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Primavera Tarot
Deck Notes
- deck:
- Primavera Tarot
- artist:
- Antonella Castelli
- publisher:
- Lo Scarabeo
- artwork:
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- intuition:
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- lwb:
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- quality:
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- purchase:
This is a cute little mini deck that is now out-of-print. The artwork is quite nice, but lacks any real depth - much like another popular Nouveau-style deck, the Ethereal Visions Illuminated Tarotplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigEthereal Visions Illuminated Tarot
Deck Notes
This is essentially a remake of the standard Smith-Waite Centennial Tarot deck, so if you're already familiar with that imagery, you can read with this deck pretty easily. That said, the imagery isn't particularly inspired. It's beautiful artwork, but I don't think there's much depth to the symbolism in each card. If you really love Art Nouveau, you might find this deck more aesthetically pleasing to use than the traditional RWS deck.. I don't use it for reading. I enjoy the artwork, however, and it follows the standard RWS rubric, so if you like the Art Nouveau aesthetic, the full size deck is still available.
Production Quality
The cards are of decent quality, but the LWB is nearly useless. I really wish someone would start writing about Lo Scarabeo decks. It's a big undertaking - it would be nice if the original designers provided better information, even if only online.