Details of the Robin Wood Tarot
Solandia's Summary: Easy for beginners and tarot newcomers to use with its Rider-Waite foundation, Robin Wood's self-titled Tarot deck is also rich in Pagan symbolism. The illsutrations in this popular deck are attractive, and brightly but not harshly coloured.
Creator(s):
Robin Wood
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 78 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56
Card Size: 2.76 x 4.61 inches = 7cm x 11.7cm
Publisher: Published by Llewellyn
1991
Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor Arcana Style: RWS-Based Scenes
Suits: Cups, Swords, Wands, Pentacles
Court Cards: Page, Knight, Queen, King
Major Titles: 0 - The Fool,
1 - The Magician,
2 - The High
Priestess,
3 - The Empress,
4- The Emperor,
5- The Hierophant,
6 -
The Lovers,
7 - The Chariot,
8 - Strength,
9 - The
Hermit,
10 - Wheel of Fortune,
11 - Justice,
12 - The Hanged
Man,
13 - Death,
14 - Temperance,
15 - The Devil,
16 - The
Tower,
17 - The Star,
18 - The Moon,
19 - The Sun,
20 -
Judgement,
21 - The World
The Fool is 0 Strength is 8 Justice is 11
Deck Themes:
Pagan & Wiccan
Card Back: Reversible
Back Design: Celtic knotwork design in green, white and black.
Companion Material: The cards themselves are acompanied by a little white book.
A companion book is also available separately, entitled "The Book" by Robin Wood.
Languages:
English
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Excerpt of the
Robin Wood Tarot review by Tom LeBlanc, CTC:
For many years, Robin Wood has earned a
well-deserved reputation as one of the most beloved illustrators
of fantasy literature and Pagan art. As such, the
Robin Wood Tarot was an inevitable favorite among readers with an eye
toward Pagan symbolism.
In this deck, she appears to
attempt a complex meld of modern images, Pagan symbolism,
and the well-known Rider-Waite-Smith orienta... read more.
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