About this item
- Le Millenaire Tarot de Marseilles is a modern tribute to the Marseilles tradition, and specifically to Nicholas Conver and
- the Marteau and Grimaud decks. Chris always saw the Marseilles decks as being witty and subversive, and his deck
- reflects this - it 'follows the basic tradition but has enough deviations, omissions, additions and eccentricities to infuriate
- the purist!'
Specifications
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Name
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Le Millenaire Tarot de Marseilles
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Creators
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Christopher Butler
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Publisher
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Self Published 2007
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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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Marseilles
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Minor Arcana Style
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Marseilles-Style Pips
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Suits
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Deniers, Epee, Baton, Coupe
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Court Cards
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Valet, Cavalier, Reyne, Roy
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The Fool
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is 0
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Strength
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is 11
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Justice
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is 8
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Card Language
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French
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Card Back
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Reversible
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Back Design
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White and grey feathered pattern.
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Reviews
Chris has found a way to make a Marseille deck which honors the traditional pattern and at the same time is completely modern. The human figures on the Majors and Courts are silhouettes, which are filled in with vivid rainbow pools of color, graduating from blue to purple to red to orange to yellow. Other symbols on the cards are kept as simple and two-dimensional as possible. Traditional Marseille symbology is already straightforward and uncluttered. By deconstructing it almost into abstraction, Chris has created a fascinating commentary on the centuries-old pattern. The style is comparable in some ways to Robin Ator’s nternational Icon Tarot, but the Millénaire Tarot de Marseilles definitely has its own style and personality.
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