Tattooed

The record

I didn’t know what to make of this deck when I first got it. I had to leave it alone for a while, as there is so much to take in. Symbols from our multi-cultural world abound, but non-sequentially - i.e. unlike the familiar format which characterises decks such as the Ages tarot, Haindl’s tarot, or the Ancestral Path deck (to name but 3). Within these 3 decks, each suit contains images from various countries in the world and their people. Within the Tattoo Tarot, familiar cultural symbols are not kept within particular suits, but pop up randomly. This isn’t a criticism! It’s simply the reason I found this deck difficult to understand at first. However I was initially struck by the high quality of the art and I’m glad I returned to it, as it has now become one of my favourite tarots. Solandia has described already how the images are realised in relation to the character on the card, the symbol for the card and its appearance on the body of the card’s protagonist. I would like now to add a few of my personal thoughts about the chosen imagery. First of all, I have to say that I am generally disappointed when a tarot fails to stay at least 50% faithful to what it is generally accepted

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