Ghost Tarot

Ghost Tarot is one of the Lo Scarabeo decks .I was pretty sure what I was buying before purchasing this deck.It is a dark themed Tarot yes. and I am loving this deck. There are 78 cards like in usual RWS style decks.I purchased this deck just to use it for spirit communication, wish I have purchased this earlier on for the Ghost Train during Samhain but for next year sure I will use this.I purchased this deck just to use it for spirit communication, wish I have purchased this earlier on for the Ghost Train during Samhain but for next year sure I will use this.It is not a beginner's deck but if you are collector go ahead. These are reversible. Actually you do not need anything written on the cards, as when you look at the cards, the images tells you what card they are.There is a small companion book that comes with the deck.I like Dark / Gothic Tarots but not all are my cup of tea.It is dark not that dark dark, it is glamorous.You will fall in love with the ghostly, transparent imagesThere are Roman Numerals on the card instead of Names, Roman Numerals are a bit unfortunate for the ones who have dyslexia.On The Court Cards we have images, like the ones in Chest Game,Images represents the emotions of the cards, images are the keywords, for the cards, you can just read it by looking at the images. But if you are used to classical RWS decks, you may not find the Pamela Colman Smith's meanings on the images, taking about the keywords here, but you can read the images and create your own keywords, that is the great part of itThe deck is designed by Davide Corsi, he is the one behind the wonderful artwork on the cards.

beautiful art

Very pleased with purchase, excellent transaction.

The Ghost Tarot (Lo Scarabeo, 2014), is clearly a theme deck. As such, it may appeal to goths, as well as having potential for both Halloween and mediumistic readings. That isn't to say that it isn't a readable deck, though.I really like some of the imagery here. For example, this version of Death is very atmospheric and adds some interesting symbolism. A ghostly, cloaked figure carrying a scythe floats within a graveyard, with a mausoleum just behind. It stands on a path through the graveyard, framed by the iron doors, and with a full moon shining brightly above it. There is sorrow and grief here. Yet, there is also a place for such things, and structure to help us deal with it. And perhaps a power connected with such endings, the clarity that can be associated with closure.The King of Wands, on the other hand, represents one of the less sterling aspects of this deck. Some of the CGI looks overly fake. Like the figure in the Five of Swords, there is an irreality, a plasticness, to some of the people that doesn't sit well with me. And yet, I quite like how these ghostly courts have been done, glowing with the colour associated with their suit. The symbolism, too, is appropriate and helpful to reading these sometimes tricky characters. Here, the King sits firmly in his throne, glowing red and holding his wand proudly before him. He is forthright, and dynamic even in this static pose. His throne sits with windows behind him, and the sky glows outside: he has oversight in his given field or domain.The Ace of Cups works nicely, too. A ghostly hand reaches out beneath a slightly glowing goblet, which floats above a larger fount of water. Steam rises around the waters, suggesting the veils between the worlds being drawn back. While there isn't an overflowing here, there is a feeling of abundance and depth, an offer to experience more if we look deeply into the waters.As for the Minors, all are clearly related to traditional RWS notions. Yet, each adds its own quirk. Sometimes, these work beautifully, like the Five of Swords. Other times, they are a little more strange. The Eight of Pentacles is a case in point. A woman in a wedding dress chisels R.I.P. onto a gravestone. Above it floats a man's figure, with slicked back hair, little round glasses, and a book in one hand. Is this the woman's intended? Her father? Or is she some kind of black widow who has already gone through seven other husbands?Not a great deck, perhaps, but one which has enough symbolism to read (generally), and enough variety not to be a bore. The idea of ghosts being around us all the time is one that will appeal to some, and it certainly works very powerfully in some of the cards. What do you think?