Tarocchi Celtici by Laura Tuan - General information about the deck

I received the Tarocchi Celtici through the trading forum,
It is stunning - and the images on the cards have everything I love: the art is a little abstract and filled with the Celtic Gods and Goddesses in the Mayors, the 4 Seasons and Plants and Animals in the Minors.
The challenge for me will be: All the info - and the beautiful book are in Italian,a language I know nothing about, so I have NO idea, what the symbolism on the cards are intended to be - from the artist's point of view. The cards are LARGE and have a "handmade feel, but one can not shuffle them, it is soft velvety cardboard with no rounded corners.
I will attempt to make sense of a few of these enigmatic cards and post my findings in the Study forum here. I hope, there are others, who have this deck and maybe a few of you will join me in my explorations.
Anybody fluent in Italian?
Oh PLEASE

Mayor Arcana Cards:

This deck had - guess what - 78 cards.
However, the cards are numbered 1 to 78
Cards 1 to 22 are equivalent to the Mayor Arcana.
all deck reviews I have found here and on other sites agree, that 1 is the Magician and so on and so forth.... The Fool happens to be card 22. However, nowhere in the book, written all in Italian does it confirm this.

1. Lug - Mercury
2. Morrigan - Moon
3. Brigantia/Brigit - Virgo
4. Amatheon - Leo
5. Esus - Jupiter
6. Nemetona - Gemini
7. Teutates - Mars
8. Arduinna - Libra
9. Ogmios - Saturn
10. Dagda - Neptune
11. Smertrios - Aries
12. Gwydion - Pisces
13. Sucellos - Capricorn
14. Diancecht - Acquarius
15. Cerumno - Scorpio
16. Taranis - Uranus
17. Sirona - Venus
18. Borvo/Manannan - Cancer
19. Belenos - Sun
20. Epona - Sagittarius
21. Artio - Taurus
22. Cuchulain

As to my understanding card
23. Ginestra Ohn
is equivalent with the Ace of Spring

I will put up more post explaining and listing more - maybe after dinner!?

Mayors as we would understand them:

1. (Magician) Lug - Mercury
2. (High Priestess) Morrigan - Moon
3. (Empress) Brigantia/Brigit - Virgo
4. (Emperor) Amatheon - Leo
5. (Hierophant) Esus - Jupiter
6. (Lovers) Nemetona - Gemini
7. (Chariot) Teutates - Mars
8. (Justice) Arduinna - Libra
9. (Hermit) Ogmios - Saturn
10. (Wheel of Fortune) Dagda - Neptune
11. (Strength) Smertrios - Aries
12. (Hanged Man) Gwydion - Pisces
13. (Death) Sucellos - Capricorn
14. (Temperance) Diancecht - Acquarius
15. (The Devil) Cerumno - Scorpio
16. (The Tower) Taranis - Uranus
17. (The Star) Sirona - Venus
18. (The Moon) Borvo/Manannan - Cancer
19. (The Sun) Belonos - Sun
20. (Judgement) Epona - Sagittarius
21. (The World) Artio - Taurus
22. ( the Fool) Cuchilain - Pluto

Aboutthe Tarocchi Celtici Minors = cards 23 to 78

All the Spring/ Air cards have Fairies/ Pixies, Air Spirits in the images = element Air
All the Summer/ Fire cards have Fire Salamander Spirits = element Fire
All the Fall / Earth cards have Gnomes or “Brownies” = element Earth
All the Winter/ Water cared have Undines and other Water Spirits = element Water

Cards 23, 37, 51 and 65 are the Aces and are all featuring a different Tree:
Furze for Spring and Air, Heather for Summer and Fire, Poplar for Fall and Earth, Silver Fir for Winter and Water
- Cards 24, 38, 52, and 66 make up the 2s and their Tree is Birch. They all also feature a mighty Hart / Stag in one form or another.
- Cards 25, 39, 53 and 67 make up the 3s and their Tree is Rowan. They all also have a River running through the image
-Cards 26, 40, 54 and 68 make up the 4s and all have the Ash as their Tree and have a strange “wind glyph” in common.
- Cards 27, 41, 55, and 69 all are the 5s and are under the Alder Tree and also feature a wooden vessel or container of some sort.
- Cards 28, 42, 56, and 70 are the 6ses and have the Willow Cards which all also feature a Bird of Prey.
- Cards29, 43, 57 and 71 are the 7s and thereby Hawthorn Tree cards. They also have a mysterious blond woman with a loooooong braid in the image.
- Cards 30, 44, 58 and 72 are the 8 cards and their Tree is Oak. Their other common attribute is Fire!
- Cards 31, 45, 59 and 73 and making up the 9s with the Holly Tree and a mighty poky lance as another commonality
- Cards 32, 46, 60 and 74 are the 10s and feature the Hazel Tree as well as the Salmon that ate the Hazel of Wisdom , the one the Goddess Ceredwin was after.....
- Cards 33, 47, 61 and 75 are Blackberry bushes for the Pages and have an enigmatic glyph as another symbol in common. I will have to find out, what that may mean...
- Cards 34, 48, 62 and 76 are Queens with slender Reeds and – a Gufo = Owl for wisdom and perception.
- Cards 36, 50, 64 and 78 are the Kings with their Elder Tree and the magical white Hind as their Guide

