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There is no way I wanted to even try and shuffle the cards hand-over-hand or the whole lot of them would end up bent and creased from repeated collisions. Examples of the High Court Cards of each suit, paired. Giovanni Vacchetta was a "Master of Design" at the Albertina Academy in Turin, as well as being professor of embellishment at the Industrial Museum in Turin and lecturer of graphics and decorative design Polytechnic School of Turin. It is currently out of print with copies still available and relatively easy to find. These cards are titled in untranslated Italian, exactly as appeared in the nineteenth century deck.

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Subscribe to My Newsletter. If you have questions regarding these card sets, please leave a comment or email and I am happy to answer what I can. For the Pips and the Court Cards, a keyword is listed along the left hand side of the card, in five languages, including English.

Quite an interesting statement is made that this deck illustrates the point that allegory in Tarot was introduced before the time of A. The keyword concept on the face of each minor arcanum card is the only source of documented help for the individual meaning of that card.

The text doesn't just give a divinatory interpretation; it orients you in the linear history of tarot symbolism and offers commentary on Vachetta's artistry and departure from tarot norms. And instead of steering this vehicle from the front as it is shown in more modern decks, this one seems to be a passenger riding on the back.

Interesting Sword cards to see in this image: The Major Arcana carry traditional titles with the following exceptions: The Star card for example named Stelle is dark-haired in the il Meneghello, medium brown-haired in the Lo Scarabeo, and is colored golden blonde in the Renacentista version shown below.

If you are familiar with French or Italian Marseilles and Etteilla decks, this will not be a problem. The court cards for the suit of Chalices are viewed as symbols of nourishment. As of today in there tagot 3 different reproduction versions available on tsrot market for this Tarot, all colored differently.

This version is also known as the Il Meneghello publisher or Osvaldo Menegazzi artist hand-colored version.

Each of these cards refers to the energy expressed within the Major Arcana card. I would have liked to photograph each card of this suit to showcase just how beautiful they are. It is currently out of print with copies still available and relatively easy to find. The cardstock is also quite flexible and subject to creasing if you are not careful.

I chose this deck knowing it was very unlikely for me to use it for conducting a reading. Example of Aces of each suit top and Deuce of each suit bottom. I regard this specific deck to be one of the most beautifully rendered traditional Tarot decks in the world still available to the general public.

The Vzcchetta Arcana especially reflects his cacchetta to show subjects in the context of scenes and events, rather than everyday objects, is considered unusual for his time.

The 21st century edition, showcases the original artwork with the addition of a narrow green border and, in the lower left hand edge, five keywords expressing the card's concept, in five languages. Artist credit and information would often show up on either the Ace or Deuce cards in old historic Tarot decks.

The Minors show human figures, and small scenes, as well as the suit icon. The wax seal on the box left and numbered authentication card center.

Giovanni Vacchetta tarot

This entire suit of Swords is the most beautiful of the Marseilles style card decks or any existing Tarot deck for this suit that I have ever seen. It is suggested that if only the Major Arcana are used for this reading, that cards from the Minor Arcana can be drawn to "complete" vacchetha spread. These cards are matte with no finish. The major arcana are standard Italian tarot archetypes, and are covered separately in the LWB.

It was colored and republished by Lo Scarabeo in Turin in The card back of the deck is seen at the top of the photo. This is explained in the text by stating the minors are intended to highlight the artistic treatment and 'beauty and meaning' must be searched for among the detail.

Tarot Naibi di Giovanni Vacchetta

As in the Marseilles iconography, the Magician is more of a charlatan than a wizard. Later Major Arcana cards. Tarot of the Master.