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Tarot Deck Review: Tarot de Paris

My thoughts on the Tarot de Paris Tarot deck by J. Philip Thomas

I spotted this box set in the clearance section at Borders and I was intrigued because I love all things French . This deck is very beautiful and it features classic and contemporary art and architecture all from Paris. The images are bright, striking and incredibly beautiful

The box set contains the cards, a silk fabric to wrap them in or lay them out on that is also very pretty. It also comes with a full hard cover book where the creator explains his perceptions/thoughts on each card. It is somewhat traditional in that it has the standard 78 cards, 22 card Major Arcana and the four suits, but the suits in this deck are the elements: Fire, Air, Water, and Matter.

I was very anxious to use this deck because it was so stunning, but alas for all its beauty it is not very practical for reading because the cards are so large it makes it almost impossible for me to shuffle them - of course I do have particularly small hands lol, so maybe it’s just me but they are very oversized and it makes it akward to hold/use them too much. They are spectacular to look at though and the contents of the box are very nice - so it’s a keeper if only to look at the pretty artwork.

Some scans are below .

Enjoy!
Christin