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2012: Tarot of Ascension |  | Author: Lo Scarabeo
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 381116
Media: Cards
Edition: Crds
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 2.7 x 1.2
ISBN: 0738721824
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780738721828
ASIN: 0738721824
Publication Date: August 1, 2010
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Product Description
The Mayan calendar predicts the end of the world in 2012. However, many believe this auspicious end date will usher in a new era of enlightenment. Use this unique deck to explore what a global spiritual transformation will mean for the human race—and to spur your own spiritual evolution.
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A medieval take on 2012 July 15, 2010
W (CA USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Created by Pierluca Zizzi and illustrated by Michele Penco, this tarot deck attempts to portrait the new age concept of ascension based at the end of the Mayan Calendar on 2012. The scenes are painted with muted colors, almost wood-cut like, highlighting the medieval aspect of this deck. As such, this may not be a tarot for everyone.
These cards are bordered dark brown, almost leathery, and like many other cards from Lo Scarabeo, these are labeled on four languages at the top (English, Italian, Spanish, and French) and two at the bottom (German and Dutch).
The Major Arcana are numbered with roman numerals at the top, starting at 0 with the Fool. Justice and Strength are numbered VIII and XI respectively, following the Marseilles tradition. Death is the only card devoid of labels, called Nameless Arcane in the little white book (LWB), but still numbered XIII. These are sub labeled in the LWB as follow:
0. The Fool, Energy
I. The Magician, the Creator of Reality
II. The High Priestess, Accumulation
III. The Empress, Creativity
IV. The Emperor, Power over Oneself or Self-domination
V. The Hierophant, the Truth
VI. The Lovers, Love
VII. The Chariot, Action
VIII. Justice, the Ideal
IX. The Hermit, Wisdom
X. The Wheel, Karma
XI. Strength, Awareness
XII. The Hanged Man, Meditation
XIII. Nameless Arcane, the Ascension
XIV. Temperance, Harmonious Equilibrium
XV. The Devil, the Subconscious
XVI. The Tower, the Explosion
XVII. The Star, the Galaxy
XVIII. The Moon, the two Moons
XIX. The Sun, the two Suns
XX. Judgment, the Day of the Ascension
XXI. The World, the New World
Some of these are illustrated on the Marseilles tradition, for example: The Lovers shows a man choosing between two lovers all of them clothed. The Chariot shows a chariot pulled by two horses.
However, other Major Arcana seems to be a reinterpretation of the Marseilles, for example: The Wheel shows three human figures around a wheel, a naked angel-like being lying on top and pointing to the wheel, a half man-half faun climbing up on the right, and a half faun-half man climbing down on the left.
The Minor Arcana are made of four suits: swords, wands, pentacles and cups. The Court Cards follow the usual set: Knave, Knight, Queen, and King. The pips in these cards are numbered at the top, but unlike the Marseilles Tarot, these are fully illustrated, incorporating the suit icon symmetrically arranged on the scene.
The back of these cards is non-reversible, illustrating a bright star high in a dark sky at dusk. This scene is presented inside an elaborated frame.
This deck includes a little white book (LWB) which provides brief descriptions of each card.
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