Lo Scarabeo Tarot Cards

2012: Tarot of Ascension 2012: Tarot of Ascension has been designed as a tool for spiritual growth and evolution. It has images set in an imaginary medieval setting, with concealed new age symbols and secrets. The minors have been altered to better reflect the seeker's upward path, with some traditionally negative cards becoming more positive.

African American Tarot The African American Tarot is a strong and vibrantly coloured deck of scenes and imagery of African and Afro-American culture, animals and art. According to the booklet, each card is linked with an important deity, character or location in African-American history.

Afro-Brazilian Tarot The Afro-Brazilian Tarot is dedicated to the divinities of the African Yoruban and Brazilian Candomble religions, and combines these and Santeria with the archetypes of tarot.

Ancient Italian Tarot The Ancient Italian Tarot shows artwork in a medieval Italian style. The card scenes are of a similar style as the 1JJ Swiss Tarot but with more detail and muted colour. Card titling is small and in Italian only.

Ancient Minchiate Etruria Tarot An early (eighteenth century) tarot deck with some unusual features. The Ancient Minchiate Etruria Tarot has 41 major arcana cards, which include astrological signs, the four virtues, and four elements, but not a high priestess/popess.

Ancient Tarot of Marseilles The Ancient Tarot of Marseilles is a precise reproduction of the historic Tarot de Marseilles created in 1760 by Nicholas Conver. This version is coloured with blocks of yellow, red, green and blue.

Ancient Tarots of Bologna The Ancient Tarots of Bologna is a historical reproduction of an deck from 1780, created in Bologna, Italy. It is Italian but a Marseilles style deck, and is coloured in deep blues, faded greens and oranges.

Ancient Tarots of Liguria-Piedmont The Ancient Tarots of Liguria-Piedmont is a reproduction of a historical Marseilles-style deck from the the northern Italian region of Piedmont. The original deck was published in 1860.

Ancient Tarots of Lombardy Another historical deck from Lo Scarabeo, the Ancient Tarots of Lombardy cards were originally published in 1810. The majors and court cards are in a neoclassical artistic style, the minor arcana are pip cards.

Angel Voices Oracle A pretty, tidy 80-card oracle based on the traditional Christian guardian angels and archangels. The Angel Voices Oracle also incorporates astrological associations, shown by the colour-coding of the angels' backgrounds and clothing.

Art Nouveau Oracle The Art Nouveau Oracle is illustrated in a romantic, watercolour art nouveau style, and is very similar visually to the Tarot Art Nouveau. The deck itself is based on the Lenormand pattern and has 36 cards.

Avalon Tarot The Avalon Tarot is an Arthurian-themed tarot, but set in a fantasy-medieval world. The artwork is strongly coloured and reminiscent of comic books.

Bach Flower Inspirational Cards The Bach Flower Inspirational Cards has 38 lovely art nouveau, floral cards, each linked with a specific Bach Flower Essence. The essences help with spiritual or emotional unbalances.

Black Cats Tarot The Black Cats Tarot "celebrates and honors the beautiful and magical black cats. Cleverly incorporating feline characteristics and legend into traditional tarot archetypes, this fanciful deck captures these creatures moving between worlds of reality and fantasy, the mundane and mystical." Due out from Lo Scarabeo in late 2013.

Book of Shadows Tarot The Book of Shadows Tarot is the first volume in a two volume deck set conceptualised by tarot expert, Barbara Moore. This is the 'as above' deck, focusing on universal and divine energies, while the second will be 'so below' and concentrate on everyday human experiences.

Book of Shadows Tarot: Volume 2 This Book of Shadows Tarot is the second volume in the two volume Book of Shadows kit. This is the 'So Below' deck, concentrating on the magical energies that surround us in everyday life. Due out from Lo Scarabeo in mid-2013.

Book of Thoth Etteilla Tarot The Book of Thoth Etteilla Tarot is a reproduction of a nineteenth century tarot deck based on the deck created by Etteilla, who was the first to create a deck solely for divinatory use.

Bosch Tarots Strikingly vibrant, the Bosch Tarot deck depicts humans, monsters, and visions as Tarot cards. The art style is modelled on that of Dutch artist Hieronymous Bosch and has elements from his paintings. Fascinating.

Bruegel Tarot Inspired by the rich and detailed artistic style of Flemish painter, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, these cards show the daily life of the medieval peasant in lively fashion. It's a rather more earthy Tarot than the Giotto Tarot by the same author - this one features drunk peasants!

Cards of Wellbeing The Cards of Wellbeing is a very odd oracle linked to crystals, the stars and Tibetan wisdom. The illustrations are very simple crystal or star images, and the cards have a very negative bent - a full third of the cards bely the title of being cards of 'wellbeing'.

Celtic Tarot The Celtic Tarot from Lo Scarabeo is illustrated by two different authors in comic-book style art. Gaudenzi created the majors, with images of Celtic legends and mythology; Tenuta created the minors. Each suit is linked to a people of Ireland - Fomori, Fianna, Ulaid and Tuatha de Danann.

