Tarot Tuesday #8 - Four of Cups Mary-El Tarot

Card: Four of Cups
Deck: Mary-El Tarot
Artist: Marie White

About the Card:
At the edge of the ocean, waves crash against a dark ridge of rocks and wash against the shore where a single whelk shell glimmers against the sunlit sand.

About the Deck:
The Mary-el Tarot is a work in progress by Los Angeles artist Marie White. It is supposed to be available as a limited edition but the Store page at the artist's web site is still under construction. If you like the deck and want to stay apprised of new cards and news about it, you can join the newsletter at Yahoo Groups.

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Tarot Tuesday #7 - Spiderwoman

Card: Spiderwoman
Deck: Daughters of the Moon
Artist: Ffiona Morgan
Buy This Deck: Daughters of the Moon Tarot Cards and Greeting Cards

About the Card:
Spiderwoman is the Tenth card in the Major Arcana, representing the card more commonly called The Wheel of Fortune. In the DOM tarot, the card shows one of the three fates spinning webs that are patterns within patterns.

About the Deck:
Daughters of the Moon Tarot
was first published in 1983. While the artist is listed as Ffiona Morgan, the cards are a collaborative effort of many different artists, and the deck is maintained by Ms. Morgan. The original deck was printed in black and white, and readers were encouraged to color the images themselves to personalize the deck. I owned an original DOM tarot, and deeply regret having lost it over the years in various moves. The deck is feminist and wiccan - more properly, Dianist/Goddess-centered. The illustrations are marvelously eclectic. The company is ethically-centered and Earth-conscious.

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Tarot Tuesday #6 - Shadowscape: Judgment

Judgment - Shadowscape Tarot
Artist: Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Unpublished
Card Details

About the Deck:
The Shadowscape Tarot is a work in progress by fantastical artist Stephanie Law. The deck is painted in (mostly) watercolor. The images are absolutely delicious - the colors misty, light and airy, the intricacy and attention to detail amazing. While the deck is a work in progress and not available for purchase, you can purchase prints of the artwork at the artist's website. The individual Tarot cards can also be found as cross-stitch patterns at Heaven and Earth. The deck is scheduled for release by Llewellyn in 2010.

About the Card:
Easter weekend (in all its many variations) seemed an excellent time to feature a Judgment card - and the butterflies and flowers made this card an ideal choice. What does the divine trumpeter say to you?

About the Artist:
Stephanie Pui-Mun Law is an accomplished artist and illustrator with quite an impressive list of publications to her credit. In addition, she is the author of Dreamscapes: Creating Magical Angel, Faery & Mermaid Worlds with watercolor, a book of watercolor techniques used in fantasy art.


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Tarot Tuesday #5 - The Moon - The Pen Tarot

The Moon - The Pen Tarot
Artist: Penelope Cline
Publisher: Fig Tree Press

About the Deck:
The Pen Tarot is deliciously illustrated in one of my favorite mediums - a .5 Pilot pen and ink, with watered ink wash to add color where needed. I've quite fallen in love with the artwork and the imagery presented by Cline to represent the 22 Trumps of the Major Arcana. It's published by Fig Tree Press of the UK in a limited edition of 100 decks and can be purchased directly from the Fig Tree Press website.

The images are unusual and non-traditional, but definitely recognizable. In fact, the word evocative may have been coined to describe this beautiful deck. Do take the time to visit the web site, which shows images of all 22 Tarot trumps.


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