Le Jeu de Tarot

Creator(s): Chloé Marie Gaillard
Date: 2017
Country: USA
Publisher: Uusi
Number of Cards: 22+2+1
ISBN:
Type: Marseilles
Reference: 
 

Notes:
This is the first in a series of Major Arcana decks by guest artists that Uusi is putting out . Chloé Marie Gaillard is a French self-taught artist currently living in  New Mexico. She studied fashion and worked for Christian Dior.

Each card is signed by the artist somewhere in the picture, they have a number and a French title at the bottom. Strength is 8 and Justice 11.  The deck combines the classic Marseilles imagery with shamanistic motives.

The cards are printed in USA on quality thick art paper, lightly varnished on both sides, they come in a screen printed wrap on recycled, heavy paper stock and with a bag. There are two title cards and another additional card with a short biography of Gaillard. Card size is 75mm x 130mm. The backs are reversible. This is a limited edition of 250, mine is number 3.

Elisabeth Haich Tarot

Creator(s): Elisabeth Haich, Oswald Wirth
Date: 1983
Country: Germany
Publisher: Drei Eichen Verlag 
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN: 3-7699-0408-7    
Type: Papus-Wirth
Reference: Decker/Dummet A History of the Occult Tarot p. 185-187

Notes:
Elisabeth Haich (1897-1994) was an internationally recognized sculptor, painter and author of several books on spirituality. Together with Selva Yesudian she was instrumental in popularization of yoga in Central Europe.

She created 22 cards in the style of the Oswald Wirth deck to accompany her book Tarot. Die zweiundzwanzig Bewußtseinsstufen des Menschen, which was first published in 1969.

Her book does not advocate the use of Tarot to predict the future, nor  Tarot readings for any other purpose. She simply explains her mystical interpretations of the Major Arcana. Haich claimes that Tarot cards were created by initiates of prehistoric times and her interpretations of the cards make some use of Hindu ideas.

She aknowledges Oswald Wirth as the artist who originally created the set of Major Arcana,  which came with the book. For the edition printed in 1969 Haich reproduces his design, but without the borders and Wirth's ideograms. In the reprint of book and cards from 1983, the ornamented borders returned and the colors are a bit different.

Both editions have blank backs and very thin cardstock.

Creator(s): Elisabeth Haich, Oswald Wirth
Date: 1969
Country: Germany
Publisher: J. Fink Verlag 
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:     
Type: Papus-Wirth
Reference: Decker/Dummet A History of the Occult Tarot p. 185-187

Le Tarot Magique

Creator(s): Frédéric Lionel
Date: 1980, 1982
Country: Germany
Publisher: Aurum 
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN: 3-59108179-5    
Type: other
Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. III, pp.329-332



 




Notes:
Frédéric Lionel was a prolific writer on philosophical and esoteric subjects. His  cards were originally published in 1980 by the French publishing house Editions du Rocher to accompany the book Le Tarot Magique. In 1982, the German publisher Aurum issued the cards with a German edition of Lionel 's book, entitled Das Spiel der Spiele: Tarot.

The Roman numerals in the upper left-hand corner represent the symbolic quality of the card, while Arabic numerals in the upper right-hand corner indicate the cards' representative stages along the path of initiation. Neither numbering system follows traditional tarot numbering.

Most of the cards have the conventional titles (exeptions are The Divine Mistress / The Master instead of High Priestess / Hierophant and Serenity replacing Strength).The artwork is abstract and geometrical, consisting of line drawings with some regions coloured with watercolour.

The images as a composition look like the sigils found in magical manuscripts. They are constructed from various elements. There are a number of Egyptian images, like the eye of Ra or the Ankh, also appearing are the Chinese Ying-Yang, astrological signs, constellations and planets.The design of each card represents an abstraction of the idea of each arcana.

Tarot de Alma Ajo

Creator(s): Alma Ajo
Date: 2010
Country: Spain
Publisher: self-published 
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:    
Type: other
Reference: artist's page

Notes:
The art is a combination of surrealistic paintings and collage. The cards are numbered, Strength is 8, Justice 11, the titles are in Spanish. The deck came without book or lwb.

The deck exists in a standard version and as hand-colored version. The hand-colored decks have  paint and glitter applied to make each deck unique. There are 20 decks of each version. Mine is number 6 from the standard version.

Arcani Maggiori Tarocchi (Bulgaria)

Creator(s): Ciavdar Ghiuselev
Date: ca. 1991/92
Country: Bulgaria
Publisher: A-Ya Publishing / AZ Advertising 
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:    
Type: Marseilles
Reference: Tarotgarden 










Notes:
The illustrations show the standard Tarot Marseilles personnages set against a plain, white background.