Centenary Special Rider-Waite Tarot The edition of the Rider-Waite Tarot has been published in honour of the centennial anniversary of the original Waite-Smith deck. This special edition has been published by Lo Scarabeo and has their typical multi-lingual borders surrounding the familiar images by Pamela Colman-Smith.

Children Tarot The Children Tarot has youthful and naive drawings in pastel that are for "participating in the fairy tale of life". The majors are cute and happy and the minors have pip-style arrangements with small illustrations included as well.

China Tarot The China Tarot is a re-release of the Chinese-published Der-Jen Tarot by Lo Scarabeo. The majors are rather beautiful atmospheric paintings, and the minors are similiar in feel but feature Chinese suit emblems instead of illustrated scenes.

Circle of Life Tarot The Circle of Life Tarot is a round deck, so chosen to emphasise the concepts of circularity and cycles in life. The 78 unique illustrations depart from the usual symbolism, and are unconventional and imaginative Tarot journey.

Classic Tarot The Classic Tarot is a reproduction of a Milanese deck, dated 1835. The art is pen-and-ink and somewhat unusually coloured in bright oranges, lime greens and pinks but is the overall effect is harmonious.

Comparative Tarot Not for beginners, this is a tarot study tool created to illustrate Valerie Sims' Comparative Tarot reading method. Images of four different decks are depicted on each card - the Universal Tarot, Tarot of the Origins, Tarot of Marseilles, and Tarot of the Sphynx.

Contemplative Tarot The Contemplative Tarot is a thoughtful deck influenced by the works of philosopher P.D. Ouspensky. It has Pagan-inspired, lifelike, three- dimensional major arcana cards, while the minor arcana owe their basis to the el Gran Tarot Esoterico and are in a flatter, less-detailed artistic style.

Corto Maltese Tarot The Corto Maltese Tarot is about a comic book character of the same name, by artist Hugo Pratt. Corto is an adventurer and sailor and the cards illustrate scenes, places and personalities that he encounters. The corresponding card in the Marseille style is also repeated in the four corners of the pale aqua border.

Crystal Tarots The Crystal Tarots has multi-coloured cards with an art nouveau and stained glass look. The This is the 78 card edition, which was first published as a 22-card art deck, the Tarocchi di Vetro. The minors in the 78-card edition are a re-working of card designs originally by Eudes Picards.

Da Vinci Tarot An art tarot in homage to the great Renaissance painter and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. The images in the Da Vinci Tarot are mostly inspired by Leonardo's art, but do feature some of his well-known pieces. First published as the Leonardo aa Vinci Tarot a stand-alone deck, it's now available as the Da Vinci Tarot kit with a book by Mark McElroy.

Da Vinci Tarot An art tarot in homage to the great Renaissance painter and inventor, Leonardo da Vinci. The images in the Da Vinci Tarot are mostly inspired by Leonardo's art, but do feature some of his well-known pieces. First published as the Leonardo aa Vinci Tarot a stand-alone deck, it's now available as the Da Vinci Tarot kit with a book by Mark McElroy.

Dame Fortune's Wheel Tarot Dame Fortune's Wheel Tarot is a deck of 79 cards - 22 majors, 56 minors and one significator from author, Paul Huson. The cards are based on the Huson's research presented in Mystical Origins of the Tarot, and have Marseilles-inspired majors and Etteilla-inspired, fully illustrated minors. The deck is complete with an instructional booklet and now published by Lo Scarabeo.

Dante Tarot Inspired and directed by the life and works of the medieval Italian poet Dante, who is perhaps best known for his Divine Comedy. The Dante Tarot is a stunning and unique tarot deck that has tranformed the traditional tarot symbols.

Dark Angels Tarot The Dark Angels Tarot is a gothic tarot focusing on heaven's outcast angels. "Achingly beautiful, mysterious, and undoubtedly wise, these unearthly creatures have much to teach us of our own shadow selves."

Dark Fairytale Tarot The Dark Fairytale Tarot is an exploration of the darker side of the world of the fae. It takes elements of both the Rider-Waite and Thoth foundations and blends them with lifelike medieval fantasy imagery.

Dark Grimoire Tarot The Dark Grimoire Tarot takes its inspiration from magical texts of fiction and legend - the Necronomicon and other grimoires. The 78 cards have non-traditional scenes of horror and nightmare. Often strange, they're also sometimes disturbing, particularly in the literal Hanged Man.

Decameron Tarot The Decameron Tarot is for adults only. It aims to show love without mystery, and its 78 cards are fully illustrated with men and woman in many and various sexual positions.

Dragons Tarot The Dragons Tarot features mythical dragons, earthly dinosaurs and feathered serpents from all cultures, myths and eras in its very colourful and useable 78 cards. Not to be confused with the other Dragon Tarot.

Dream Cards The Dream Cards, while there are 78 of them, aren't a tarot deck but a stand-alone, intuitive reading deck. The artwork is a fantasy of surreal landscapes and scenes, with plenty to spark the imagination.

