Decameron Tarot

Creator(s): Luciano Spadanuda, Giacinto Gaudenzi
Date: 2003
Country: Italy
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN: 978-3898-755153  
Type: other
Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol.IV, p. 304






Notes:
This is an "Adults Only" deck with sexually explicit imagery. The images do not specifically match scenes from Boccacio's Decameron (written ca 1350). Rather they illustrate the milieu of the time.


The major arcana were first published 1993 by Ideogramma Arte Editoriale in an edition limited to 300 copies. In 2003 Lo Scarabeo printed an unlimited edition of all 78 cards.

Ramses: Tarot of Eternity

Creator(s): Giordano Berti, Severino Baraldi
Date: 2003
Country: Italy
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN: 978-3898-755313  
Type: other
Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol.IV, p. 716

Notes:
The deck is set in a specific time frame, 1304 BCE to 1224 BCE, which is the life span of Ramses II. The Major Arcana show scenes from the life of Pharaoh Ramses II, and the Minor Arcana show scenes from the lives of ordinary people. Only two cards show figures from outside the period, The Fool, which shows Akenaton, and Judgement, which shows Moses.

The reversible backs show an extract from the Emperor card mirrored from the centre line. The deck comes with a LWB in five languages,  but there’s no mention of the depicted historical events save the names associated with the Majors.

Tarot Lukumi

Creator(s): Luigi Scapini, Emanuele Coltro
Date: 2003
Country: Italy
Publisher: Dal Negro
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN:
Type: other
Reference: tarotpassages

  





Notes:
Anthropoligist and writer Tata Emanuele Coltro Guidi conceptualized this deck, seeking to link the deities, faith, spirituality, and practices of Cuban Santeria (Regla de Ocha or Regla Lukumi) into the framework of occult tarot. The illustrations were rendered by Luigi Scapini.

Each card is dedicated to an Orisha, an Elder in the religion, or a certain Pataki. A Pataki is a tale that explains the life of an Orisha, or a situation in the Orishas life that teaches a moral lesson. For example the Enamorados, "The Lovers" depicts the tale of Chango, Ochun and Obba; how Ochun tricked Obba into slicing her ear and placing it into Chango's food.

The Majors have Spanish titles over which the symbols and the name of the Afro-Cuban Orisha are superimposed . The four suits are: Bastos for Wands, Copas for Cups, Espadas for Swords and Oros for Coins. The court cards are: Rey, the King; Reina, the Queen; Caballo, the Knight and Sota for the Page.

The reversible backs show the believed Ancestors Santero and Santera, Negro Fransisco and Negra Thomasa, separated by Cowrie Shells on a red background.

Square and Compasses Tarot

Creator(s): Colin Browne
Date: 2003
Country: Belgium
Publisher: self-published
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN: 620-31138-X
Type: Masonic
Reference: semarch

Notes:
The Major Arcana are not numbered and with traditional French titles.  For the Pips, the card number is in black at the top - there are no titles, but the cards do contain pictures. The Court Cards contain no numbers and no titles.  They are categorized as King-Knight, Queen, Prince, and Princess. The Prince and Princess simply are marked P and have a Venus glyph after the P for Princess and a glyph of Mars after the P for Prince. The Queen is marked "Q" and the King-Knight, "Kt." They show no humans but only the emblem of the suit.

The deck is mainly based on cabbalistic principles, the suits correspond to Atziluth, Briah, Yetzirah, and Assiah.

The back of the cards is reversible and shows a white background, with the square and compass glyphs on the top and bottom of the card in black. On one side of the box is printed ITNOTGAOTU, those letters stand for "In The Name Of The Great Architect Of The Universe". The LWB that accompanies the deck presents the cards by Kabbalistic Path.