Spirit of Flowers
Floral and fairy tarot with botanical symbolism from secret language of flowers.
by Antonella Castelli, Laura Tuan · Lo Scarabeo Deck Type: Tarot Deck Cards: 78 Rating: stars out of five Where to
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A tarot of flowers and fairies set in a wooded fairy-tale world. Each card in the Spirit of Flowers Tarot has a floral association and meaning based on the 'secret language of flowers, their symbolism, legends, and origins'. The concept for this 78 card tarot deck was created by Laura Tuan, who has been responsible for numerous other tarots - Tarot Egyptiens, Tarot des Gitans, Le Tarots Mayas - all published by De Vecchi. The art is by Antonella Castelli, and has a similar pastel and line-drawn feel to the Tarot Art Nouveau, her other creation. It's full of realistically drawn flowers, and cutesy fairies who are alternately mischievous, happy, inquisitive, sullen, serene, and wistful. Animals also occasionally feature - hamsters, frogs, insects, snails, and two hairy white creatures in the Chariot card, which I eventually identified (with some help) as hedgehogs. The Chalices are represented by blue flowers - Lilac (Knight of Chalices), Lavender (Nine of Chalices), and Petunia (Four of Chalices). Pentacles are shown by golden flowers - Buttercup, St John's Wort, Dandelion stand for the Queen, Five and Three. Wands are pink and red, with Hibiscus for the King, Oleander for the Six,
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