Dream Enchantress Tarot The Dream Enchantress Tarot is from the same artist who created the Secret Tarot. It's a fantasy, mysterious, feminine deck, and with minimal black borders to set off the luminous images.

Egyptian Tarot Grand Trumps The Egyptian Tarot Grand Trumps is a large-size, majors (or trumps) only, edition of Silvana Alasia's 78-card deck from Lo Scarabeo. The art has an authentic Egyptian look, painted in tempera on a papyrus background.

Elemental Tarot The 79-card Elemental Tarot is designed for manifesting change. The deck is "immersed in the elemental energies", and has a suit devoted visually to each element of fire, air, earth and water. There is also an extra card, the Significator.

Etruscan Tarot The Etruscan Tarot is a historically-themed art deck, based on the culture, civilisation, and mystical beliefs of the ancient Etruscans, a pre-Roman tribe who lived in what is now modern day Italy.

Fairy Lights Tarot The Fairy Lights Tarot has 78 imaginative fantasy cards, from the same artist as the Tarot of the Secret Forest. The deck is unusual, as "each card is part of a bigger picture that is complete when paired with another card". Due out from Lo Scarabeo in late 2013.

Fairy Tarots A very cute Italian deck with a strong fantasy influence, the Fairy Tarots cards show enchanting scenes of playful fairies and forest creatures.

Fey Tarot A gorgeous and unique tarot of the Fey, not the British fairies, but a more universal variety depicted in art with an anime feel. The Fey Tarot is a well-thought out and carefully designed tarot set for readers of all ages - and a beautiful, playful deck full of its own unique magic.

Fire Tarot The Fire Tarot takes the myth of fire in all its forms and interprets it through tarot-related scenes. The major arcana each depict a god linked with fire, while the minor suits are linked with fire as help, spiritual and sacred fire, emotional fire, and earthly fire.

French Cartomancy The French Cartomancy deck is a 36-card oracle, a reconstruction of a deck from the era of Mlle. Lenormand. The cards are numbered but untitled, and feature pastoral scenes with a playing card inset.

Gay Tarot The Gay Tarot focuses on the experience and identity of homosexual men. While men are featured as all the major figures, women are not excluded. The 78 images are fully illustrated, with people are of all ethnicities, shapes and sizes and in modern, contemporary settings.

Giotto Tarot A tarot in the style of 13th century Italian painter Giotto di Bondone, which seems unusually still and posed to my modern eye. But the Giotto Tarot is a workable deck, once you are familiar with its system.

Golden Botticelli Tarot The Golden Botticelli Tarot was created by the talented Atanassov in the style of the Italian Renaissance artist, Botticelli, who is most famous for the Birth of Venus. The 78 cards are fully illustrated and have small gold elements in the patterns and backgrounds.

Golden Tarot of Klimt The Golden Tarot of Klimt is inspired by the artistic style of early twentieth-century Austrian painter, Gustav Klimt. The art is vivid and sensual, interspersed with mosaic patterns and accented with gold metallic accents.

Golden Tarot of the Renaissance The Golden Tarot of the Renaissance is based on the fifteenth-century French deck, the Charles VI (also known as the Estensi) of which only 17 cards remain. Lo Scarabeo's full set of 78 cards have been created in attractive watercolours and finished with a gold leaf background.

Golden Tarot of the Tsar A luxurious looking tarot based on the iconic art of Russian Orthodox Christianity. The Golden Tarot of the Tsar is one of Lo Scarabeo's metallic decks - the saints and biblical scenes have textured gold backgrounds.

Golden Universal Tarot The Golden Universal Tarot is a re-printing of the Universal Tarot by Roberto de Angelis, but with selected symbols and imagery decorated with gold foil. Due out from Lo Scarabeo in mid-2013.

Gothic Tarot of Vampires A tarot of the depths - not only the superficial aspects - of the Vampire mythos. Sensual, violent, spiritual, and somber, the Gothic Tarot of Vampires is dark and contemporary and, yes, sometimes bloody.

Harmonious Tarot The Harmonious Tarot is pretty, light and flowery, like sitting in a rose garden on a sunny spring afternoon. The Tarot art, mostly by Victorian artist Walter Crane (with some additions by Fitzpatrick) is romantic, heavily floral, and quite easily readable.

Heart Tarot The Heart Tarot "celebrates a vital, unimaginably potent force in our lives: love. Whether inspired by romance, family, friendship, or God, this powerful emotion is at the heart of humanity." It's only the second heart-shaped deck published.

Initiatory Tarot of the Golden Dawn The Initiatory Tarot of the Golden Dawn has been created from documents from the occult group. The deck artist was without any knowledge of their previous decks, so the result is comic-book style illustrations with familiar elements in new interpretations.

