Tarot of Oz
Whimsical deck based on L. Frank Baum's Wizard of Oz.
by David Sexton · 1900
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The record
From the creator of the Winged Spirit Tarot, David Sexton, is a whimsical tarot deck based on the mythology created by L. Frank Baum in his fifteen Oz books. Of the series written between 1900 and 1920, the first book is the most famous - the Wizard of Oz. The cards of the Tarot of Oz have a large logo that is repeated through the deck, on every card face and every card back. The logo is a Z inside an O, a disk that is coloured depending on the suit and cards. Majors are yellow with individually coloured interiors; Cups are aqua, blue and yellow; Wands are lilac and lavender; Swords are red and grey; Stones are green and blue. (The Oz symbol in the suits also has the emblem of the suit to either side - fire, a chalice, a sword and a coin.) The logo isn't overly intrusive, instead an anchor and backdrop for the actual tarot scene or figure, but does serve to instantly identify the cards as being from the Tarot of Oz. The major arcana cards are linked to characters that exemplify the archetype from the Oz universe. Dorothy is, of course, the Fool. The Wizard of Oz is the Magician, the Tin Woodman, the Emperor, and the Cowardly Lion, Strength. (My favourite is the Cyclone as the Wheel
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