About this item
- A nature-based deck in English and Spanish that focuses on the herbs and magical plants. The minors of the Tarot of
- Magic Herbs are different - no suits or numbers, just herbs arranged in alphabetical order.
Specifications
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Name
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Tarot of Magic Herbs
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Creators
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Gabriel Vazquez,
J. H. Lamas
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Publisher
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Self Published
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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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Reviews
seventy-eight cards is, naturally, associated with a specific European herb. The Fool is linked with Arnica, The Magician with Mistletoe, the Empress is of course the Rose, and Death is Cypress. Interestingly, the Tower is represented by Mint. (I am not sure how some of the herbs are associated with the tarot archetypes, and the little white booklet provided doesn't enlighten the reader.) Each major card has a 'message' and divinatory meanings for 'front' and 'back', or upright and reversed.
These cards do move away quite some distance from a standard tarot. The minor arcana have varying titles and images and are not suit cards at all, but fifty-six cards arranged alphabetically by the herb's title in Spanish. Each minor does have a title that is relevant to the scene on the card, eg Abedul / Birch is The Lady of the Woods, Eucalipto / Eucalyptus is the Angel of Purification. The companion book is trilingual - English, Spanish and German. (The format of the booklet is curious; it has been stapled and fold
ed with two columns of text to a page.)
Overall, the Tarot of Magic Herbs is an average tarot deck that is likely to appeal less to the casual reader than to herb enthusiasts and those with an existing interest in magical plants.
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