Got my Visconti Gold deck

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 01 Jul 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

MystiqueMoonlight	01 Jul 2002
Gosh gee wow! :) This is really a beautiful deck and very inspiring. It follows the same artwork as the regular Visconti Tarots, but has the added gold like the Nefetari's Tarot and are the same size. I don't like those big cards. I needed something a little more intuitive (no keywords or illustrated minors) and this deck appealed to me on the web. But I tell you when you see these cards for real they are simply amazing! Does anyone else have these cards or the other Visconti's? I'd like to hear your input... :) :) :) :) :) :)

Cerulean	01 Jul 2002
Yes, yes, yes. This is a cool alternative to historical and more expensive decks. I haven't done much except enjoy it for a card a day pull...but I'm thinking if I ever read Calvino's Crossed Destinies with the Visconti again, I'll try to follow his odd layout of stories. There's even little line drawings of Visconti cards that illustrate each story. I plan to use my Visconti Gold for fun. I've looked at my larger format Viscontis, Cary-Yale and Pierpont Morgan, but I don't do any reading with them, just compare them to other manuscripts or illustrations for art history study...but I like using the meanings from the U.S. Games LWB with my Visconti...actually I reduced a few pages and use the Pierpont Morgan meanings that Stuart Kaplan wrote up. They're actually very similar to any good LWB description of the majors. Lo Scarabeo's meanings are interesting, but remind me of the predictive-style just after Etteilla. I searched online for discussion on the Visconti Gold one and found reviews that like it on tarotpassages.com /wicce.com. If I ever feel a bit too literal, not being a blonde Italian, I do switch to another deck...but there are many times I'll return to this and my Diamond tarot for a 'back to basics' and simple card pull. Hope this adds interest to your deck. Mari H.

truthsayer	01 Jul 2002
i traded for my visconti gold b/c i wanted to use it to read calvino's castle of crossed destinies. haven't done it yet but that doesn't mean i don't have good intentions... ;) i also wanted another gold foiled deck b/c i love my neferteri so very much! the visconti gold is very beautiful. this thread is increasing my curiosity to do a reading w/ it or do a spread from the book.

MystiqueMoonlight	02 Jul 2002
What is this Calvino's Castle of Crossed Destinies you guys are talking about? I've not heard of it.

Pollux	02 Jul 2002
TADA!!!!!! The Italian Man of the Forums :D I LOVE CALVINO!!!!!! HE'S MY FAVOURITE ITALIAN WRITER!!! Italo Calvino is probably the most experimental writer of the period after the war. He's written a book, well TWO in truth and he meant to write THREE, but anyway he wrote "The Tavern of Crossed Destinies" and "The Castle of ..." and he also meant to write "The Motel of..." but didn't for lack of material and inspiration I guess. I did read the book with my faithful pack of Visconti-Sforza and Marseille deck aside. And I had so uch fun!!! Especially the part in which he uses the VS (I think it is the Tavern but I am not sure...). He made such an experimental attempt in literature! I could go on talking for ages of it, it was one of my choices for the High School State Exam last year... ;) But I won't - I'll just say DO IT!!!! :D In brief, he wrote stories looking at the Tarot Cards that he pulled one at a time, placing them in a geometrical layout where all the stories where lines in this layout. While he goes on telling the different stories, he uses more and more cards, and there is increasingly less space in the layout to place them... So in the end he will use the same card in the same position for different stories, interweaveing them. for each line you get a different story. IT IS FANTASTIC!

Cerulean	02 Jul 2002
Okay, if some people do it over the long holiday, PLEASE POST. Thanks for the encouragement---I plan to go for the GOLD too. I've been slipping in and out of using the Visconti, because it's like trying to read with an illuminated manuscript or the Silver Mantegna. Lovely illustration that tells it's own story, not mine. I'll try again. I'll try to take my most user friendly Marseilles (not the one with old-one-eyed Justice), as the Tavern and Castle stories are in my paperback. Best wishes until I hear or post, Mari H.

Kaz	09 Jul 2002
i have the visconti gold, published by loscarabeo, and it's a beautiful deck. kaz

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