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4.0 out of 5 stars
78 card version smaller, nice courts and aces, Jan 26 2004
The 10th Anniversary edition might be useful for those who want a transitional set that has pretty, romantic art images and interesting relational slant. The images are clean and clear and set against backgrounds such as delicate lavendar, sky blue, soft yellow and a delicate jade.The cards are the about the size of the Marseilles cards in the 12.98 Tarot set or average Rider Waite Smith by U.S. Games. The majors are the same pictures, but smaller, if you liked the oversize 22 card version--Strength is Eight and Justice is 11. This edition adds the 16 courts in a similar pictorial style and scenic Aces in Oliver Bursten photocollages. Pips 2 to 10 are Marseilles style, with just patterns of the appropriate suit symbol. The write ups in the 208 page book has the same slant and full descriptions of the majors, about five pages for each major which include one page that shows a picture of the card and a facing page with a general description. The softcover book is written in blue text and the pictures are in blue and white. The text in first half of the book from pages one to page 147 is virtually identical to the first 22 card edition--although the 22 card edition is a hardcover book with beautiful color pictures. Pages 148 to 208 group the descriptions of the Aces first, then the twos through ten. Each Ace has a full page description, then the twos have two pages of description, followed by the threes through ten. Court descriptions of the Pages through King have also one page each of description and a small scan of the picture. Pages 188 to 205 give reading suggestions. The overall tone of the descriptions is relational, but I can use this deck for other topics as well and using it to evaluate likes and dislikes or how close or distant a questioner would feel about a subject. This isn't really a straight Marseilles-style deck because Strength is Eight and Justice is 11 and it's not a RWS with scenic pips. If you don't mind Marseilles styles pips, the book is helpful and essential. Since Jane Lyle's other 12.98 set is a similar size Marseilles deck with a detailed book, it might be fun for a collector to have both sets, compare the books and decks and have a variety of ideas to develop their readings. Kat Black's upcoming Golden Tarot is more true to the Medieval to Renaissance style, but this is a nice set if you enjoy a blended old style of European art. The use of the color blue and other tones are soothing and I find it a pretty, romantic set.
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