Tarot del Fuego
Vibrant modern Spanish tarot based on Marseilles tradition by Cavolo.
by Ricardo Cavolo · 2015
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The record
Ricardo Cavolo is a prolific Spanish artist whose works have graced album covers, murals, posters, book covers, and clothing. With the Tarot Del Fuego, Cavolo has created a vibrant and energetic deck. While the deck is based on the Marseille tarot - and this is easily recognisable in the Major Arcana, the Minor Arcana owes more to the original concepts and imagination of the artist than the repetitive pip cards of the Tarot de Marseille. Many of these colourful images are self-explanatory such as the Ace of Cups milk sprays from a breast into the cup, or the Three of Swords three daggers plunged into a blindfolded, heart-shaped apple. Other cards are more obscure in their symbolism such as the Nine of Pentacles a large open wound in a body reveals flaming coins dotted about the internal organs, while flames burst from smaller wounds; or the Nine of Swords a many eyed wolf/dragon/serpent slavers over a blindfolded hedgehog with blazing quills, and blades projecting from its spine, while rain falls from dark clouds and lightning flickers. These are very busy images. This is a 78 card deck, with 22 major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana. There have been no changes of name in the Maj
The cards