Kamasutra Tarot The Kamasutra Tarot is based on the "textbook of desire" best known as a catalogue of sexual positions. The cards are indeed graphic, but are intended to reflect fourth century attitudes towards sex rather than modern Western views. The imagery across the cards is also deliberately repetitive, so that the subtle cues of posture and body language of the couple are more obvious.

Karma Oracle The Karma Oracle is a 33 card divination oracle, representing ancient Indian gods and goddesses. The cards are very brightly coloured and patterned.

Labyrinth Tarot The Labyrinth Tarot is an art deck from Luis Royo, creator of the Black Tarot. The major arcana are finely detailed monochromatic art pieces, while the minor arcana suits of Wands, Pentacles, Cups and Spades are decorated pip cards.

Law of Attraction Tarot The Law of Attraction Tarot is inspired by the best-selling book, The Secret, and its promise to help manifest anything you want in life. The 78-card deck is quite different in most imagery and meaning from standard decks, and is intended to help you achieve your dreams.

Liber T: Tarot of Stars Eternal The Tarot of Stars Eternal is a reworking of the Aleister Crowley Thoth Tarot by Dante Tarot artist Andrea Serio. The majors are very similar to Crowley's Thoth, but the minors have been expanded and have an emphasis on Decans.

Lo Scarabeo Tarot The Lo Scarabeo Tarot celebrates the twentieth year of the Italian publishing house, with a deck combining all three major traditions - the Tarot de Marseilles, the Rider-Waite and the Thoth. In imagery, the cards seem like more of a blend of the latter two, but they have plenty of scope for comparative study as well as for readings.

Ludy Lescot Tarot The Ludy Lescot Tarot is a mysterious deck from the perspective of Ludy Lescot, "a young esoteric and student of the arts, whom one could meet on the steamy streets in the New Orleans French Quarter". It's an expressive 78-card deck that's a bit different.

Manara: The Erotic Tarot By Italian comic-book artist Milo Manara, this tarot is a mix of eroticism and fantasy. Its imagery is explicit, in the same way as the Casanova Tarot, but it doesn't go to the sexual extreme of the Priapo Tarot.

Manga Tarot This Manga Tarot is a a deck connected with the Eastern imagination, as illustrated in the comics known as manga. It has attractive artwork which is in the manga/anime style (but not exaggeratedly so), and the symbolism is fairly recognisable. There is one significant change however - cards that traditionally showed a man now show a woman, and vice versa.

Mantegna Tarot This wonderful deck is a tarot ancestor, with only fifty cards. The Mantegna Tarot artwork, originally created in 1460, has been recoloured and highlighted with silver. What appears as mottled dark grey in the digital scans is actually bright silver foil.

Mayan Tarot The Mayan Tarot is inspired by the pre-Columbian, Central American culture of the Mayas. The colourful majors have the familiar cartoonish look of Mayan art, while the minors show a small rock etching-like illustration and large suit symbols.

Medieval Tarot The Medieval Tarot is from the same author who illustrated the Bruegel Tarot and the Giotto Tarot, but this is a more generic deck of the Middle Ages in scene and costume.

Mibramig Magical Tarot The Mibramig Magical Tarot is a 79-card deck in which "Magic crosses paths with the strange and whimsical inside Mibramig’s delightfully bizarro world. Creatures both curious and cute will welcome you into this enchanting and joyful universe." Due out from Lo Scarabeo in mid-2013.

Michelangelo Tarot The Michelangelo Tarot is inspired by and illustrated in the style of the Italian artist, Michelangelo. The tarot scenes are rely heavily (and successfully) on body language to convey the meaning. From Lo Scarabeo and the artist who also created the Giotto Tarot, Bruegel Tarot and the Medieval Tarot.

Minchiate Tarot The Minchiate Tarot is a reprint of the historical Ancient Minchiate Etruria Tarot. The deck is a photo reproduction of a Florentine Minchiate deck from 1725, which has 56 minors and 41 major arcana, with cards for the signs, planets and virtues.

Mona Lisa Tarot The Mona Lisa Tarot is an innovative deck that is inspired by the imagery of the painting of the same name, the Renaissancee era, and the life and imagination of Leonardo da Vinci. The card scenes often take the tarot in a new and different direction.

Native American Tarot This Italian-published Native American Tarot is inspired by their shamanism, spirituality, and connection with the natural world. The card art is muted, dusty and attractive -- by the same artist who created the Vikings Tarot.

Nefertari's Tarot An ancient Egyptian Tarot themed deck with a difference - Nefertari's Tarot has a background of goil foil on the cards. This deck is stunning, though the digital images look nowhere near as good as the actual cards.

Olympus Tarot A tarot of the Ancient Greeks. Each card in the Olympus Tarot represents a myth, hero, monster or god from Greek legend, depicted in dramatic comic-book style.

Pagan Tarot The Pagan Tarot, from Gina M. Pace (known as Wicce on the Internet), combines the joys and problems of everyday life with Wiccan and Pagan spirituality. The art shows Pagan scenes and is also very modern and ultra-realistic: computers feature in several cards.

