Nefertari's Tarots [Cards]

The cards are filled with Egyptian motifs, gods, and sacred animals - the Fool is accompanied by a cat, the Devil is a Crocodile, Death is Anubis, the Tower is an obelisk, and there are hieroglyophs all over the cards.

The cards have titles in 5 languages - English, Italian, French, German, and Spanish, and the deck is accompanied by a booklet written in English only. The booklet includes a 6 cards spread, and a traditional keywords list for each card.

The booklet says nothing about the art, and I have very little knowledge about ancient Egyptian culture, so I cant tell whether the art is just beutiful or has some depth and authenticity behind it (e.g. whether the hieroglyphs have meanings or whether the persons on the cards are taken from appropriate myths).

The cards show influences from the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, e.g. in the 5 of Wands and 6 of Swords cards, though Justice and Strength are ordered the traditional way, rather than Waite's way.

All in all, this is a very artistic & beutiful deck, though a bit expensive.

To be honest if this deck did not have the gold it would be nothing special.

The LWB that comes with it offers no insightful information that an experienced reader may already have. Sure it follows in the RW tradition, but if you do not know anything about Egyptology than I would recommend finding a book that offers information on Eygptian symbols as the LWB offers no guidance in this respect.

It truly is a beautiful set of cards. In comparison to other "gold" decks I have to say that the Nefertari's Tarot wins hands down in appearance. The gold foil background makes the images seem to jump out at the reader in almost 3 dimensional form. The artwork itself is rendered so that it appears slightly worn in places, I suppose to provide authenticity to the Eygptian artwork. The cards themselves are on flexible stock and are slightly longer than most decks, but not so much as to make shuffling difficult.

Of all the Eygptian decks on the market to date I have to recommend this one. If you have been a little shy in using an Egyptian deck, but would like to add one to your collection, this is the one to have. If you would like to have that "special" deck, then go for Nefertari's Tarot.

To be honest I usually prefer more abstract decks, but this deck is definetly one I am happy to own.

The deck is quite sturdy, it can withstand a good shuffling, but i can't bare to shuffle it as i would a "normal deck"....

It's just too beautiful to be used like that..........

This is a great deck to have in your Tarot collection if you are a collector, or a fan of Ancient Egypt.......

The booklette that came with it is not of much help, but then again, "*most* of the little booklette's aren't. Very few are.....

If someone would not have purchased this deck for me, i would have definately bought it on my own!