Romany Card's name

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 09 Feb 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

savitj	09 Feb 2004
Hello , please tell me the name of every major cards in romany such as "The Sun" = ? , The Moon = ? Thank you

lunakasha	09 Feb 2004
Hi Savitj! Are you referring to the Buckland Romani? This is a beautiful deck, one of my favorites! The Majors are as follows: 0 FOOL= KOLO I MAGICIAN= YEK II HIGH PRIESTESS= DUI III EMPRESS= TRIN IV EMPEROR= STOR V HIEROPHANT= PANCH VI LOVERS= SHOV VII CHARIOT= EFTA VIII STRENGTH= TEIGH IX HERMIT= ENIN X WHEEL OF FORTUNE= DESH XI JUSTICE= DESH-TA-YEK XII HANGED MAN= DESH-TA-DUI XIII DEATH= DESH-TA-TRIN XIV TEMPERANCE= DESH-TA-STOR XV DEVIL= DESH-TA-PANCH XVI TOWER= DESH-TA-SHOV XVII STAR= DESH-TA-EFTA XVIII MOON= DESH-TA-TEIGH XIX SUN= DESH-TA-ENIN XX JUDGEMENT= BISH XXI WORLD= BISH-TA-YEK The names given to the Majors in this deck are actually the romani names for the numbers of the cards, rather than the titles. In fact, Raymond Buckland states in the book (The Buckland Romani Tarot) that he is personally against using names to label the cards, which is why there are no names on the Major Arcana cards. Since he uses traditional RWS symbolism in illustrating the cards, it is fairly easy to identify them even without the names. Hope this is helpful...good luck! :) Luna

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