Pictorial Key Tarot The Pictorial Key Tarot is a modernisation of the Rider-Waite Tarot images, very similar in symbolism to the original but not quite a clone. Created in a computer-generated style, the 78 cards are detailed and reasonably lifelike, but have a slightly perfect, plastic look.

Quantum Tarot: Version 2.0 The Quantum Tarot combines modern theories of physics and quantum mechanics with tarot, through vivid space images from NASA and the Hubble telescope. It's now out in a reworked second edition from Lo Scarabeo, with two extra cards, some changed images, and new black borders.

Ramses: Tarot of Eternity The Ramses: Tarot of Eternity deck is another Ancient Egyptian-themed tarot, with life-like rather than stylised artwork and a real sense of history. Concentrating on the era of th Pharaoh Ramses II, the cards show events in his life as well as more mundane Egypt.

Royo Dark Tarot The Royo Dark Tarot is an expanded and updated version of Luis Royo's original Black Tarot. Now with larger cards, better quality images, and most importantly - fully illustrated minor arcana.

Sacred Sites Tarot The Sacred Sites Tarot is a deck of significant, mystical and powerful places and structures - both natural and manmade - from across the world. Its 78 cards feature everything from Stonehenge to the Ganges to the Hagia Sophia - and unusually for a deck from Lo Scarabeo, have no multi-lingual titles on the cards.

Samurai Tarot The Samurai Tarot is a themed deck based around the samurai tradition of feudal Japan. It has non-standard tarot imagery on the 78 cards, and detailed comic-style watercolour illustrations.

Secret Tarot The Secret Tarot has card scenes and costumes that are a mix of eras from medieval and Renaissance to the 19th and 20th centuries. The art is a little comic-book-ish and features female nudity, but is very atmospheric.

Sensual Wicca Tarot The Sensual Wicca Tarot explores sex and sexuality through the Wiccan belief system. The card illustrations generally have a Rider-Waite foundation, reinterpreted to be multicultural and Wicca. Not every card has erotic imagery, but of those that do, be warned - some verge on being X rated.

Shaman Tarot The Shaman Tarot explores shamanism and the shamanic journey through tarot. It has re-envisioned the traditional deck through new suits and re-named majors to better relate to the shamanic experience.

Shining Angels Tarot The Shining Angels Tarot is a round deck of 78 cards, with watercolour images of individual angels in tarot scenes. The round shape of the cards was chosen to remind us "of the angelic circle of love and protection always surrounding us".

Sola-Busca Tarot The Sola Busca Tarot is a redrawing of the oldest existing tarot deck, printed in the late fifteenth century in Italy. The deck shows biblical, Roman and mythological imagery, and it was the first deck to show full scenes on the minor arcana cards.

Sorcerers Tarot The Sorcerers Tarot is an expressive and readable deck of high magicians, myth, and fairy tales. Illustrated by Antonella Castelli, who also did the Tarot Art Nouveau, it has a similar feel with its border of Celtic knotwork, though it has 78 fully illustrated cards.

Spirit of Flowers Tarot A sweet and cute tarot of flowers, set in a wooded fairy-tale world. Every card in the Spirit of Flowers Tarot has a realistically drawn flower and a tiny, childlike fairy associated with it.

Tarocchi degli Gnomi (Arte) The Tarocchi degli Gnomi is one of several version of the cute Tarot of the Gnomes from Lo Scarabeo. This art edition has 22 large, rectangular cards on thick uncoated stock.

Tarocchi dell' Alba Dorata The Tarocchi dell' Alba Dorata feature gnomes, elves, pixies and fairies on its 22 cards. This is the majors-only edition, published in 1990, of decks later released as the Tarots of the Golden Dawn, Tarot of the Hidden Folk and the Enchanted Tarot.

Tarocchi della Buona Tavola The Tarocchi della Buona Tavola translates as 'Tarot of the Good Table' and has light-hearted Tarot images celebrating food. Not actually a tarot deck, these images are from a portfolio by Antonio Lupatella with the 22 cards on 11 sheets. A limited edition of 50 copies.

Tarocchi delle Fiabe The Tarocchi delle Fiabe is a collaborative 22-card deck of illustrated fairytales, with art from 22 different artists. It's from Lo Scarabeo's Arte collection and the deck has rectangular cards varnished on the faces only.

Tarocchi Tharbon The Tarocchi Tharbon is a black-and-white deck from Lo Scarabeo's limited edition range. The art features unusual and well-dressed birdlike characters in the 78 Tarot scenes.

Tarot 3D The Tarot 3D is the first of its kind, a tarot deck with a three-dimensional effect to its cards. The 22 larger sized cards have images from the Pictorial Key Tarot. Due out in mid-2013 from Lo Scarabeo.

Tarot Art Nouveau The Italian-published Tarot Art Nouveau is floral, ornate and lavishly decorated. It is a very uniform tarot with a very romantic, dashing style - women all young and beautiful, men mostly bulging muscle.

