Decameron

The record

You really should be both mature and an adult to read this review. If you are neither, I advise stopping now. For any others, I want you to know that I debated whether it was worth doing this at all. The siren call of the spirit of Tarot won out, and thus I forged ahead. I will admit that I have never before encountered card backs that included images of people masturbating. Yes, this was definately a "first" for me. (A digression: I should also say here that I know of no other way to discuss this particular deck without being quite frank about it. Given its very nature, to verbally tap-dance around some of the most obvious features of the Decameron Tarot would be silly and pointless.) So let me continue where I began: the card backs. They are what the French used to call "risque", since along with the male and female figures stimulating themselves, larger images of two couples are engaged in (a) some mutual stimulation, and (b) vigorous copulation, though each of the couples are largely clothed. The card backs also include some frilleries and square corner decorations, mostly in lighter colours of cream, peach, light blue, and a bit of darker green and brown in some tiny leaves. T

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