Mystical insights await within the stunning imagery of the Arcanum Tarot. From the creator of the Thelema Tarot this deck features realistic figures set among lush and magical landscapes. Designed to connect the deepest parts of your soul to the highest realms of the divine, the Arcanum Tarot will show what you need to see in order to move forward toward your destiny.
The box is designed differently from any other I've seen. Rather than the whole front lifting off or the box opening like an envelope, the top lifts off, as you can see above. The box is really strong, sturdy cardboard and protects the cards very well. They are standard tarot card size. The cards have a glossy sheen and slide over each other very easily when shuffled.
Although the back looks completely reversible, it's technically not. You see that lighter patch down one side? That's not a camera artifact; it's part of the design. If you know which side of the card that is, you'll know whether your cards are reversed or not. This doesn't matter to me, but I know that some readers feel that knowing about reversals beforehand sours the reading. The design itself is amazing, I could spend hours lost in the twists and coils.
When I first got this deck, I thought there was a slightly uncanny valley effect on some of the cards...look at that Magician's face! However, that wore off very quickly as I handled and studied them, and there's no effect at all on me now, so even if they do look off to you they should normalize quickly.
Here are some of my favorite Majors from the deck...it was difficult cutting it down to even this many, but I thought this gives a good idea of the range of colors and depth of backgrounds. Look at those blues and greens! The skeletons piled up under Death! That fantastic Hermit, looking out for others to show them the way!
The Minors are fully illustrated, with their names printed at the bottom of each cards. These are RWS cards, so if you have any familiarity with that deck, you'll be able to read these. Even without it, I think a lot of these meanings are clear from context.
Although you'll see from those examples that the colors do alter a bit in different cards, in general each suit tends towards the same color. Wands are bright reds and oranges, Pentacles lush green, Swords somber grey and Cups rich, deep blue.
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