Tabula Mundi Tarot Nox et Lux

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M.M. Melleen's second deck in the Tabula Mundi series, the new Nox et Lux, seemingly picks up where her previous deck left off, this time with the inclusion of a set of fully illustrated pips or Minor Arcana cards. For those who already purchased her previous Majors-only deck the Major Arcana will be familiar as the uncolored versions included in the deluxe editions of that deck. As before, Meleen's presentation is superb, the cards coming in a handsome black box with the astronomical symbol for Earth emblazoned on it in silver. The whole effect is quite subtle and elegant. This time the cards are a more comfortable size for shuffling as befits a complete deck. The card paper is also stiffer than her previous deck which also improves the experience as this is a deck meant to be used, and seems to bear many shufflings well. The Majors of this are, of course, the same as in her previous deck and are uncolored. I personally love black and white decks and feel that here the lack of color enhances rather than detracts from one's appreciation of the cards. While the cards are highly influenced by the Thoth Tarot deck by Aleister Crowley many of them betray Meleen's own slant and interpre

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