Marseille Cat
Marseille tarot reimagined with charming cat theme throughout.
by Severino Baraldi · 2014
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The record
I admit that I opened this deck with a sense of trepidation. On one hand, the Marseille tarot is an icon, much revered and holding a sacred space among many Tarot collections. It represents, after all, both the seed and the roots of modern Tarot decks. On the other, a cat theme seemed incongruous with the profound, almost serious nature of Marseille. Anyone who is owned by a cat will know what Im talking about*. I am happy to say that the Marseille Cat Tarot is an effortless fusion of the old structure with a carefree, joyous theme. A key benefit of this deck is the fact it has retained both the colour scheme, and the Major and Minor Arcana aesthetics, of the original deck. Thus it presents, as far as possible, the classic Marseille model, with minor variations and additions of cats throughout. These additions do not dominate the cards, or distract from their inherent Marseille quality, rather they enhance them. The Minor Arcana cards have colour backgrounds according to each suit: a salmon-pink for cups, blue for swords, light cream for pentacles and turquoise for wands. This makes it easier to distinguish between the suits, and in addition swords are symbolically clearly differe
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