Tarot for Everyone Tarot for Everyone is a kit including the Rider-Waite based deck, the Universal Tarot, and a small 64-page companion book aimed at beginners.

Tarot for Hip Witches The Tarot for Hip Witches is a youthful 78-card deck and book set full of young and beautiful witches. The tarot images from the Witchy Tarot are bright, colourful and somewhat non-traditional. There is also a small companion book.

Tarot Illuminati The Tarot Illuminati has 78 extremely ornate and vivid digitally illustrated cards. "Combining artistic beauty, symbolic depth, and intuitive vigor, the Illuminati Tarot warms the soul and frees the mind." Due out from Lo Scarabeo in mid-2013 as a kit, including a deck with gold-foil edges and a companion book.

Tarot Lenormand The Tarot Lenormand is the first 78-card deck based on the Mlle Lenormand oracles that were printed in the 19th century. The deck continues the Lenormand feel artistically, and has pleasant scenes of daily life and experience with a country French look.

Tarot of Atlantis The Tarot of Atlantis is a fantasy deck, illustrating the mythical civilisation described in the writings of Plato. The 78 cards are fully illustrated and depict landscapes, buildings, and the religious and daily lives imagined to be lived by Atlanteans.

Tarot of Casanova An erotic tarot based on Casanova's experiences and lfe in Venice. Naturally the art in the Tarot of Casanova contains a fair amount of nudity but the cards do relate to tarot archetypes.

Tarot of Cleopatra The Tarot of Cleopatra is Ancient Egyptian in theme and appearance. The 78 cards feature authentic-looking Egyptian-style figures and deities painted against a papyrus-like background, with teal-coloured borders.

Tarot of Dürer Created in the style of Albert Dürer's paintings and engravings, the 78 fully-illustrated Tarot of Dürer cards include heraldry and animals as allegorical symbols.

Tarot of Hip Witches The Tarot of Hip Witches has a 78 card deck of cards, packaged with a 64 page companion book. The cards are the Witchy Tarot, featuring young witches in a contemporary context.

Tarot of Jane Austen The Tarot of Jane Austen is a wonderful tarot with characters and situations from the books of 19th century English author, Jane Austen. The cards are fully-illustrated, and mainly feature scenes from Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Mansfield Park. Available as a standalone deck, now in a kit with a companion book.

Tarot of Marseilles (Burdel) This version of the Tarot of Marseilles is a reproduction of cards by Claude Burdel created in 1751, republished in 1987. Titled in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.

Tarot of Mermaids A themed tarot deck in homage to the mythical sea creature, the mermaid. The cards of the Tarot of Mermaids, naturally, have an undersea feeling, are attractively drawn, and can be used effectively for readings.

Tarot of Metamorphosis Tarot of Metamorphosis illustrates the transformation of beings or objects into something else. The 78 cards are somewhat surreal and the art ranges from dreamlike fantasies to futuristic anime art.

Tarot of Pirates The Tarot of Pirates is a deck of legends of piracy on the high seas, illustrated in detailed and realistic colour. It features all the aspects of pirates you would expect - golden treasure, the plank, galleons, swashbuckling pirate leaders - but it still a workable reading deck.

Tarot of Princesses The Tarot of Princesses has 78 cards themed around princesses from history, myth and legend. The cards have huge borders around the larger-than-life, colour-saturated illustrations.

Tarot of Reflections The Tarot of Reflections is designed for introspective readings and 'shows the different aspects of the reality we live in'. The 78 cards feature a reflection of part of the main image elsewhere in the sky, background, or costume, and take some liberties with the Rider-Waite standard.

Tarot of Reincarnation The Tarot of Reincarnation is a rather non-traditional deck, having more in common with playing cards than tarot cards. Each card is pictured by an attractive and real-looking image of an animal, which seem linked with the major arcana but less so with the minor arcana.

Tarot of Sexual Magic The Tarot of Sexual Magic is an erotic deck that embraces the sexual urge rather than denying it. While it has plenty of nudity, it is a touch more romantic and not as explicit as some of Lo Scarabeo's other adults-only decks. The little white booklet also has customised meanings for the cards instead of just keywords.

Tarot of the 78 Doors The Tarot of the 78 Doors is a deck of physical and metaphorical doors, illustrated in both a modern and medieval/fantasy style. By the same artist who created the Gay Tarot with Lee Bursten.

Tarot of the Angels The Tarot of the Angels is illustrated with angels and guardians in quite easily readable Rider-Waite based scenes. The angels are not specific mythical beings, but generally white-winged human figures. More devilish versions also appear in negative or conflicted cards like the Five of Swords.

Tarot of the Animal Lords Featuring human figures with the heads of anthropomorphised animals, the Tarot of the Animal Lords cards are more charming than they sound. The animals chosen are from all over the world and include African elephants, European badgers, Australian, sea horses, birds, even a few insects.

