David's
Rare illustrated-minor tarot by acclaimed artist David Chastain.
by David Chastain · 2006
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The record
I almost hesitate to write this review, as David's Tarot is, as of this writing (March 2006) currently unavailable. But if you go to his website and write him, perhaps you can persuade him to bring back his amazing deck. Created and drawn in by David Chastian, David's tarot has the usual 78 cards: majors, minors and courts. Done up in striking, abstract, black-and-white images, the deck is still "traditional," almost conservatively so, with the usual suits of wands, swords, cups and pentacles. Courts, likewise, are the expected pages, knights, queens and kings. In many cards, the images are equally traditional. For example, the four of swords has three black swords above a white sword, which is resting under a white prone man within a black square. This is similar to the Rider-Waite card of three swords over a man resting on a coffin. The majors are un-numbered, and both majors and minors have only their written titles, no other symbols or emblems. David's Tarot does not come with any book, not even a box. It's printed up on card stock by David, himself, and comes wrapped in paper. In every way, it is a very personal deck. On his website, David states that this deck was "created ov
The cards
