About this item
- The Rohrig Tarot is a sexy, glossy Tarot deck that has been thoroughly modernised - the Chariot shows a Formula One
- motor racing car - and overall the artwork is beautifully done and finely detailed. There are two versions of the deck: the
- US edition and an earlier German edition with uncovered nudity.
Specifications
Name
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Rohrig Tarot
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Creators
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Carl W. Rohrig
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Publisher
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US Games 1995
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Deck Type
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Tarot Deck
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Cards
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78
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Major Arcana
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22
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Minor Arcana
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56
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Deck Tradition
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Crowley Thoth
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Minor Arcana Style
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Unique Scenes With Suit Symbols
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Cups, Swords, Wands, Disks
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Court Cards
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The Fool
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is 0
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Strength
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is 8
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Justice
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is 11
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Card Size
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3.54 x 6.50 in. = 9.00cm x 16.50cm
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Card Back
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Unknown
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Reviews
When I view a Tarot deck for purchase, it's usually
over the internet - but there's nothing like holding it
in your hands for the first time that rings the bell.
Cutting to the noodle, as a collector and user
of Tarot what happens for me is a sort of vibration
letting me know if we have a psychic connection or not.
I quickly read the introduction schmatter on the
back of the deck's shell and then forget it. Next,
letting my hands reach out and do the dive into the water
of the deck by retrieving the cards from their sleepy
little place; saying with gusto and warmth "hello
babies", I toss them out onto my desk. After gathering
the cards, I pay extra close attention to those that
have separated themselves or flipped upright and over
others. The awakening to the deck begins, as it did with
the Rohrig Tarot. Oh, if you are a traditionalist,
you can light a candle, any color will do. They don't
mind.
For four months I've used Carl's deck exclusively for
one telephone client. This client never viewed the
cards until the end of our path work months later. The
readings unfolded to be more like a Jungian journey. At
first I couldn't understand why we were taking a deep
subconscious trip to far away Jupiter, instead of nailing down
some much needed urgent information. I was stumped.
But I remembered how electric the cards had been to me
when we first met each other and I decided not to give
up on them. The artwork was vibrant, sophisticated
and tasteful, only a little bit air brushed-risqué,
but the picture stories really fit my Silicon Valley
entrepreneur-dot com'er!
Midway through the four months - I got
it! Finally. These cards never let me down, spoke to
me in many dream sequences, and always told the truth
with no BS. That's the essence of this deck, which
was published in 1995 by Bluestar Communications,
Belgium. The artist-Taroist Carl W. Rohrig, loves
women, loves the world, hates cheapness of any kind, sees
the many levels of humanity as well as the many paths
to God-Love. My client was thrilled with the work we
accomplished and at the end of the journey I had planned to
mail this deck to him so he could also hold and
experience the pictures, stories, and vibrations for himself.
But before I could find another deck, I pointed
him to a couple of internet sites with pictures. Gee
whiz, I don't know why I was surprised to learn how
stunned and shocked he was when he saw the pictures for
the first time. He expected a medieval dressed bunch
of Knights and Queens, however his first visual
introduction was the Chariot. A race car driver in some sort
of Indy 500 hotty car. I'm still laughing about
this…..once he got over the shock and I explained the cards to
him, he settled down and got back into it. Here's my
point it's the holding of the cards and these "hold"
wonderfully. Though they seem a little strange at first from
viewing on the internet they will fall in love with you
and you them, if it's right.
This artist - Tarotist
Carl W. Rohrig - is a magnificent gift to the Tarot
community and his inspiration comes from some extraordinary
place outside of the mundane parts of our world today.
This deck integrates and delightfully honors us with
its artful telling of today's human story. He loves
women, there's no doubt, so much so that he elected to
let the Kings take a vacation and replaced them with
non-competing court cards. His Queens are absolutely beautiful,
charming when they need to be, hard hitting when they
should be and very loving when necessary to be. Some of
the minor arcana come right out of the Silicon Valley
Dot Com bust and transcend to the new stock market
reality of today.
His costuming of these individuals
L'Archetype is creative genius. I could divide this deck into
three stacks; Spectacular Medieval influenced costuming
with modern-day make up or hairdo's, Dali-inspired
implications of doom and gloom, Business-suited lackey's
trapped in the corporate ick. No woman or man, straight
or gay would be offended by the limited amount of
nudity, which by the way demeans no one. This deck tells
the whole story, sticks to the fundamentals of the
Tarot greats and honors us all.
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