Hobbit
78-card fantasy deck overlaying Tolkien's Hobbit onto traditional tarot structure.
by Peter Pracownik, Terry Donaldson · 2012
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The Hobbit Tarot is a 78 card theme deck, following the traditional structure of the Tarot, with the overlaid theme of J.R.R. Tolkiens work The Hobbit. The 22 cards of the Major Arcana are defined as the major mysteries/themes around which our lives orbit (birth, death, love things that are universal to all of us), while the 56 cards of the Minor Arcana are said to represent situations and events in life. Traditional titles are kept for the Major Arcana, with Strength at VIII, and Justice at XI. The suits are Wands, Cups, Swords, and Coins, with the Court Card titles King, Queen, Knight, and Page. In the introduction to the accompanying LWB (Little White Book), Donaldson notes that the world that constitutes The Hobbit is a world of gentle magic and mystery. He likens the journey of Bilbo Baggins to the journey that we all follow in life, clinging to what is known, with a disdain for change. Each character that was chosen to represent a particular Tarot card was chosen after due consideration. In bringing together the world of the Tarot and the world of the Hobbit, a new personae has been created. Reader response and feedback is encouraged, through the respective sites of th
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