B&W Decks for coloring

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Dec 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Scion	15 Dec 2004
Practical question... Been wanting to dig a little deeper into Tarot imagery and the idea of coloring a deck keeps popping up. Repeatedly in ATF threads I've read and in various books, it's recommended as a way to actively focus and intuit points of access to the symbolic language of a deck (or decks). Everyone who's done it raves about the process and the results. I know the BOTA B&W deck, Robin Wood's meditation deck, and USGames' completely blank deck with the imageless frame for original artwork with preprinted titles/Hebrew letters/astrological associations. But what else is out there? That said, I appeal to the greater wisdom of the ATF crewe; I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions of other line art or black & white decks suitable for some meditative colouring. I'm looking for other Tarots packed with detail that merit some scrutiny. Or does it make more sense to scan those full page RWS repros from Garen's Tarot Made Easy and print them on card stock? Anyone have any other advice re this kind of process/project? Any info y'all can pass along would be greatly appreciated. Scion

jumptothemoonyea	17 Dec 2004
Hi Scion, I am also looking for the tarot images, in public domain. pasting 2 links for you, I found searching internet. Both have copyright free decks for download. http://www.sacred-texts.com/tarot/xr/index.htm http://freeware.esoterica.free.fr/html/freecards.html hope you can find something you like :)

Scion	17 Dec 2004
Jump! What a spectacular resouurce!! This is a great set of options for the print them out version of my plan... Now I'm just wondering if there are any other printed decks printed that would be suitable. Thanks again ! Scion

Black*Cat	19 Dec 2004
Scion - I'm really enjoying colouring my Chat du Marseilles majors only deck by our own wonderful HudsonGray. It's still a *work in progress*, but so is my Marseilles study :). The cards are quite small which makes them easy to do, but very lovely. You can see them here: http://www.falconsmew.com/marseille_tarot.html She's also done a georgeous RWS ferret deck if that's more your kettle of fish. Of course, it depends upon which kind of animal you are ... Black*Marseilles*Cat :)

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