Golden Tarot
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The Golden Tarot is a popular and critially acclaimed modern Tarot deck that follows the tradition of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck.
 Golden Tarot by Kat Black |
Comprised of imagery from the European masters paintings, these cards pay tribute to artwork of the Middle ages and early Renaissance celebrating the exploration of Tarot and its artistic heritage.
Golden Tarot was created by Australian artist-author Kat Black and published by US Games Systems in 2004 with a 90 page companion book (ISBN 1572814349). The deck was created by digitally collaging European artwork from 1300 - 1500AD, largely in the International_Gothic style. In addition to traditional Rider-Waite symbolism, Black incorporated many other symbols to make the deck easy to read intuitively.
It was voted one of the Top Ten Tarot Decks of all time in 2004 and 2005 on the popular Aeclectic Tarot Forum.
Golden Tarot has 78 cards and follows the ordering system of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, with thirteen cards in suits Cups, Coins (Pentacles), Swords and Wands and Major Arcana as follows:
- 0 - The Fool (0 - The Fool)
- 1 - The Magician (I - The Magician)
- 2 - The High Priestess (II - The High Priestess) and also entry La_Papessa
- 3 - The Empress (III - The Empress)
- 4 - The Emperor (IV - The Emperor)
- 5 - The Hierophant (V - The Hierophant)
- 6 - The Lovers (VI - The Lovers)
- 7 - The Chariot (VII - The Chariot)
- 8 - Strength (VIII - Strength)
- 9 - The Hermit (IX - The Hermit)
- 10 - Wheel of Fortune (X - Wheel of Fortune)
- 11 - Justice (XI - Justice)
- 12 - The Hanged Man (XII - The Hanged Man)
- 13 - Death (XIII - Death)
- 14 - Temperance (XIV - Temperance)
- 15 - The Devil (XV - The Devil)
- 16 - The Tower (XVI - The Tower)
- 17 - The Star (XVII - The Star)
- 18 - The Moon (XVIII - The Moon)
- 19 - The Sun (XIX - The Sun)
- 20 - Judgement (XX - Judgement)
- 21 - The World XXI - The World)
[edit] External links
- Golden Tarot Official site by artist/author Kat Black
- US Games Systems Publishers of Golden Tarot
- Aeclectic Tarot Forum Tarot Discussion Forum
- [1] Entry on Tarotpedia Directory
