Tarot Of The Journey To the Orient

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 03 Feb 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

ros	03 Feb 2004
Just checking- -Does anyone have "Tarot Of The Journey To The Orient (Marco Polo Tarot) Written by Pietro Alligo and Riccardo Minetti editing by Lo Scarabeo Is there a book for this besides the LWB? I have this deck but haven't studied it much, but I like is so far. Thanks for any info.

contrascarpe	19 Feb 2004
ros - Just picked up this deck today. I wanted a deck with either an Oriental or an Indian/Nepalese flavor to it. My daughter is Korean and my fiancee has friends from Nepal, so I thought a deck like that would appeal to us. The little shop I visit when I am here in Syracuse has many decks and he pulled a bunch from the shelf to show me. Even though I could only see the two cards depicted on the outer box (they didn't have sample cards), I took a chance on this one. I am glad I did! I never paid attention to this one for some reason before but I see where Solandia gave it a great review. I like it because it is a nice departure from the standard RWS images. I can almost compose a story from each card. To answer your question, I do not believe there is an accompanying book to this one besides the LWB, which is a shame. However, I think I am going to find this one alot easier to interpret than the Bruegel I recently purchased. Dan

Mimers	19 Feb 2004
I plan on getting this one shortly as well. I also just ordered the Chinese Tarot which has been calling me for some time now. I will order the Marco Polo next paycheck, well because, I um, well, I've been spending quite a bit on decks lately. :D

ros	19 Feb 2004
Hope you both enjoy this deck, I do. I don't read with this deck yet. It is not to deep to study & the cards are nice. I like meanings that are the same but different!

ros	19 Feb 2004
P.S. Marco Polo was said to play the game "The Cube". I have this book also & I like it. You are asked questions & then the book explains what you have said. I have played it with many people, it is fun!

contrascarpe	19 Feb 2004
Hmm, that's funny, I used to love the game called "Marco Polo". You know, you shout "Marco" and they shout ..... well, you know and yes, it's hokey, lol. Anyway, I have to do a reading for my daughter this evening - she has resisted it for soooooo long, but now she wants to know if she is going to get the dream job she is up for when she graduates. So I plan on using this deck. I hope it speaks to me as well as the others I have used lately. Dan

Cerulean	19 Feb 2004
I like the majors. I like most of the minors. I pause at the Queen of Swords and after a bit, I don't quite know why, some of the people in the deck seem like actors. It can be an imaginative deck, but I think I have Asian decks for other reasons. However this might be fun for many other cross-cultural imagined scenes. Disneyesque, perhaps. Mulan without Rouge... I like Italo Calvino's somewhat mystical "Invisible Cities" which is supposed to be a surrealistic version of tales that young Marco Polo tells to Genghis Khan. If I looked at the deck in this light and remember what Marco Polo said of the barbaric people in other areas, then it becomes a fable of another time and place. If it activates your imagination and you enjoy it, then it is a deck for you. Mari H.

ros	20 Mar 2004
Does anyone know why the borders on the wands & swords are the same color green? Also the Majors are in green. Why green for these three?

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