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Hurst’s Tarot history blog | Pre-Gebelin
Recommendation , Tarot , Tarot de Marseille , Theme: TdM / 21 September 2016

The owner of this blog, Micheal J. Hurst, unfortunately passed a few weeks ago (aug 2016), but anyone interested in the history of Tarot pre-Gebelin (traditional tarot, before the English school that brought forth the Waite-Smith, Thoth and most modern decks) will love this scholarly online approach. Hurst saw himself as a ‘Tarot geek, fascinated by the factual history and characteristic medieval allegory of this remarkable artifact’. No art-historian, but so well-read he…

Court Games Tarot
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Court Games Tarot | Free Ancient Italian
Decks , Review , Tarot , Tarot de Marseille , Theme: TdM / 16 September 2016

This must be the most out of the ordinary deck review I’ve written up-to-date. The Court Games Tarot is all kinds of special: the designer wants to remain anonymous and goes by “M” and the deck itself: it is for free. Yep, a free Tarot deck. So if you have been thinking of stepping into the world of Tarot de Marseille but want to start slow (which usually means a deck closer to the Ancient Italians) and…

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Top 9 Tarot de Marseille decks
Decks , Recommendation , Tarot , Tarot de Marseille , Theme: TdM / 9 September 2016

Unlike RWS-readers, Tarot de Marseille lovers have a limited amount of decks to work with and aren’t treated to exciting deck reviews very often. All the more reason for The Queen’s Sword to ask TdM experts & professionals*: Which TdM decks that are already out there *should* you collect or read with. Here’s their Top 9 Tarot de Marseille decks:   #9 Pierre Madenie Several Tarot de Marseille (TdM) decks got the same number of votes but coming in on a joint last place (therefore 8&9) are the Pierre Madenie TdM (c1709) and Le Veritable Hadar TdM. These two decks reflect the differences between TdM decks; a facsimile copy of the original deck or a reproduced modernized version. The Madenie is one of the oldest TdM’s in existence and usually called ‘the most beautiful’. Sherryl Smith (from the multimedia tip) prefers the Paul Madenie TdM “because of the faces, because it’s a photo-repro and not restored and diddled with …” Yves Reynaud and Wilifried Houdouin made their reproduction based on copy in the Swiss National Museum. The Reynaud/Houdouin Madenie will be available again in fall 2016. A redrawn version of the Madenie is also available from Mary Packard.   #8 Le Veritable Hadar…

Traditional Tarot Tarot Heritage
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Traditional Tarot Treasure | Tarot Heritage
Multimedia , Recommendation , Tarot de Marseille , Theme: TdM / 2 September 2016

If you’re about to travel the road to traditional tarot like Marseille…or Ancient Italy (or have done so years ago) and don’t have the $/€ to spend on books, Tarot Heritage is certainly the way to go. Hell, even if you *are* spending wads of cash, this is a must-see site. Tarot Heritage is the brain-child of Sherryl E. Smith and completely dedicated to Tarot decks between the 15th and early 19th century. In other words: Tarot de Marseille & Ancient Italian decks galore! There’s a history menu, an amazing Cartomancy…

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The Queen’s Sword & Red Wheel Weiser Tarot Giveaway
News , Tarot de Marseille , Theme: TdM , Win & Offer / 1 September 2016

Win an amazing tarot giveaway The Queen’s Sword celebrates everything Tarot de Marseille in September! And starting October all the pages on the site will feature very original and/or very beautiful decks. Theme: the Winter Wonderland of Tarot Extraordinaire. Might give you some excellent Yule/Christmas ideas ;-). Kicking of ‘Extraordinaire’ is the amazing  Twisted Tarot Tales. Publishing house Red Wheel/Weiser celebrates these themed months with me. Thanks to them The Queen’s Sword is able to do an amazing win-campaign in the last week of September, on the bridge of Tarot de Marseille Month and Tarot Extraordinaire. In this GIVEAWAY you won’t just win one thing, no the package is filled with THREE tarot publications. All new titles; two even I have yet to review. The lucky winner will get: the just reprinted great classic Tarot Mysteries the soon to be released Tarot Triumph, on reading the Tarot de Marseille trumps a deck that will be written about during Tarot Extraordinaire: English Magick Tarot, a tarot deck that’s unique in its theme. You will be one of the first in the world to get this deck! The Win-campaign will start in the last week of September on The Queen’s Sword Facebook page, so stay tuned!…