Madru: Das Baum Tarot

Madru: Das Baum Tarot

Also known as das Baum Tarot, Tree Tarot

The Tree Tarot (das Baum Tarot) is a German deck that assigns a tree to each major card. The illustrations are focused on the head and shoulders of the traditional Rider-Waite characters, and each card shows the figure with its associated planetary, zodiac, tree and Hebrew letter. The cards are small, about playing card size.




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Card Images from the Madru: Das Baum Tarot


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Madru: Das Baum Tarot Review by Solandia

The Tree Tarot (or das Baum-Tarot) is a 22 card major arcana only deck. Based on a German book that translates to 'Madru - of the Great Forest', the creators of this deck have assigned a particular Northern European tree to each card, representing certain situations in human life - hopes, fears, desires, conflict, wishes.

Living in subtropical Australia, I do not often see European trees. I didn't recognise all or even most of the trees when looking through the cards, especially as the explanatory titles and text are all in German - it is a German published deck.

Fortunately, not all cards are esoteric timbers; some, like Apple (the World) or Pear (the Tower) are obvious. Other cards show Ivy assigned to the Death card, Walnut to the Wheel card, and Larch to the Hanged Man. A person, face, head and shoulders, or full-body is entwined or associated with each specific tree, and all the people have calm, almost remote expressions.

The art appears to have bene drawn in pen and ink and then coloured. The backgrounds of the cards are white, each card is numbered in Roman numerals at the top, and the card title and its tree is typed at the base. The cards seem frail, being small - the size of standard playing cards - and printed on thin cardstock. Card backs show green diagonal prints of trees in winter, on white.

The cards of the Baum-Tarot are packaged in a sturdy plastic container. Along with the 22 major arcana cards, ten extra cards are included with instructions, spreads, keyword meanings and a bibliography printed in German. The meanings are open-ended, and allow the reader to make their own assocations.

Not a tarot deck for everyone, this is more a deck to appeal to the serious collector, the nature lover, and German speakers. I think the cards are cute, and I would even occasionally use the deck for serious readings.




Complete Details of Madru: Das Baum Tarot

Creators: F. Hetmann, Tilman Michalski
Publisher: Königs Furt (Germany) 2000
Deck Type: Tarot Deck
Cards: 22
Major Arcana: 22
Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith
Major Titles: 0 Der Narr/Birke (The Fool/Birch), I Der Magier/Buche (The Magician/Beech), II Die Gottin/Erle (High Priestess/Alder, III Die Furstin/Linde (Empress/Linden), IV Der Furst/Tanne (Emperor/Fir), V Der Gott/Pappel (Hierophant/Poplar), VI Die Liebenden/Heckenrose (The Lovers/Hedge Rose), VII Der Wagenlenker/Hainbuche (Charioteer/Hornbeam), VIII Die Gerechtigkeit/Eiche (Justice/Oak), IX Der Einsiedler/Haselnuss (Hermit/Hazelnut), X Das Rad Des Lebens/Walnuss (The Wheel (of Life)/Walnut), XI Die Kraft/Wacholder (Strength/Juniper), XII Die Prufung/Larche (Hanging Man/Larch (or Tamarack)), XIII Der Tod/Efeu (Death/Ivy), XIV Die Massigung/Kiefer (Temperance/Pine), XV Der Damon/Eberesche (Devil/Mountain Ash), XVI Der Turm/Birnbaum (The Tower/Pear), XVII Die Sternenfrau/Kirschbaum (The Star/Cherry), XVIII Die Mondfrau/Holunder (The Moon/Elder), XIX Die Sonnenfrau/Ginster (The Sun/Gorse (broom)), XX Das Gericht/W
The Fool is 0
Strength is 11
Justice is 8
Card Language: German
Card Back: Non-reversible
Back Design: The card backs are white, with green printed trees in three styles diagonally across the cards lengthwise.
Companion Material: There is a separate book available for the deck (the deck and book are also available as a set). There are 9 cards in the deck that serve as the LWB, and the title cards. Packaged in a plastic case.

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