In titling the deck follows the Rider-Waite outline – the suits are Cups, Pentacles, Swords and Wands, and the court cards are Page, Knight, Queen and King. Three swords hang on the wall, points down, next to a bed where a haloed saint lies asleep, with the fourth sword ready at his side. The images have both a radiance and naïve beauty so wonderfully maintained from the chief masters from which Kat Black re-crafted the images: Simone Martini, Gozzoli, Giotto de Bondone, and, quite frankly, such a wide variety of artists that the delight in discovery - irrespective of the deck’s merit as Tarot - makes the deck a delight to behold.

The Golden Tarot is a mix of the imagery of Visconti-Sforza, the Rider-Waite and some additions of its own. The cards have similarities to the general layout and major symbolic elements of Colman-Smith’s drawings, but have been re-interpreted in the totally different artistic style of late medieval and early Renaissance.Part of this, perhaps, is because of the nature of late Medieval art: most of it was religious and didactic, and the concept of the Artist as the source of meaning in a work hadn’t yet emerged. This deck is an absolute home run, and I recommend it without reservation to any Tarot reader or collector. It’s one of those Tarot decks that I think every serious reader should own, not only for its historical value but for the beauty of the art and the symbolic richness of the cards themselves.

I found this to be quite an intriguing deck - something that I would personally use, as well as being a deck that I would offer as a choice for my clients. It’s damn cool, it satisfies my compelling need for conformity to tradition, and it still manages to do something innovative. Kat combines images from the Medieval, early Renaissance, and particularly the International Gothic period to provide well-known yet unique interpretations of the various cards' symbolic meanings. This is one of the most beautiful and carefully prepared tarot decks I have ever seen: truly a work of impeccable art! The shipment was unloaded from (The Slow Boat From) China on the East Coast, then was put on a train to get to US Games on the West Coast.Of especial alteration of note is its closer resemblance to imagery as depicted on the Waite/Colman Smith deck (published variously, but often referred to as the ‘Rider-Waite’).

One of my favourites was the Page of Swords – he looks like he is mere seconds away from swinging that sword with a flourish. I am not a small-handed man, but my handspan is not wide enough to hold these cards end-to-end for a riffle shuffle. Etsy’s 100% renewable electricity commitment includes the electricity used by the data centres that host Etsy. While her deck remains true to the original Rider-Waite traditional symbolism, Kat Black offers accessible tarot interpretations that are fresh and welcoming. The artistic parlay between the Medieval art sources, and modern collage is a continuous personal exploration.For further information about your statutory rights, contact your local authority Trading Standards department or consumer advice centre (for example the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are in the UK). The minor arcana interpretations also have an extra paragraph which explains the meaning of multiple Aces or whatever in a spread. Registered address: Unit 5, Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, LE5 3EF, United kingdom. Intentional or not, it doesn’t look good and I’m guessing will look even worse with use as the black pentagram outline actually wear off.