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Lo Scarabeo, Hsu Chin Chun

Tarot of the Magical Forest

Throughout human history and across every culture, there have been legends, myths, and tales of talking animals. This delightful Tarot takes advantage of this by using animals on all of the cards, adding to the Rider-Waite-Smith symbolism that was already there. The Major Arcana cleverly features sheep, lions, bears, pigs, hedgehogs, and kangaroos, adding a wonderful feel to the cards that is happy and basic. The Strength card, which shows a lamb and a lion nuzzling each other, has to be the sweetest version of this card ever. The Sun card shows a baby kangaroo in his mother's pouch in a field of sunflowers under a huge sun happily waving a little red flag with innocent, blissful joy. The Minor Arcana suits, while traditionally named, each feature a specific animal: Cups have bunnies, Pentacles have foxes, Wands have frogs, and Swords have cats. These choices brilliantly represent the suit qualities. Bunnies bring forth feelings of warmth and sweetness. Foxes are thought to be clever. Cats can be seen as intelligent and emotionally distant. Frogs, well, they like games (leap frog, anyone?). So the Four of Cups shows a bunny under a tree with three cups in the foreground and one ...

Lo Scarabeo, Elisabetta Trevisan

Ls Crystal Tarot

As rich and complex as life itself, the Crystal Tarot blends the look of stained glass with art nouveau style to gracious effect. The use of patterns within patterns gives depth to the traditional pictures of the Tarot. Influenced by both the Rider-Waite and Thoth Tarot decks, this modern Tarot is an exquisite blend of the old and the new. The familiar images are all there, while the details--executed in brilliant and unusual colors--invite viewers to linger, to search, to make sure they miss nothing--an effective trait in a tool of self-examination. The companion booklets for most Lo Scarabeo decks are in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.

Lo Scarabeo, Claude Burdel

Universal Marseille Tarot

The Universal Marseille Tarot takes us directly to the origin of tarot. The highly sought-after deck by Claude Burdel (1727-1799), originally rich with divinatory suggestion, has been beautifully restored--giving new energy to the ancient images and amplifying their symbolic meaning. The companion booklets for most Lo Scarabeo decks are in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.