The rest of the book is a workbook written by Llewellyn’s Barbara Moore divided into Basics, Major Arcana, Minor Arcana, The Court Cards, and Spreads. I like these sets from Llewellyn, but there is usually a large amount of empty space in the box, and this means the packaging is almost always crushed in transit and arrives with torn corners and sunken panels. The Queen of Swords is my favorite Queen in this deck - and I generally do not like Swords in any deck! Graphics are incredible, the book that comes with it is helpful, yardstick if very nice and the coating on the cards is quality. I find that when I do a large spread, like the Celtic Cross, it's nearly impossible to scan over the reading and get an overview right away.

The deck has a few other mechanistic touches, especially noticeable in the Wheel, the Sun, Star and Moon, which is slightly at odds with the non-technological fantasy landscapes. Confusion, distraction, deceptive circumstances, losing one’s way, distorted perception, poor mental health. Temperance 14 — “I’d like to teach the world to sing…” Harmony, healing, blending, integration, moderation, consideration.Entitled "Caring for Your Cards", it includes such suggestions as embellishing the white box with protective or empowering symbols; wrapping the cards in a protective cloth or placing them in a bag; smudging the cards to clear their energy; and storing the cards with crystals or other stones. Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. The Gilded Tarot is a visually stunning Rider-Waite style tarot, the first from the talented Ciro Marchetti. During this time, occultists and scholars such as Antoine Court de Gébelin and Eliphas Levi popularized the concept of tarot as a tool for divination and spiritual exploration. Combining the Rider-Waite Tarot system's familiar imagery with Ciro Marchetti's exquisite artwork, this stand-alone deck is a valuable tool for any reader.

Photographs rather than drawings of faces with the appropriate expression and angle have been used instead.You have to be able to see if there is danger ahead like in the form of a Reversed King of Pentacles or Reversed King of Wands that sits with The Devil in Rev and an upright 3 of swords. I am very much looking forward to connecting with all my cards and have lots of fun doing readings for myself and friends. In the Rider-Waite it is illustrated by a little boat carrying a family moving towards land and safety after navigating choppy water. If you’d like to file an allegation of infringement, you’ll need to follow the process described in our Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.

He lives in the moment, filled with wonder and curiosity, not worried about where the journey will end. It does contain artist notes - a background on the deck, the inspiration and the motivations for its creation - but unfortunately nothing else written by Ciro. Marchetti mentions that this would be the view of the head of the household coming home to his wife and child. These ideas laid the foundation for the tarot’s transition from a mere card game to a powerful tool for introspection and divination.

Note: British spelling used throughout 🙂 Feel free to save or print for your own reference but please do not republish elsewhere. In most major cards the art has been stripped down to the main human figure, losing some of the familiar symbolism and detaching them somewhat from their environment. I actually stopped bringing the Gilded with me for a while because I wanted to read with other decks! It has taken me two years to find an other Gilded deck but I now have a new deck that is only now feeling like they are part of me. He uses similar colours, images and lush decor, BUT the central images in the Grand Luxe deck are much larger and clearer and easier to take in at a glance.