Golden
Renaissance-inspired tarot blending Visconti, Rider-Waite, and original imagery.
by Liz Dean · 2008
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The record
The Golden Tarot is a mix of the imagery of Visconti-Sforza, the Rider-Waite and some additions of its own. It has a very Renaissance feel in costume and decoration, and smooths the edges of the traditional symbolism to make a gentle, attractive tarot. The first impressions of the deck are positive. It looks like a slick and polished set; the gold matte box matches the book with matches the backs of the cards. The outer box is extremely sturdy, with a slide-off side lid and the book and cards are held protectively inside. The cards are large - but not overly so, theyre big enough to show the illustration to good effect but still be easy to shuffle - at 13cm by 8cm and have a heavy gloss lamination. In titling the deck follows the Rider-Waite outline the suits are Cups, Pentacles, Swords and Wands, and the court cards are Page, Knight, Queen and King. In structure it owes the most to the Visconti: Justice is placed at VIII and Strength at XI, and the numbered minor arcana cards are pips, rather than the illustrated scenes most often attributed to the Rider-Waite. They are unfortunately also very repetitive, without the ornate curlicues and flowers often on the historical decks; t
The cards
