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Aquarian Tarot in a Tin
Aquarian Tarot reissued in tin packaging, classic psychedelic artwork.
by David Palladini · 1970
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Tarot Canon's own assessment, written for this catalog.
David Palladini's Aquarian Tarot has been in print since 1970, and the archive review names why: artwork fusing art deco and art nouveau into the era's coolest tarot surface, psychedelia disciplined by design history. The tin edition is that classic in travel armor, U.S. Games's pocket-format reissue program giving the deck its commuter body, and the catalog holds both records as the edition family they are.
Palladini's restraint made the Aquarian the RWS alternative for readers who found Smith's warmth folksy: his figures are poised, silvered, slightly remote, the seventies' modernist mysticism at its most elegant, and the deck taught a generation that tarot could be chic. The tin simply makes the icon durable and portable. It suits Palladini admirers, deco and nouveau design lovers, readers who want a classic that travels, and collectors of the great continuous-print decks. Those meeting the Aquarian first in tin should know they are holding fifty years of shelf life in a pocket.
From the archive
An excerpt from a review at the Aeclectic Tarot archive, in the original reviewer's voice.
David Palladinis Aquarian Tarot deck was first published in 1970 by the Morgan Press, and has been in print ever since. The fabulous artwork of this deck is the key to its longevity, combining styles as disparate as art deco...
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