Halloween
Seasonal Halloween celebration merged with Rider-Waite symbolism.
by Kipling West
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The record
Created by a true aficionado of the holiday, the Halloween Tarot attempts to capture the energetic, festive feel of Halloween in juxtaposition with the artistic symbolism of the Rider-Waite-Smith format. In doing so, she has created a seasonal deck that is remarkably easy to use for someone who has at least some experience with the RWS system. Of course, some changes were made to facilitate this. For example, the Wandsthe fiery RWS Tarot represntationshave been replaced by Imps, the watery Cups are now Ghosts, Air-associated Swords become the winged Bats, and the Earthy Coins are transformed into Pumpkins. While symbolic "themes" of the Halloween Tarot are consistent with the RWS system (e.g., the Seven of Bats features a ghoulish creature sneaking away with a bag of seven stolen bats and the Six of Pumpkins are characterized by a group of trick-or-treaters receiving goodies from the hands of a philanthropic witch), other cards have undertaken considerable transformations. The Lovers, for example, seems to recall Count Dracula and Mina Murray while the artist asks "Can a vampiric visitor corrupt true love?" While some of the more subtle symbols common to many decks seem to have b
The cards
