Tarot Familiars

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Lisa Parker is a well-known artist whose fantasy and Gothic subject matter is made her deservedly famous. Originally a wildlife artist, Parker has moved sideways, taking her love of animals into the world of magic and witchcraft, making her the ideal artist to illustrate a tarot deck of Familiars. As any good witch will tell you, the combination of animals and magic is a potent one, and a familiar, for the benefit of this review and those not in the know, is a preternaturally intelligent animal who chooses to aid (and abet) a witch in their magical workings. This beautiful deck features images of animals in magical settings rather than performing magic, and nary a witch is to be seen. Instead we have wise-eyed cats perched atop stacks of magic books, staring into candlelight, ravens clasping pentacles, owls with scrolls. Magical tomes, crystal balls, candles, pentacles, scrolls, a ouija board and various other magical paraphernalia abounds in this deck as props and set dressing for Parker’s gorgeous animal illustrations. This is a 78- card tarot deck with 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana. The Minor Arcana consists of four suits, Pentacles, Cups, Swords, and Wands. Each suit has

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