Something interesting on the Röhrig

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 14 Dec 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Trogon	14 Dec 2002
As many of you probably know (since I keep shooting my mouth off about it }) ) I got the Röhrig Tarot a little while back. I've been studying the cards in depth since then and have discovered something quite interesting. As my eyes don't work quite as well as they did when I was 20... I started using a magnifying glass to read the artist's notes on the cards. Imagine my surprise when I found that many of the cards appear three-dimensional when viewd through a magnifying glass! I am using a 4-inch long, rectangular magnifying glass and am looking through it with both eyes when I see this. There are quite a few cards with this effect. I don't want to spoil the surprises, so I'll just mention one. The Knight of Cups... his hair has a 3-D texture as does the collars of his robes and the rose by his face. Have any of you other Röhrig users noticed this? It is a very cool effect... :smoker:

Pollux	14 Dec 2002
I WANT MY ROHRIG!!! :( :( :( :( Where's Liliana? My Lens is already set...

jlbvt	14 Dec 2002
I may get this deck for my fiancee. He wants to start learning tarot. I don't know if I would like it or not but now I have to take a close look at it. Am I trying to rationalize buying another deck? :rolleyes: It's for him, not me! I think...

Trogon	15 Dec 2002
[/b] Pollux, tarotholic is caugh without his Röhrig??? Now that is a surprise! :eek: jlbvt... rationalize away, but get it anyway... I absolutely love this deck. The art is fantastic and it is very easy to read with... well, for me anyway. Then there is the 3-D effect... ;)

Ophiel	15 Dec 2002
Trogon wrote: "There are quite a few cards with this effect. I don't want to spoil the surprises, so I'll just mention one. The Knight of Cups... his hair has a 3-D texture as does the collars of his robes and the rose by his face." I'm not trying to be a Virgo here as I have had this deck for a long time...do you mean the Prince of Cups? Was this deck reissued with changes? Facial hair? I didn't notice...the card is filled with nude female body parts. Thanks for refocusing my attention! After reading your post, I whipped out my glass and sure enough...but it was every card. Then I turned it on a magazine cover with pictures of Lord of the Ring actors...and it did it there, too. Perhaps this is a phenomena natural to 'realistic' photos?

raeanne	15 Dec 2002
Ophiel, The court cards in the Rohrig Tarot are: Princess, Prince, Queen, and Knight. It is the Knight of Cups that is being talked about, not the Prince.

Ophiel	15 Dec 2002
Right you are! I don't use this deck often and probably wanted to stop when I saw the images on the Prince. I am shamed, and humbled. :( (lol)

jlbvt	19 Dec 2002
I want to get this deck now, and I am curious, does anyone know whether I should get the 1995 or the 1999 version? Are there any differences?

Pollux	20 Dec 2002
I think Liliana once mentioned a better colouring in the 1995 one. Bummer I am getting the reprint... :P *LOL* Now don't get me wrong, I know I am annoying *LOL* but there are a few threads in the table of contents, here: http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=8386 If someone doesn't come over with an answer *seeks out for Liliana or Jeanette of Tarot Garden...* you could always try to find the answer there. :)

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