Faerie
Seasonal nature-inspired tarot celebrating flora, fauna, and mystical woodland spirits.
creator unknown · 2008
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The record
Drawing inspiration from the four seasons, Faerie Tarot pays homage to the flora and fauna of nature. The Faerie Tarot is a bright, vibrant, and light-hearted tarot deck. Its alive with wizards, fairies, pixies, seahorses towing undersea chariots, gnomes, animals, winged creatures of the air, and nature sprites of the woodland. It draws on nature and the seasons, with the Swords scenes set in winter landscapes, and the Tower as a toppling red spotted mushroom. Nathalie Hertz, French artist and creator of the Vampire Tarot and the Fantastical Tarot, has made of her third tarot deck a wild and whimsical mix of nature and fantasy. Theres no disturbing imagery or nudity in the Faerie Tarot: the Devil is probably the most frightening card of a not-very-scary bunch, with his purple skin, red eyes and hair, pointed ears, clawed nails and tongue poking out. Theres none of the traditional Christian or tarot symbolism that might be disturbing to a younger audience, even Death is simply a veiled figure, no skeletons or scythes. The cards have individual borders; the outer border in different plain colours and subtle blends, and a busy inner border that draws on elements and colours from
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