The Illuminated Tarot: 53 Cards for Divination & Gameplay

First the box is soooo good!! Card stock is amazing,they shuffle so well!! Images are so vibrant detailed. This isn't a deck for beginners because major arcana cards are put into minor arcana(thus reducing number of cards to 53). It might be confusing and tough to get used to it at first. But once you are comfortable with this,you will love it!! Its so good that now it has become my "go-to" deck for any queries. I'm loving it! Glad that i got one..if you are bored of RWS and its clone decks,try this..its amazing! No regrets whatsoever..♥️♥️♥️

This is my first tarot deck. I know the Ryder Waite is the standard beginners' one but hey. So I'll just write on the quality as I've zero experience of other decks and divining with them. The cards are pretty big. Most have written oversize here so I suppose they are. The quality is A-one and there is a colour booklet. And the cards come in a beautiful gold embossed clamshell box.

Very interesting cards! I like how the author has blended a few Major arcanas with the court cards. I’ve also used them for readings and I quite liked them.

The product is too good! But only for a person who wanna explore the unknown!

The main reason I brought this deck is for it paintings... Its extremely beautiful, especially if you like ethnic prints (its got the vibe of Madhubani paintings)... The cards are an inch larger in width compared to the RWS cards. They're sturdy and has a grainy texture. The box is very pretty. The book has extremely minimal descriptions which can put a beginner at loss for in depth meanings. The deck has 53 cards, ie., the Minor Arcana minus the Knights plus a Fool card. The suits are named as in a deck of playing cards- spade, heart,etc. The absence of Knights is a bit irksome for me (kinda makes me feel somethings missing in the deck). Also, Major Arcana references have been infused into the suits but mostly the corresponding minor arcana card doesnt sit with the meaning in the RWS card. So eg: Ace of Clubs is actually supppsed to be Ace of Wands but it is Strength card in this deck and therefore its pictorial rep doesn't sit the meaning of Ace of Wands. Therefore in effect you dont have an Ace of Wands in this infused deck. Its a deck you can have if you are collecting or you have an eye for decks that are aesthetically different.

Beautiful thick and large cards inside a beautiful box. Extremely good quality for the price

Amazing cards!, i love them!

It's a vibrant deck and makes me really happy as I shuffle which I find really easy. The linen like texture and size notwithstanding. Wish I could snip away the borders so bad though ! But the artwork spills over to the white in a majority of the cards. Update: Well I couldn't resist and received my 2nd copy today so I could go ahead and trim my deck without anxiety! ( The box is a real treat. And my humongous Ancestral Path tarot ..which comes in a tuck box..will live in the first copy' s box since the trimmed version can relocate to a nice little pouch. Double benefit!)

I wasn't sure what to expect from this deck. The art is unique and beautiful. The cards are big, more like an oracle card deck. The cardstock is thick and seems like it would hold up well. The simple guidebook is in full colour and gives a few words on each card - just enough. The author has combined some of the major and minor arcana cards to make it a 53 card deck (rather than 78), but this is made pretty clear from the artwork and by thumbing through the guidebook. I was really looking forward to using them. Just shuffling through the cards they had a lovely energy to them. However, my deck arrived missing the '0' card (the fool/joker) which is a pretty important card to be missing! Unfortunately I have had to send mine back. I plan to pick up another copy, hoping for a complete deck this time!

Unique & très original - Collector✨ (En anglais, aisé) Petite Traduction via caitlinkeegancom Créatrice : - Le tarot a généralement 78 cartes, mais ce jeu en a 53. - Comment ça marche? Les jeux de tarot traditionnels comme le jeu Rider Waite Smith ont 78 cartes: 22 arcanes majeurs et 56 arcanes mineurs. - Le Tarot Illuminé a 52 cartes comme un jeu de cartes à jouer standard. Le Joker (qui correspond à The Fool) est la 53ème carte. - Dans Le Tarot Illuminated, les arcanes majeurs sont combinés avec des cartes spécifiques des arcanes mineurs. Pour déterminer quelles cartes seraient combinées, j'ai utilisé la correspondance numérologique et ma propre intuition, basées sur la recherche des significations traditionnelles des cartes. Le tarot illuminé a des crics, qui correspondent aux pages du tarot, mais n'incluent pas les cavaliers. Ces cartes sont créatives, intuitives, grandes & de Qualité Supérieure. Retrouvez également, The Illuminated Playing Cards, by Caitlin Keegan, un double deck, tout aussi Fabuleux. (dernière photo) A vous d'apprécier✨

Quando si parla di "tarocchi" si intende un mazzo di carte formato dagli arcani maggiori (Folle, Mago, ecc) e da quelli minori italiani (coppe, spade, ecc). Per questo motivo gli Illuminated Tarot non sono tarocchi, perché si tratta di un mazzo di carte francesi. Bè, certo... di tutto rispetto! Sono disegnate in modo particolarissimo, con illustrazioni bidimensionali coloratissime in uno stile tra il naif e il surreale. C'è anche un bel libretto a colori con i significati e tutto il resto. Per questo merita 5 stelle.