Card titles in Italian above the illustrations, and in Bulgarian at the bottom of the cards. The cards are numbered at the bottom and came with a lwb in Bulgarian only.

The box is like those of the LoScarabeo Tarocchi d'Arte series, but the cardstock is much thinner. 

Tarot of the Curious East

Creator(s): Lynyrd-Jym Narciso
Date: 2010
Country: Philippines
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:  
Type: other
Reference: aeclectic




Notes:
The cards are landscape format and have traditional titles. Strength is 8, Justice 11.

The images contain elements from a variety of Asian mythos.

The Tarot of the Curious East was featured on the Tarot Lovers Calendar 2011.

It is a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 copies. Mine is number 48.

Tarot Rikit

Creator(s): Lynyrd-Jym Narciso
Date: 2010
Country: Philippines
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:  
Type: other
Reference: aeclectic

Notes:
"Rikit" means "pretty" in the Tagalog language of the Philippines. The deck features Southeast Asian themes, influenced by Austronesian, Indian, Chinese, and even Moslem cultures - with main focus on  Indo-Malay-Filipino indigenous feel. The cards have traditional titles and are not numbered.

This majors only deck is a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 copies, mine is number 48.

Tarot Tarot

Creator(s): Lynyrd-Jym Narciso
Date: 2010
Country: Philippines
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:  
Type: Marseilles
Reference: 

Notes:
This black and white majors only Marseilles deck is the second freebie that came with the tarot Rikit. The cards have neither title nor number, but are easily recognizable.

This miniature deck is a limited edition of 50, mine is number 45.

Tarot 2-12-1-3-11

Creator(s): Lynyrd-Jym Narciso
Date: 2010
Country: Philippines
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:  
Type: RWS
Reference: tarotgarden

Notes:
The 2-12-1-3-11 is a "faux-vintaged" reproduction of the RWS majors. Faces, hands and sometimes whole persons are blackened, what made the images look like photo-negative.

The title of the deck  reads BLACK, when you substitute the number with the letter at the position in the alphabet given by the number.

This miniature deck is a limited edition of only 50 copies. Mine is number 35.

Tarot of PsyChicks

Creator(s): Lynyrd-Jym Narciso
Date: 2010
Country: Philippines
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:  
Type: other
Reference: aeclectic









 
Notes:
This Majors only deck shows women dressed in the theme of each major arcana card. It is a miniature deck, which came with the Tarot Rikit, and isn't available separately.

The cards are numbered, but have no titles.

It is a limited edition, mine is number 33.

I Tarocchi nei Colori della Toscana

Creator(s): Amerigo Folchi
Date: 1992
Country: Italy
Publisher: Italcards
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:
Type: Marseilles
Reference: Manteia issue #7 p. 10 






Notes:
Tarot comissioned from Folchi by an Italian watchmaker. Each card consists of images from the Marseilles Tarot deck, placed on colorful backgrounds that include buildings from the Tuscany region of Italy, and includes a picture of a watch blended in to each scene.

The card name is in the top border in Italian and English. What appears to be the name of the city or town is in the bottom border and the specific building shown is identified under the city name in Italian and English.

The non-reversible backs have a row of watches and a signature of Folchi.

The deck is published in a limited edition of 3333 copies, mine is number 3231. The cards came in a lidded cardboard box.

Tarot Essentiel

Creator(s): Andrea Wedell, Francoise Bitton
Date: 2010
Country: France
Publisher: Arcadia Editions
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN: 978-2913-0197-13   
Type: Marseilles
Reference: artist's page





Notes:
The Tarot Essentiel uses abstract paintings of Andrea Wedell and came with a book in French titled La Legende du Tarot, which is written by Francoise Bitton.

Most of the arcana are renamed, the number of the card is part of the image. The cards are based on the Marseille Tarot but abstractly...so they are open to interpretation.

The art is oil on canvas, 39 x 28 inches. Wedells paintings were exhibited in Paris in March 2010.

Blue Moon Tarot

Creator(s): Julie Cuccia-Watts
Date: 2004
Country: USA
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN: 0-9755510-0-0   
Type: other
Reference:  Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. IV, pp. 248, 249




Notes:
The Blue Moon Tarot started as a moon calendar project in 1999 that Julie Cuccia-Watts was commissioned to do by Janet Berres and Ron Losczyk of the Light of the Moon occult bookstore. What evolved was a Pagan calendar based on the twelve full moons of the year and the thirteenth full moon, the Blue Moon.