Tarot of the Celtic Fairies The Tarot of Celtic Fairies is a set of fey wisdom and guidance, with 78 cards and a guidebook written by Mark McElroy. "Journey to a hauntingly beautiful fairie land steeped in Celtic lore. Vivid, luminescent scenes vibrate with significant detail, deep meaning, and sheer beauty."

Tarot of the Druids The Tarot of the Druids is inspired by ancient Irish traditions and divinities, and Celtic life and culture. The images are cartoonish and somewhat comical.

Tarot of the Elves The Tarot of the Elves doesn't just picture pretty elves in costume. It's been imagined as a deck that an elf might consult, one that explores a unique elven universe. The artwork is slick and computerised, and the cards are without printed titles - unusual for a deck from Lo Scarabeo. To be available as a standalone deck, and with a book by Mark McElroy.

Tarot of the Gnomes The Tarot of the Gnomes is a popular Tarot, cute, amusing and quirky, featuring tiny rotund and buxom gnomes. All of the cards are illustrated and feature a keyword for beginners.

Tarot of the Hidden Folk The Tarot of the Hidden Folk has been published in several forms, including the 22 card Tarocchi del' Alba Dorata, and 78 card Tarots of the Golden Dawn and Enchanted Tarot. This version has 78 cards of nature spirits and representations of elemental forces.

Tarot of the Holy Grail The Tarot of the Holy Grail is inspired by the legends of the Grail, the Knights Templar, and the Crusades. It's a very masculine deck of war and religion, and women appear infrequently.

Tarot of the III Millennium The Tarot of the III Millennium is an unusual and complex tarot deck. The majors awe-inspiring; the minors are a totally different art style, with the the corresponding card from the Ancient Tarot of Bologna inset.

Tarot of the Imagination The Tarot of the Imagination is a surreal tarot deck painted in fine oils. Its structure is that of a standard tarot deck, but its minor arcana images are very non-traditional in both symbol and meaning.

Tarot of the Journey to the Orient The Tarot of the Journey to the Orient is based upon the fables told by Marco Polo of his 24 year journey through Asia and the Orient, after his return to Venice. The minors are snapshots of live scenes, whereas the East-meets-West majors are more mythical.

Tarot of the Magical Forest The Tarot of the Magical Forest is a bizarre journey through a world of strange-but-cute animals and characters in eye-catching Rider-Waite based illustrations. First published in Taiwan by Taiwanese artist Leo Tang, it's also been re-published by Lo Scarabeo with their standard borders.

Tarot of the Master The Tarot of the Master is a recoloured reprint of a Italian tarot deck first published in 1893. The Italian titles are not translated but each card has an individual keyword printed unobtrusively on the face.

Tarot of the Mystic Spiral The Tarot of the Mystic Spiral is a deck devoted to the "everlasting search for knowledge and wisdom is represented by the spiral", which is found in galaxies and DNA, and is an integral part of sacred geometry used in building and art.

Tarot of the New Vision Ever wondered what the Magician was looking at? The Tarot of the New Vision is based on the Rider-Waite, but with a fascinating 180 degree change of perspective which reveals new scenes, people and shades of meaning in the familiar images.

Tarot of the Origins The Tarot of the Origins is a deck with a prehistoric theme. Wild animals, hunting, bones, blood, trees; images of the lives of our Stone Age ancestors.

Tarot of the Pagan Cats The Tarot of Pagan Cats sees the tarot from a cat's eye view. Based on the Rider-Waite symbolism, the pagan connection is subtle and the cards show cats behaving as natural felines in familiar tarot scenes.

Tarot of the Secret Forest The Tarot of the Secret Forest is a unique deck with fantasy forest scenes on both sides of the cards. The faces of the cards have the scene in colour, while the back shows it in black and white.

Tarot of the Silicon Dawn The Tarot of the Silicon Dawn is an original and modern deck of vivid colours, science fiction imagery and kinetic shapes. There are 97 cards in the deck, including extra majors, extra suit cards, and a new partial suit of the Void. It's an unconventional deck that expands the boundaries of tarot.

Tarot of the Spirit World The Tarot of the Spirit World is an unusual deck with angels, demons, and apparitions from the otherworld appearing in the tarot scenes. It is a non-traditional deck with a different spin on its imagery and meanings, and is strangely compelling.

Tarot of the Sweet Twilight The Tarot of the Sweet Twilight is a uniquely illustrated deck with artwork very reminiscent of Tim Burton's films. It's slightly surreal, vibrantly coloured, and provides a great jumping-off point for intuitive readings.

Tarot of the Thousand and One Nights The Tarot of the Thousand and One Nights is inspired by the Arabian folktales reputed to be the work of Scheherazade. The art is finely detailed with thick, ornate borders around each scene.

Tarot of the White Cats The Tarot of the White Cats is very much in the tradition of the Rider-Waite Tarot - except for the blue-eyed, white cats drawn in the cards, instead of people. The symbolism is standard and non-threatening enough for use for the Tarot beginner.

Tarot of Visconti Grand Trumps Tarot of Visconti Grand Trumps is a majors-only edition of the Visconti Tarot, and has 22 large cards with black borders and a gold metallic treatment on the artwork.

