About this item
- The Daniloff Tarot is deck of original and evocative illustrations by Alexander Daniloff. It's a standard 78-card deck
- based on the Rider-Waite, but with two variants of Strength and Justice and a 'carte blanche'. Self-published in a limited
- edition by the artist.
Specifications
Name
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Daniloff Tarot
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Creators
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Alexander Daniloff
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Publisher
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Self Published 2012
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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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Rider-Waite-Smith
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Minor Arcana Style
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RWS-Based Scenes
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Card Size
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2.87 x 5.55 in. = 7.30cm x 14.10cm
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Card Language
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Italian
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Card Back
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Reversible
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Back Design
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Ornate, complex design in red, ivory and black
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Reviews
shouldn’t pass it up if you are a fan of antiquated Tarot
iconography. There are many intriguing surprises in this deck.
At first blush you imagine you’re holding an
ancient deck or at least a redone old deck but you soon
notice the style is distinctly different from the methods
used in antiquity. There are more shapes that are
triangular and square, the colours more vibrant and well the
imagery…? Dramatic and expressive are two words that come
to mind as I contemplate the Death and Devil cards
especially.
Alexander has given us choices too! You get to
choose whether to have a Strength card as a number 8 or
11 and the same with Justice (in other words he’s
done two cards of each). This has been done by a few
other Tarotists in the past but not often. I like that
opportunity to choose although I continue to grapple with
which one I prefer on both counts!
As with every deck
we have our favourites. Mine are the Sun, the 7
Wands and the Death card. But to be fair I have many
favourites in this deck. The characterization is
extraordinary. The expressions on the characters are arresting
and memorable and the way their body is arranged is
demonstrative. The characters depicted speak volumes. Alexander
is an artist of the human form and this is so helpful
for understanding the energy and message of the card.
Some Tarot artists forget to utilize this tool and
leave expressions on the characters rather banal or the
same card to card.
The card stock is strong, a good
size and has a non-glossy varnish furthering the feel
of a deck printed in days long past. The back of the
cards is an intricate graphic depicting a collage of
imagery taken from the cards. You could spend some
serious time contemplating the back of these cards!
This
deck however I could only recommend to more advanced
Tarotists. You do need to have prior and thorough knowledge
of the Waite deck to know what card you are looking
at. Many of the pips are not identified at all and
the Majors are in Italian (with a number). When this
deck arrives I would recommend keeping it in the order
it is packaged to give yourself an opportunity to
learn the deck. He has kindly ordered the cards so that
Aces, Twos, Threes etc. are all together. If you
shuffle your deck immediately you’ll definitely have a
challenge determining which card is which!
Overall I’m
delighted with this deck. It’s Tarot at its delicious
best.
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