Whimsical Tarot

[Moon] [Queen of Swords] The Whimsical Tarot is "for children and the young at heart." It is based on children's fairy tales, fables and myths. Each card shows a familiar scene from one of these stories that illustrates a popular meaning of that card. For example, Justice shows Baby Bear pointing out the "injustice" of Goldilocks sleeping in his bed. The structure and card titles are traditional for the tarot. Suit cards have color-coded borders. The page of each suit is not a person but a symbol of some item relating to that suit's theme. The artist is Mary Hanson-Roberts who also illustrated the popular Hanson-Roberts deck and colored the Universal Waite. There is a separate companion book for this deck called Whimsical Tarot. The book describes each card and which story or fable it is based upon.

Deck
Number of
Cards
Card
Size
Copyright Card Back Design
78

22 major
56 minor

2 3/4"
x
4 3/4"
2000 [back design]

Companion Book
Title Author Size Number of
Pages
Copyright Cover
Whimsical
Tarot
Dorothy
Morrison
4 5/8"
x
7"
204 2001 [cover]

Language of Card Titles: English

Style of Suit Cards (2-10): Story Pictures

Also Included: instruction booklet, title card, inspiration card

Major Arcana:
Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant,
Lovers, Chariot, Strength, Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice,
Hanged One, Death, Temperance, Devil, Tower,
Star, Moon, Sun, Judgment, World

Suit Names: Rods (Wands), Cups, Swords, Pentacles

Court Cards: King, Queen, Knight, Page

SAMPLE CARD IMAGES:

[9 of Cups] [Page of Pentacles] [Justice]


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