Ludy Lescot

The record

It is impossible to categorise this deck. As with so much of Lo Scarabeo’s work, this deck’s unique, maverick style renders such an attempt futile. Firstly, the box. Pagans will love it. Black with a purple ankh on it – matriarchs may wish to interpret this as the sign for Venus. The majority of the cards’ protagonists are women. Consideration of the reasons that particular roles have been given to a particular sex within the deck inevitably leads one to conclude that this is a Pagan deck, despite the large number of crucifixes within the imagery. (For example, the woman on the 2 of chalices wears a caduceus). None of the major arcana have titles – they simply bear a number from 0 to 21. The minors simply show the suit symbol (top of card) with a number from 1 to 10 at the bottom. The court cards are distinguished by different symbols, for King, Queen, Knight and Knave. This is a fabulous idea, and one that Lo Scarabeo seem to be using more often. Many of their decks bear images that are cluttered with titles in up to six languages (their latest example of this being the ‘Tarot of Fire’). The format here is clear, simple and universal – and gives greater card-space for the image it

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