with highlights in red. The artwork on the major arcana is a little gothic and a little Giger-esque, while the minor arcana have simple arranged pips without scenes. Read more XIII Tarot by Nekro
The Barbieri Tarot is a vibrant, powerfully illustrated 78 card deck from Italian artist and master of the fantasy genre, Paolo Barbieri. Selections of his dark, fiery and detailed art have been chosen to fit the tarot archetypes. Read more The Barbieri Tarot deck
There are a couple of different so-called Egyptian Tarot decks, although no actual Egyptian Tarot deck was ever found. This one it’s very beautiful, I love that Navy Blue, make it very classy and elegant.
Studying the 22 cards I found some interesting and intriguing associations, Astrological assignments. Read more Navy Blue Egyptian Tarot deck
After literally years of hunting, I was recently thrilled to finally find a copy of Katalin Szegedi’s delightful A Tarot. Originally published in 1992 (with an accompanying book by Maria Szabo – hence its commonly being referred to as the Szabo/Szegedi Tarot), the tarot was one of Ms. Szegedi’s first published works. She has since gone on to become one of Hungary’s foremost illustrators, as well as illustrating books for a variety of foreign publishers. Read more The Katalin Szegedi Tarot deck
Since 1994 Reinhard Schmid has been working on a big piece (15 by 45 feet) about TAROT cards in the former chapel of the Buergerspital (old hospital) inside the chapel.
In the late 18th century Court de Gébelin invented a wonderful story about the 22 major Arcana (cards with mysterious images), claiming that they were actually created by an ancient Egyptian god. According to that story the priests and wise men and women had accumulated enormous knowledge. They were really concerned, this knowledge could get lost and so one day they met to find a way to preserve it for all times. The idea to carve deep symbols into the walls of the pyramids was dismissed, because man made, even these giant monuments could be destroyed. Read more Temple of Secrets – The Reinhard Schmid Tarot deck
