Tarot of the Golden Calf
Russian deck focused on financial issues, business, and wealth readings.
by V. Sklyarova, A. Rasboynikov · 2015
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The Tarot of the Golden calf is an unusual deck from Russia which has been created with a primary function in addressing financial issues including business, money, wages, and investments. The deck features and various mythological figures from Greek, Roman, and biblical stories as well as literary tales. This is a 79 card deck with 23 Major Arcana cards and 56 Minor Arcana cards. The Minor Arcana has 4 suits of 14 cards each, 10 number cards and 4 Court cards King, Queen, Knight, and Page. Because these cards are titled exclusively in Russian/Cyrillic it is hard to know if these cards feature the same characters as a standard' tarot deck however one may presume that they are intended to parallel standard tarots, given that many cards of feature readily recognisable figures. Hermes with his caduceus is most likely The Magician, Blind Justice is instantly recognisable, as is The Devil. Mythological figures appearing in the deck include Hecate, the Muses/Graces, the garden of the Hesperides, Pandora, and Jason and the golden fleece. Other figures seem familiar but remain tantalisingly out of reach (due to language constraints). In the Major Arcana the ordering of the cards seems
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