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You might wonder how a "real" Tarot deck could consist of just 53 cards. That's what I wondered too, until I got the deck and began using and studying it. The author "folded" the Majors and Minors together so that some cards do double-duty as either a Minor or Major or both, depending on how the reader wishes to interpret them or where the cards fall in a layout. In other words, you can give the Major/Minor cards as much weight in a reading as you like. But all the Minors (Clubs=Wands, Spades=Swords, Diamonds=Pentacles, Hearts=Cups) and all the 22 Majors are represented and accounted for (see the attached image), along with the very appropriate addition of a Joker card for the Fool. The Pages and Knights were blended into a single Jack, and this works quite nicely with combining the qualities of those two court cards into one. Each card has its suit symbol and either a number or court indication, but no words are used. The author based this Tarot on a traditional 52-card playing deck, and it could work for such purposes if you like. But it can also be used just as you would any other Tarot. It actually makes perfect sense that the author designed the deck this way, since one of the theories about the origins of contemporary Tarot is that it evolved from a standard deck of playing cards. So although this seems like a giant leap away from what many people have come to accept as the quintessential Tarot -- a deck of 78 cards, with 56 Minors (including four court cards and 22 Majors) -- this might be more of an "authentic" deck or perhaps a revisiting of Tarot's past. So don't let the uncommon construction of this deck put you off. It actually is a real Tarot -- just different from what you might expect. The cards themselves are phenomenally designed. The size (3.5 x 5 inches) is perfect, despite their larger-than-normal dimensions. Because there are fewer cards in the deck, the larger size of the cards is extremely easy to handle. I have very petite hands, but I can shuffle (riffle or under/over) with ease. The finish on the cards is magnificent. There's a heavy coating with a linen-like matte finish. This keeps the cards from showing fingerprints or dirt, making them easy to keep clean. The cards stick together a bit initially, perhaps because of the vertical "linen" lines in the finish. But the more you work with and shuffle them, the less this happens and the more they "soften" up and become "loose." This is my ideal size and finish for Tarot cards, so I couldn't be more pleased with them. The backs are gorgeous and reversible. The colors are cream, black, and white. There are no gilded edges with this deck, which I'm very happy about, since that tends to flake off and make a bit of a mess on hands and reading cloths. The edges do initially "shed" a bit from where they were cut at the print shop, but that diminishes with use. There are moderately wide borders on the cards, but some of the artwork intentionally bleeds into them, so I wouldn't suggest trimming the borders. They're perfect just as they are. The lavish illustrations are fresh, simple, and modern, but not precious or cloying, and the images have depth and inspire intuition. The colors are clear and distinct to each suit but create a well-coordinated family. Wands/Clubs: orange, green, and blue; Diamonds/Pentacles, soft yellow, burnt orange, violet/purple, green, and light brown; Hearts/Cups: red/pink, orange, brown, and green; Swords/Spades: blue, deep purple, violet, deep brown. As with any deck, there are some cards I’m greatly drawn to and others less so, but there aren’t any that totally turn me off. The artwork incorporates a combination of animals, plants, symbols, and ethnically ambiguous humans. It can take a little time and study to understand why the author chose certain Minors to mesh with particular Majors, but her choices mainly follow and represent traditional Tarot concepts and make sense to me. In general, they’re paired based on conventional meanings/interpretations, numerical value, or energy/suit. What's especially intriguing is that many of the cards, including the Jacks, are reversible (just like standard playing cards)! The box is incredibly sturdy and beautiful, and it's even embossed! It has an inner "cupped" holder to keep the cards secure and a ribbon to help pull them out. If you like to store your cards in a box or bag when they aren't in use, you definitely won't have to purchase anything additional. The LWB is actually a small, full-color booklet with key words for each card and a few simple layouts. There's not a lot of explanation of much else, which some readers might consider a good thing. I'd like to know more about the author's reasoning behind certain Minor/Major matches and her use of color and symbols, but they are nevertheless clear and consistent among the suits. This is a very easy deck to use and learn, and it's one I'd recommend for both beginners and seasoned Tarotists. Although beginners might not get to know the customary numbers for the Majors by using this deck, it really may not matter, since all the Majors are represented here in a very unique and compelling way. A bonus of this Tarot deck is that it will teach you how to read a regular playing-card deck should you ever need or want to. It's tough to come up with original approaches to Tarot, and most contemporary decks either stick with the traditional 78 cards or even add a few extra ones. This is the first time I've come across a full deck that takes a more "condensed" approach, but I must say that I'm impressed.