Tarots of the Golden Dawn The Tarots of the Golden Dawn is a deck featuring elves and fairy-type figures - definitely not an occult Tarot, despite the title. This is the 78-card later version of the Tarocchi dell Alba Dorata and has also been printed as the Enchanted Tarot.

Tarots of the Renaissance The Tarots of the Renaissance cards are in an Italian Renaissance style, and was painted in what looks like watercolours. This Tarot deck is an interesting visual interpretation of a previous era.

Tarots of the Sphinx An Ancient Egyptian deck by an Italian artist, the Tarots of the Sphinx deck shows scenes of Egyptian life in flat, two dimensional drawings reminscent of tomb wall paintings.

Tattooed Tarot The Tattoed Tarot is an unusual style of Tarot, with illustrations of tarot imagery tattooed onto people. The major arcana cards show people with Marseilles tarot images tattooed on their bodies, while the minors show a more generic image that corresponds to the card.

UFO Tarot The UFO Tarot taps into the popular stories of aliens and unidentified flying objects. The major arcana are linked with myths and figures of ufology, and the minor suits with types of extraterrestrial beings. All of the cards are illustrated in a similar shadowy comic-book style.

Universal Fantasy Tarot The Universal Fantasy Tarot is set in the fictional world of fantasy literature. A world of magic, inhabited by dragons, witches, winged horses, heros, gods and demons, it is here illustrated on 78 fantastical cards.

Universal Goddess Tarot The Universal Goddess Tarot depicts 78 goddesses from cultures around the world, each representing an aspect of women, nature and the divine.

Universal Marseille Tarot The Universal Marseille Tarot is based on a Swiss deck created in 1751 by by Claude Burdel, retaining the woodcat look but with more natural colour shading. It has now been published as a standalone deck, and is due to published later as a kit with a companion book written by Lee Bursten.

Universal Tarot The Universal Tarot is a multi-lingual basic tarot deck suitable for beginners. Pamela Colman-Smith's Rider-Waite images have been recoloured and redrawn in a more Italian, dynamic style.

Universal Tarot Grand Trumps The Universal Tarot Grand Trumps are the third of Lo Scarabeo's Grand Trumps series, and has the 22 large-sized Rider-Waite style illustrations of the Universal Tarot major arcana.

Universal Tarot Professional The Universal Tarot Professional is a another edition of the Universal Tarot, printed with black borders and at a huge size - 3.5 by 6.6 inches. The 78 large size cards makes it ideal for use in study groups or for the short-sighted!

Universal Transparent Tarot The Universal Transparent Tarot uses images from the Universal Tarot in an innovative way - by making a part of the card transparent, and so allowing up to six cards to layer together into a mosaic. It's similar to the Transparent Tarot but uses more standard tarot imagery.

Universal Wirth Tarot The Universal Wirth Tarot is a modern and expanded version of the Oswald Wirth Tarot. The minor arcana are a new and unique addition, and while not fully scenic have decorative elements around the suit symbols.

Vampire Tarot of the Eternal Night The Vampire Tarot of the Eternal Night is another vampiric deck - this one from Lo Scarabeo. It has photo-real images with an edge of horror by Davide Corsi, and a companion book by Barbara Moore.

Vikings Tarot A Tarot of the mythology and culture of the Scandinavian invaders, the Vikings. The card art of the Vikings Tarot features natural-looking watercolours, and the symbology is based on the Rider-Waite.

Visconti Tarot A restoration of one of the oldest tarots, the Visconti-Sforza cards. The symbolism is the same in this version, but the Visconti Tarot cards have clearer colours and there are metallic gold leaf highlights and backgrounds. (The gold doesn't show up well in scans, unfortunately.)

Wheel of the Year Tarot The Wheel of the Year Tarot is a Pagan-oriented deck that "ushers us through the four seasons—a passage of time marked by hope, abundance, reflection, and rebirth—and reminds us of our indelible connection to the earth".

Wiccan Cards The 32 Wiccan Cards are specially designed to be an easy introduction to Wicca and show symbols from Pagan life. Pleasantly, the cards have minimal text and thin borders, the less to distract from the images.

Witchy Tarot Ostensibly a Wiccan-oriented Tarot, The Witchy Tarot is full of cutely drawn long-legged Witchy stereotypes. There are plenty of pointy hats and broomsticks in this Tarot deck for teenagers.

Yoga Tarot The Yoga Tarot blends the Eastern spiritual discipline of yoga with the 78 cards of Tarot. The watercolour images are bright and almost psychedelic, mixing yoga positions, Indian motifs and a somewhat comic-book artistic style.

Zodiac Tarot The Zodiac Tarot focuses on the Golden Dawn's astrological attributions with tarot cards to create an entirely new and unconventional deck of 78 cards. The scenic illustrations of the majors and numbered cards are set in a 1940s era world with symbolism derived from the astrological concepts, while the court cards are more stylised elemental representations.