zombi
June 17th, 2009, 05:53 AM
1. Are the minors illustrated or not?: Yes, but they are not traditionally named.
2. Do the suits have the traditional names (Swords, Wands, Pentacles, Cups) including the names of the Court Cards (page vs. princess, etc.)?: No.
3. What are the order of Justice & Strength?: this deck uses the Orisha, and does not number the cards nor have a specific Justice or Strength card.
4. What are the Swords & Wands associations (air or fire)?: The suits are air/water/fire/earth.
5. Does the deck have an accompanying book or just the LWB?: It has an accompanying bilingual Spanish/English guide book.
6. What are the size of the cards?: Pretty much standard tarot size, which means bigger than playing cards?
7. Who is the publisher?: Llewellyn, but this deck/book are out of print.
8. Who is the artist?: Durkon
9. Who wrote the accompanying book (if any)? Zolrak wrote the book & conceptualized the deck.
10. Would you recommend this deck to a beginner? Why or why not?: no, I wouldn't really. I think it's better to already be familiar with the tarot when trying to learn a new system, though this one is loosely RWS based.
I really like this deck, it's very beautiful and evocative. I had a very hard time finding it! and was very excited to get it. It reads well for clients; while the card meanings are kind of hard to link to the traditional major arcana, the book includes a chart to help you out with that. They are insightfully made.
2. Do the suits have the traditional names (Swords, Wands, Pentacles, Cups) including the names of the Court Cards (page vs. princess, etc.)?: No.
3. What are the order of Justice & Strength?: this deck uses the Orisha, and does not number the cards nor have a specific Justice or Strength card.
4. What are the Swords & Wands associations (air or fire)?: The suits are air/water/fire/earth.
5. Does the deck have an accompanying book or just the LWB?: It has an accompanying bilingual Spanish/English guide book.
6. What are the size of the cards?: Pretty much standard tarot size, which means bigger than playing cards?
7. Who is the publisher?: Llewellyn, but this deck/book are out of print.
8. Who is the artist?: Durkon
9. Who wrote the accompanying book (if any)? Zolrak wrote the book & conceptualized the deck.
10. Would you recommend this deck to a beginner? Why or why not?: no, I wouldn't really. I think it's better to already be familiar with the tarot when trying to learn a new system, though this one is loosely RWS based.
I really like this deck, it's very beautiful and evocative. I had a very hard time finding it! and was very excited to get it. It reads well for clients; while the card meanings are kind of hard to link to the traditional major arcana, the book includes a chart to help you out with that. They are insightfully made.