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Aquarian Tarot - tarot decks

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  • Suitable for beginning Tarot users, the Aquarian Tarot deck is a different presentation of the traditional card symbols and suits of Rods, Cups, Swords and Pentacles. Originally published in the 1970s, it's been out in several editions since.


Specifications
Name Aquarian Tarot
Creators David Palladini
Publisher US Games 1970
Deck Type Tarot Deck
Cards 78
Major Arcana 22
Minor Arcana 56
Deck Tradition Rider-Waite-Smith
Minor Arcana Style RWS-Based Scenes
Suits Cups, Penticales, Swords, Rods
Court Cards King, Queen, Kight, Page
The Fool is 0
Strength is 8
Justice is 11
Card Size 2.94 x 4.56 in. = 7.46cm x 11.59cm
Card Language English
Card Back Unknown


Reviews
Rachel Pollock relates the story of how in the winter of 1969-70 when she was teaching in upstate New York and it was 30 degrees below zero, she searched for weeks to find her first Tarot deck, finally locating one in a little shop in Montreal.

That's how it was back then. No internet, of course. Just a few years later, when I was searching for my first Tarot deck, I had no such problems. I found a little shop that had an enormous selection. They must have had half a dozen different decks. Let's see, there were probably several versions of the Smith-Rider-Waite, the Thoth, perhaps the Morgan-Greer, and the Aquarian Tarot by David Palladini, which I purchased.

The little white book, actually a fold-out, that came with the deck, first published in 1970 by Morgan Press, described the Aquarian as an "authentic interpretation of the medieval Tarot". Actually, of course, the deck is an interpretation of Smith-Waite. To give you another touch of the flavor of those times, the fold-out's introduction begins: "In this the dawning of the Age of Aquarius the Tarot cards are enjoying a revival of interest . . ." Although the deck does not seem to attract much interest, it has not fallen by the wayside, but is still being published by U.S. Games Systems.

This is a "traditional" deck, consisting of 78 cards, 22 in the Major Arcana and 56 in the Minor Arcana, divided into four suits -- Cups, Swords, Pentacles, and Rods. There is a white border (in my old deck the white has turned a pale ivory) around the cards. In the majors the card title is worked, often elaborately, into the design and a Roman numeral tops each card. The minors are titled at the bottom of each card.

Palladini is a graphic artist, and the cards are designed in Art Deco decorative style. Art deco originated in the late 1920s and was derived from cubism and based on geometric forms. The style was experiencing a revival in the 1960s when this deck was created.

The colors have a muted, melancholy feel, as if seen by moonlight. This makes the occasional spot of bright color jump out, as in the Death card, which shows a close-up of a skeleton wearing a helmet and carrying a black banner with a gray rose, while in the distance a blood-red sun glows as it sets behind hills and two towers.

The minors are very much Smith-Waite, if you can imagine the camera dollying in close on the scene for a tight focus, and then the whole thing rendered in art deco style. The court cards are close up portraits. Faces are mostly shown as serene and thoughtful, lost in the world of their own contemplation, unaware that you are even looking at them. Many seem sad. Skies in this deck are often left white, but other times they are watercolored and often stormy, in soft and strange contrast to the rigid geometric designs.

Palladini took greater liberties with the majors, although his preference is still for close-ups. We see the Hermit partially from behind, hooded, cloaked, and holding a lantern. The Fool is a close-up of a youth elaborately costumed with a plume on his cap, holding his staff and a white rose. He, too, appears lost in thought. The Sun is a round face with elaborate geometric rays. I always liked the form at the bottom of the card, which to me looks like an open book. The Star is a peacock with a strangely designed star in the sky. In the Lovers, the couples' elaborate costumes are so intertwined you can't tell where one begins and the other ends. In the lower right corner is what looks like a Japanese print.

One of my favorite cards is the High Priestess, shown contemplating a flower she holds in her hand. A butterfly is perched on a leaf of the flower. She wears a black gown printed with oak leaves, and a string of colored beads falls across one shoulder. Next to her are two scrolls, B and J. Behind her is a red veil printed with pomegranates, often seen as both a feminine symbol and a symbol of hidden knowledge. The veil is pulled back to reveal mountains in the distance, and a castle in those mountains. In front of the mountains is a lake, which reflects a path to the castle.

In 1996 Palladini published a second deck, the New Palladini, which I find more conventional and less interesting than the first.


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