A Life Sketches a
Traditional seventy-eight card deck with illustrated contemporary artwork.
by Ricky Seagroves · 2013
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The record
A Life Sketches A Tarot is a 78 card deck formatted along traditional guidelines traditional titles are used for the Major Arcana, with Justice at VIII and Strength at XI. The suits are entitled Wands, Cups, Swords, and Pentacles, with the Court Cards titled Page, Knight, Queen, and King. This is an artists journey through his own spirituality. There is a small, 15 page LWB (Little White Book) that accompanies the deck. The first few pages of the book present an elegant version of a creation story. It starts Once upon a time, with a God and a great void. In the end there is the Fool, beginning his journey n the art that is life. The LWB is text only, listing meditative meanings, positive aspects and negative aspects (also listed for some cards as reversed aspects) for each of the Major Arcana cards. From the book: Tower Meditative meaning: I must awaken from strongly held beliefs, perceptions, attitudes. And behaviors, to release myself from bondage and feel the inspiration, freedom, reality of this necessary experience that from very destruction comes creation. Upright aspects: sudden change, revelation, falling down, releasing Reverse aspects: peace, serenity, victory, con
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