Angel
Major arcana only tarot with Italian titles and Rider-Waite-inspired imagery.
by Maria Miduki, Michel Angela · Self Published Deck Type: Tarot Deck Cards: 22 Deck Tradition: Rider-Waite-Smith Card Back: Unknown Rating: stars out of five Where to · 2008
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This deck contains the Major Arcana only. The 22 cards have traditional titles but in Italian. In a nod to the Tarot of Marseille, the 5th card is Il Papa (Pope) instead of Hierophant. Generally, the main Tarot influence is the Rider-Waite, but this is definitely not a clone. Maria Miduki is part-Italian and part-Japanese, and her mixed heritage is reflected in her deck. As I have said, the titles are in Italian. The figures in most cards are of European appearance. The Devil card (Il Diavolo) goes one step further and embodies influence from Italian art. The devil is a beautiful woman. She does have little devil-horns and rather terrifying talons where her feet should be, but she is beautiful. This motif is found in the many Renaissance paintings entitled The Temptation of St. Anthony. In this case, the Devil actually has the wings of an angel! As for the man on the card, he has no intention of resisting temptation, the garland of vivid blue roses underlining the fact that he is already entangled. The Tower, on the other hand, shows Japanese influence. It is constructed not with stone or brick but with those delicate, ornamental Japanese bowls that stack one into another. In anoth
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