A little info about Ogham:

The Trees of the Ogham alphabet were divided into three classifications, which had nothing to do with their physical form. They merely represented their order of importance to the Druids:
Chieftains came first, followed by peasants and shrubs. Two symbols, the Grove and the Sea, are not actually Trees; their inclusion points out the Druidic acknowledgements of the power of both the sea itself and a group of Trees. The last five letters are called the Crane Bag and were given by the sea god Manannan.


Beth - Birch

Month: November
Color: White
Class: Peasant
Letter: B
Meaning: New Beginnings; Changes; Purification.


Luis - Rowan

Month: December
Color: Grey and Red
Class: Peasant
Letter: L
Meaning: Controlling your life; Protection against control by others.


Fearn - Alder

Month: January
Color: Crimson
Class: Cheiftain
Letter: F, V
Meaning: Help in making choices; spiritual guidance and protection.


Saille - WIllow

Month: February
Color: listed only as bright
Class: Peasant
Letter: S
Meaning: Gaining balance in your life


Nuin - Ash

Month: March
Color: Glass Green
Class: Cheiftain
Letter: N
Meaning: Locked into a chain of events; Feeling bound.


Huathe - Hawthorne

Month: April
Color: Purple
Class: Peasant
Letter: H
Meaning: Being held back for a period of time


Duir - Oak

Month: May
Color: Black and Dark Brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: D
Meaning: Secrity; Strength


Tinne - Holly

Month: June
Color: Dark Grey
Class: Peasant
Letter: T
Meaning: Energy and guidance fro problems to come


Coll - Hazel

Month: July
Color: Brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: C, K
Meaning: Creative energies for work or projects.


Quert - Apple

Month: None
Color: Green
Class: Shrub
Letter: Q
Meaning: A choice must be made


Muin - Vine

Month: August
Color: Variegated
Class: Chieftain
Letter: M
Meaning: Inner development occuring, but take time for relaxation


Gort - Ivy

Month: September
Color: Sky Blue
Class: Chieftain
Letter: G
Meaning: Take time to soul search or you will make a wrong decision.


Ngetal - Reed

Month: October
Color: Grass Green
Class: Shrub
Letter: NG
Meaning: Upsets or surprises


Straif - Blackthorn

Month: None
Color: Purple
Class: Chieftain
Letter: SS, Z, ST
Meaning: Resentment; Confusion; Refusing to see the truth


Ruis - ELder

Month: Makeup days of the thirteenth Moon
Color: Red
Class: Shrub
Letter: R
Meaning: End of a cycle or problem.


Ailim - Silver Fir

Month: None
Color: Light Blue
Class: Shrub
Letter: A
Meaning: Learning from past mistakes; Take care in choices.


Ohn - Furze

Month: None
Color: Yellow Gold
Class: Chieftain
Letter: O
Meaning: Information that could change your life


Ur - Heather and Mistletoe

Month: None
Color: Purple
Class: Heather is Peasant; Mistletoe is Chieftain
Letter: U
Meaning: Healing and development on the spiritual level.


Eadha - White Poplar or Aspen

Month: None
Color: Silver White
Class: Shrub
Letter: E
Meaning: Problems; Doubts; Fears.


Ioho - Yew

Month: None
Color: Dark Green
Class: Chieftain
Letter: I, J, Y
Meaning: Complete change in life-direction or attitude.


Koad - Grove

Month: None
Color: Many Shades of Green
Class: None
Letter: CH, KH, EA
Meaning: Wisdom gained by seeing past illusions.


Oir - Spindle

Month: None
Color: White
Class: Peasant
Letter: TH, OI
Meaning: Finish obligations and tasks or your life cannot move forward.


Uilleand - Honeysuckle

Month: None
Color: Yellow-white
Class: Peasant
Letter: P, PE, UI
Meaning: Proceed with caution.


Phagos - Beech

Month: None
Color: Orange-brown
Class: Chieftain
Letter: PH, IO
Meaning: New experiences and information coming


Mor - the Sea

Month: None
Color: Blue-green
Class: none
Letter: AE, X, XI
Meaning: Travel

I'd like to say thank you Mi-Shell for all the work you did on this deck
I have a copy, and sometimes take it out and scratch my head, and put it away. You have inspired me to at least take a closer look, to move the cards around into sets, to see what I think and notice.
I meant to say when you were doing it, but forgot. So I'm happy to say it now.

THANK YOU!

Oh!
Blushing!!
Hi PathWalker!
How nice, that you are using your deck!
These cards are quite captivating and good for story telling.
At some point in my busy life I may go at the Mayors a bit more.