Aquarian tarot deck
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The Aquarian Tarot Deck was first published by Morgan Press in 1970. It is now printed by AG Müller and distributed by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
, a major North American tarot deck distributor. The deck was created and illustrated by David Palladini
.
Palladini combined the symbols of the traditional Tarot
with more modern, updated images in a combination of Art Deco
and Art Nouveau
styles. He created a unique blend of colourful, emotive backgrounds with pale faced, stoic characters. Depending on one's response to the deck, these images and colours may allow the querent to identify with the card in question to a more personal degree. On the other hand, some may find the depicted characters to lack expressiveness and the deck difficult to connect with. The scenes are more close-up than, for example, in the case of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck.
"Psychic Tarot", a book that teaches tarot divination, basic psychic development skills and the use of intuition in reading Tarot cards, is illustrated with the Aquarian Tarot Deck. Psychic Tarot is also sold as the companion explanatory text for the Aquarian Tarot deck. It was written by Craig Junjulas and was published circa 1985 by Morgan Press (ISBN 0-88079-300-7).
Palladini had been one of the contributing artists to the Linweave Tarot Pack, published by Brown Company, Pulp, Paper and Board Division, in 1967, as a promotional product for Linweave paper products. The Linweave Tarot is a collectors' classic.
In 1996, some twenty-five years after the first publication of the Aquarian deck, Palladini's second full deck, the New Palladini Tarot, was published.
U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
U.S. Games Systems, Inc. was founded by Stuart R. Kaplan in 1968. This U.S. company publishes a variety of books, tarot cards, oracle card decks, and playing cards. Some of their best known products include the Rider-Waite Tarot, the multi-volume Encyclopedia of Tarot, Wyvern Collectable Card Game,...
, a major North American tarot deck distributor. The deck was created and illustrated by David Palladini
David Palladini
David Palladini is an American illustrator, best known for his Aquarian Tarot decks and children's book illustrations, especially his illustrations for The Girl Who Cried Flowers by Jane Yolen...
.
Palladini combined the symbols of the traditional Tarot
Tarot
The tarot |trionfi]] and later as tarocchi, tarock, and others) is a pack of cards , used from the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play a group of card games such as Italian tarocchini and French tarot...
with more modern, updated images in a combination of Art Deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
and Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art—especially the decorative arts—that were most popular during 1890–1910. The name "Art Nouveau" is French for "new art"...
styles. He created a unique blend of colourful, emotive backgrounds with pale faced, stoic characters. Depending on one's response to the deck, these images and colours may allow the querent to identify with the card in question to a more personal degree. On the other hand, some may find the depicted characters to lack expressiveness and the deck difficult to connect with. The scenes are more close-up than, for example, in the case of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck.
"Psychic Tarot", a book that teaches tarot divination, basic psychic development skills and the use of intuition in reading Tarot cards, is illustrated with the Aquarian Tarot Deck. Psychic Tarot is also sold as the companion explanatory text for the Aquarian Tarot deck. It was written by Craig Junjulas and was published circa 1985 by Morgan Press (ISBN 0-88079-300-7).
Palladini had been one of the contributing artists to the Linweave Tarot Pack, published by Brown Company, Pulp, Paper and Board Division, in 1967, as a promotional product for Linweave paper products. The Linweave Tarot is a collectors' classic.
In 1996, some twenty-five years after the first publication of the Aquarian deck, Palladini's second full deck, the New Palladini Tarot, was published.