Cerulean
23-10-2003, 00:10
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/des-gitans/index.html
I searched and searched, no thread on this deck alone. I bought the Italian version because I like Italian subtitles and can pick out words better from Italian texts.
The notes in the 151 page book also has color symbolism and descriptions of the animals, people and choices...a great inspiration to learn more, but the pictures are rather good for me even without much to go on...actually the cards are a little easier, as the small keywords when the cards are upright or inverted.
Isa Donelli's art is on it-- this artist seems to have produced a series of De Vecchi edition decks (one very beautiful one, the Celtic with the writer Laura Tuan).
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/des-gitans/index.html
Anyway, even if mentions gypsies and other lore, what I like about it is it feels naturalistic, with animals and plants, and has my favorite touches that I found in the Italian Neoclassical. For instance, Spanish style pips, which are simple layouts of the suit symbol in a nice pattern with some colorful accent or pretty decorative detail.
Another thing I like is the Justice as eight and so numbers such as four and eight have very stable, calm meanings in the descriptions. My favorite card is the wheel, with the owl perched on a horseshoe near the top, a frog on the bottom and a very pretty, dark songbird perched near the owl.
If you like something different, perhaps the medieval gypsyish carnival with natural accents, old fashioned Marseilles or Milanese patterns and fairly tanned people, this make a bright autumn break...
Both tarotgarden.com and alidastore.com carry it. Also trigono.com...(although in shipping from trigono to the U.S., be careful to check the sum for international shipping--you may do better on tarotgarden or alidastore.com)
I searched and searched, no thread on this deck alone. I bought the Italian version because I like Italian subtitles and can pick out words better from Italian texts.
The notes in the 151 page book also has color symbolism and descriptions of the animals, people and choices...a great inspiration to learn more, but the pictures are rather good for me even without much to go on...actually the cards are a little easier, as the small keywords when the cards are upright or inverted.
Isa Donelli's art is on it-- this artist seems to have produced a series of De Vecchi edition decks (one very beautiful one, the Celtic with the writer Laura Tuan).
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/des-gitans/index.html
Anyway, even if mentions gypsies and other lore, what I like about it is it feels naturalistic, with animals and plants, and has my favorite touches that I found in the Italian Neoclassical. For instance, Spanish style pips, which are simple layouts of the suit symbol in a nice pattern with some colorful accent or pretty decorative detail.
Another thing I like is the Justice as eight and so numbers such as four and eight have very stable, calm meanings in the descriptions. My favorite card is the wheel, with the owl perched on a horseshoe near the top, a frog on the bottom and a very pretty, dark songbird perched near the owl.
If you like something different, perhaps the medieval gypsyish carnival with natural accents, old fashioned Marseilles or Milanese patterns and fairly tanned people, this make a bright autumn break...
Both tarotgarden.com and alidastore.com carry it. Also trigono.com...(although in shipping from trigono to the U.S., be careful to check the sum for international shipping--you may do better on tarotgarden or alidastore.com)