Tarot Nova
Playful beginner's tarot with whimsical illustrated artwork.
by Dennis Fairchild, Julie Paschkis · 1999
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The record
This small, very inexpensive tarot deck looks like a toy but is in fact a "real" tarot deck. I have seen the deck reviewed online as the Tarot Nova in either a tiny edition with cards attached as a perforated sheet, or as a Fortune Telling Kit. The edition I have is called "Tarot the Complete Kit" and comes packaged with a small book and a "spread sheet". The cards are very small for tarot cards (2 5/8th in by 3 1/16 in or 66mm x 80mm) which makes them easy to handle. The cardstock is thin and flexible and the cards are very shiny and slightly sticky rather like the Glastonbury Tarot. Shuffling will not be easy with these cards. The major arcana follow Rider Waite traditions for the most part, although Strength is 11 and Justice is 8. Suits are cups, wands, swords and pentacles. Each card has a black background, coloured corners to show the suit (or major arcana), number and suit (or name), with a single vibrant design in the card centre. Card backs are black with a detailed, colourful design showing two people using cards, crescent moons, sun, flowers and fruit. They are reversible. The whole effect is very immediate and bright, more so than you might guess from scans on the web,
The cards