In 2000 the  images were published as the first edition of the Blue Moon Tarot. That edition was printed on a laser printer and hand cut and glued to a sturdy cardstock. Mine is  from the second edition in 2004, which was printed by a commercial printer. The backs are blank. The second edition has rounded corners (the first had square corners).

This is a signed and numbered edition of 1000 decks. The cards came without a box and with a LWB. At the end of the book is the Blue Moon Tarot System Guide. This is a graphic, done in mandala format, that shows the relationship of the cards to the seasons and to the zodiac.

Tarot of the Golden Sepent

Creator(s): Sebastian Haines
Date: 2013
Country: United Kingdom
Publisher: Adam McLean
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN: 
Type: Thoth
Reference:  artist's website





Notes:
The Tarot of the Golden Serpent is a work in progress. This is an edition of the Majors only, but eventually it will become a full deck of 78 cards. The images for the cards are created as a series of oil paintings. The Major Arcana are 18x24, but the not yet existing Court Cards and Minors are planned as paintings on smaller canvases.

For each of the cards Sebastian Haines has worked out a set of images which he constructs within a symmetric structure. The symbolism is taken from alchemy and western ceremonial magic.

For the fool Hains took inspiration from a Gnostic amulet found in Budges Amulets and Talismans. The amulet depicts Harpocrates riding in a boat with the heads of Horus and Anubis at either end.

As in the Thoth deck, the empress is pregnant to emphasize the nature of Venus (ruling Taurus), but also express reproduction as a universal principle. She is chained to Taurus as an expression of materialization - energy becoming form. There is also a reference to the myth of Europa. On the Strength card the smoldering black shards were making a reference to the Qlippoth.

The Tarot of the Golden Serpent is a limited edition of 50 signed and numbered copies. The cardstock is thin, the backs are blank and the deck came in an old CD case instead of a box. There is no LWB.

Tarots Universels

Creator(s): Segio Toppi
Date: 1991
Country: Italy
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:   
Type: other
Reference:  Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. IV, pp. 570, 571








Notes:
Sergio Toppi (1932-2012) was an Italian illustrator and comic-strip artist

The original edition of the Tarocchi Universali from 1988 was limited and numbered; this is a later, smaller-format edition that is not officially released as a limited edition.

The deck has Italian titles. It included a title card, a card with a poem and came with two little leaflets in Italian only. The double-ended back design shows the bird from the Magician card.

Gilgamesh! Tarot

Creator(s): T Byron G
Date: 1995
Country: USA
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 22+2
ISBN: 1-879352-40-0   
Type: other
Reference: Manteia issue #16 p.14





Notes:
The Gilgamesh! Tarot is a limited edition of 800 decks. The title has no connection to the Sumerian Gilgamesh myth but refers to Byron's novel Gilgamesh!

Each deck is handmade and there are versions with five different backs, mine is the "Stone Sentinel", the others are "Seal-Ring", "Floating Flower", "Christal Ball" and "Civilized Insect". The sets are identical except for the backs of the cards.

The Fool is numbered as 21 and The World  22. The cards have subtitles reflecting the meaning of the image. The backs are oil paintings, the front images are computer designed. There are two extra cards, a "Tree of Life Card" and the title card. The deck came in a plastic sleeve with a signed label.

Graphik Tarocchi

Creator(s): Zoltán Tamássi
Date: 1992
Country: Italy
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:   
Type: other
Reference:  Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. IV, pp. 367, 370

Notes:
Zoltán Tamássi (1912-1997) was an important poster artist and graphic designer. In 1945 Tamássi was one of the leading graphic artists who renewed the visual language of the political poster in Hungary. He designed election campaign posters for opposite parties, like the Peasants’ Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Hungarian Communist Party. Tamássi was initially the propagandist of the Peasants’ Party, but he was commissioned by other political parties as well.

The art for this deck was rendered in tempura. Each card is titled in Italian and includes a poem by Gianni Brunoro. The reversable red and white back design shows a hand surrounded by the alphabet.

Tarocchi Romantici

Creator(s): Giorgio Trevisian
Date: 1991
Country: Italy
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo
Number of Cards: 22
ISBN:   
Type: other
Reference:  Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. IV, pp. 494, 499







Notes: 
There are three editions of the "Tarocchi Romantici": a small edition with English titles, a larger edition with Italian titles and Roman numbering on the cards, and this small edition with Italian titles and Arabic numbers.

The English edition includes a card with a verse, the large Italian edition came with a LWB and has the verse on the box, my small edition has no verse and two explanation cards instead of the LWB. The back design is the same on all three editions.

The watercolor paintings are similar to Trevisan's Tarots of the Renaissance.