The VICTORIA REGINA TAROT brings to life the fascinating art of engravings used in late 19th-century commercial illustration. It is the work of collage done in black and white, providing a sepia-tinted glimpse into another time, yet containing messages for our time. The accompanying guidebook includes a description of each card, its interpretation, and notes on the sources.
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Destined to make an enduring contribution to the evolving identity of the tarot... -- Tom Tadfor Little, Ph.D., Tarot Historian
Each card is not merely aesthetically pleasing, but offers new insights without diverting from traditional tarot lore. -- Diane Wilkes, Tarot Passages, 2000
Ovenall's cards tend to combine the traditional and the whimsical. The results are amazing. -- Michele Jackson, Art of Tarot, 2000
That rarest of creations, aTarot that looks and feels instantly right and becomes only more beautiful and profound with study. -- Brian Williams, creator of the Renaissance Tarot
Wonderfully innovative - old images making a real contribution to the evolving modern concepts of Tarot. -- Robert O'Neill, author of Tarot Symbolism
Each card is not merely aesthetically pleasing, but offers new insights without diverting from traditional tarot lore. -- Diane Wilkes, Tarot Passages, 2000
Ovenall's cards tend to combine the traditional and the whimsical. The results are amazing. -- Michele Jackson, Art of Tarot, 2000
That rarest of creations, aTarot that looks and feels instantly right and becomes only more beautiful and profound with study. -- Brian Williams, creator of the Renaissance Tarot
Wonderfully innovative - old images making a real contribution to the evolving modern concepts of Tarot. -- Robert O'Neill, author of Tarot Symbolism
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Flick-M
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I'm not usually a great devotee of black and white decks, finding the lack of colour dulls intuition and inspiration, but this deck is an exception. The cards truly are not only stunningly beautiful but very, very easy to read, as well as being one of the most wildly original sets it has ever been my privilege to work with. The cards consist of images collaged together from original Victorian illustrations, very cleverly reworked. Pens have replaced wands, Victorian kilner type jars are cups, guns are swords and watches are coins, giving a further flavour of the Victorian era. I find the cards extremely easy to work with- they seem to speak to the reader despite the unusualness of the images. Particularly powerful is the Eight of Wands, which seems to leap out of the edges of the card, giving an impression of unstoppable movement. Famous people of the time decorate the court cards - I love Oscar Wilde as the Prince of Wands, and Queen Victoria as the Queen in all four suits (how could anyone else compete with the ruler of the then known world?!). The accompanying book cleverly explains the way the cards have been designed to reflect the ethos of the time, when technology and industry were drastically changing the way people viewed the world and lived their lives. I particularly love the irony of using pocket watches to demonstrate the slow, steady quality of earth/pentacles. The deck is opulent and gorgeous, and beautifully presented with its black velvet storage pouch with tasselled blue drawstring cord. I love it!
Elen Hawke author of In the Circle, The Sacred Round, Praise to the Moon
Elen Hawke author of In the Circle, The Sacred Round, Praise to the Moon
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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perhaps the most important thing in tarot is to feel a connection to the cards, to speak the same language, and this is a deck that drew me in immediately. i'd been looking for a new deck but found myself in a swamp of rider waite variations, until these lovely 1900th century engaving-based cards caught my eye. it was love at first sight. :) the cards and the bag (purplish/bluish/velvety) are beautiful, the book very informative. one of the most artistic and original decks around, i highly recommend it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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That sums it up. Absolutely beautiful black and white cards depicting scenes from the Victorian Era. Easy to read. Lovely and interesting book. Beautiful velvet pouch. I fell in love with this innovative deck at first sight. I didn't think I would but I did...I could go on for ever but the bottom line is these cards are lovely, honest, sometimes humorous, and I think they are great.
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This is the only deck of cards I have ever had to buy on pain of death. They hold powers that other tarot packs do not possess. Mysterious, eloquent, and subtle. Read more
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i have owned this deck now for 4 or 5 years, and it's the one i always use (i own several decks). it's strange because in one sense i actually am not wild about the aesthetics of... Read more
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