Tarot Decks

PoMo Tarot by Brian Williams

With so many tarot decks coming in and out of print, it’s easy to overlook a jewel like Brian Williams’s PoMo Tarot. Its accompanying 120 page book describes the PoMo Tarot as, “A postmodern deck for navigating the next millennium”. Eighteen years after its release in 1994, it remains a light-hearted deck with strength in its bones.

This entry is part 32 of 32 in the series Tarot Decks

Jacques Vieville Tarot Interview

I rarely look for tarot decks (or anything else) on eBay. For some reason though I just happened to catch a mint copy of this 1984 French reproduction being offered for next to nothing. It turned out to be part of a group of decks being liquidated by US Games. This has very quickly become one of my two favorite tarot reading decks.

This entry is part 5 of 32 in the series Tarot Decks

Tarot of the Master Interview

The Tarot of the Master tarot deck is a recreation of a work Giovanni Vacchetta created around 1893. It is one of the few pre-Rider Waite Smith tarot decks that has “story images” for the numbered pip cards.

This entry is part 26 of 32 in the series Tarot Decks

Fantastic Menagerie Tarot Interview

Magic Realist Press is a collaborative venture between Karen Mahony and Alex Ukolov who comprise the Baba Studio in Prague, Czech Republic. Their tarot decks have a lively following. While the Victorian Romantic, Baroque Bohemian Cats and Tarot of Prague are better known than the Fantastic Menagerie Tarot, those that use this deck keep a special place in their hearts for it.

This entry is part 12 of 32 in the series Tarot Decks