First, I have to credit the authors of this deck and book set for their efforts to establish Tarot as a serious means for self-development and decision-making for business people, who are not usually ready to come out of the closet even if they use it. Read more The Management Tarot by Korai Peter Stemmann
Osho (11 December 1931 – 19 January 1990), born Chandra Mohan Jain, and also known as Acharya Rajneesh from the 1960s onwards, as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh About, during the 1970s and 1980s and as Osho from 1989, was an Indian mystic, guru, and spiritual teacher who garnered an international following.
A professor of philosophy, he travelled throughout India in the 1960s as a public speaker. His outspoken criticism of socialism, Mahatma Gandhi and institutionalised religions made him controversial. He also advocated a more open attitude towards sexuality: a stance that earned him the sobriquet “sex guru” in the Indian and later international press. Read more The Osho Zen Tarot Deck
Joseph Paul Oswald Wirth (1860, Brienz, Canton of Bern – 1943) was a Swiss occultist, artist and author. He studied esotericism and symbolism with Stanislas de Guaita and in 1889 he created, under the guidance of de Guaita, a cartomantic Tarot consisting only of the twenty-two major arcana. Known as the “Arcanes du Tarot kabbalistique”, it followed the designs of the Tarot de Marseille closely but introduced several alterations, incorporating extant occult symbolism into the cards. Read more The Oswald Wirth Tarot deck
This deck was produced by Crystal Love and Michael Hobbs, using primarily astrological and numerological symbolism. It is a very modern themed deck, which veers away sharply from traditional symbolism. Design is stark and simplistic, using computer generated artwork. Read more The One World Tarot deck by Crystal Love and Michael Hobbs
The Tarot of Transition is an Egyptian-themed deck with quite plain artwork in the familiar sideways perspective of Ancient Egyptian art. The majors depict deities, like Isis, Ptah and Hathor, and the minors are divided into suits of Ankh, Ded, Heset and Kheprera. Read more The Egyptian Tarot of Transition
The Tarot of the Magical Forest is a bizarre journey through a world of strange-but-cute animals and characters in eye-catching Rider-Waite based illustrations. First published in Taiwan by Taiwanese artist Leo Tang, it’s also been re-published by Lo Scarabeo with their standard borders. Read more The Magical Forest Tarot deck
The cards in the Pagan Tarot Deck are 7.25 inches in length and 4 inches in width. They handle pretty well while shuffling. However, the back of the cards is not reversible – in that, it shows the image of the ‘World’ card from the deck, and thus one can easily make out a reversed card while one pulls them out for a reading. Read more The Pagan Tarot by Gina Pace
The Spiral Tarot is a recent deck created by artist Kay Steventon. She has drawn rich, detailed images that incorporate figures from Celtic, Greek and Roman mythology, among others. The major arcana cards show the astrological sign and Hebrew letter that correspond to that card. The minor arcana suits are the standard Wands, Swords, Cups and Pentacles. The court card page has been changed to a princess. Read more The Spiral Tarot deck by Kay Steventon
The myth of the Grail was born with the Arthurian cycle, where the search for the Cup of Life was the search for divine perfection of the chivalrous ideal. The legend, from the Orient, tells of the Grail’s arrival in Europe with the Templars, to be united forever with medieval mysticism, and finally to be carved into symbols of the Tarot. Read more Tarot of the Holy Grail by Stefano Palumbo
This deck is smaller than most (3 3/4″ X 2 1/4″). The art is simple line drawings as the deck was designed to be colored by the user. Though I have not tried coloring my deck, I think the shining coating on the cards might be a problem. the small size also makes coloring difficult as I learned on the B.O.T.A. deck. The art is rather good. Read more The Rolla Nordic Tarot deck
