Comparative
78-card deck pioneering comparative tarot reading methodology.
by Valerie Sim · Lo Scarabeo
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The record
The Comparative Tarot deck is a deck whose time has finally come. Comparative Tarot is an in-depth process named and pioneered by Valerie Sim, who was involved in the design of this deck and also wrote the little white instruction booklet (LWB) for it. Briefly, the Comparative Tarot method involves comparing the same card from several decks for additional nuances and insight into the meaning of any given card or cards in a spread. As Sim melodically writes, while "each deck possesses its own unique voice," all good decks "simply sing a variation of the same song," and "add to the overall tune." Thanks, however, to this new deck, there's no need to have a cacophony of sounds, i.e., more than one card lying on one position of a spread while we frantically thumb through more than one LWB. Good grief! And why not? Because every card in the Comparative Tarot deck depicts beautifully colored images from four different decks. Each card is essentially divided into four quadrants, with four pictures, one each from the Universal Tarot, The Tarot of the Sphinx, the Tarot of Origins, and the Tarot of Marseilles. The Universal and Tarot of Marseilles decks may not be exactly like the ones you'r
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