T; The New Tarot Deck Review

" T" The New Tarot aka The Tarot for the Aquarian Age: This deck is very different from most Tarot decks. The Majors have all been; renamed and the suits are Blades, Serpents, Pears and Stones, which represent; air, fire, water and earth respectively. The Majors are radically different;; The Fool is called "Nameless One", The High Priestess becomes "The Mother",; The Lovers becomes "Unity" and The World becomes "The Virgin". All of the; trumps are like this with the exception of The Hanged Man. The court cards; have the normal names (Page, Knight, Queen and King), but the pictures do not; show people. The Minors do not show scenes, rather they show the number and; the requisite number of pears, serpents etc. The pictures on the Majors; remind me of those on "The Poet's Tarot" only brilliantly colored and more; detailed. The deck comes with 3 books, a 150 page guide which explains the; reasoning and symbolism on each card followed by a short question and answer; section for each card. The symbols were supposedly given to the designer; during Ouija board readings in 1962 and 1963 and the deck was purportedly; predicted by Madame Blavatsky in her magazine "Lucifer". The second book; describes a spread called "The Game of Destiny" and the third book is a small; booklet, similar in size to most deck booklets which describes a game to be; played with the deck called"The Royal Maze". I haven't read them thoroughly,; but on a quick scan the information seems very esoteric and not a little; weird. The deck has it's own box and the boxed deck and the books come in a; larger box. I have been told that this deck has recently been re-released,; though I haven't seen it anywhere. I would recommend this deck for collectors; only as it is very different from any deck I have ever encountered. It is; quite pretty and I value it for it's age and the manner in which I received; it, but I don't think I would buy the re-released version unless I found it on; sale.

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