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Crystal Tarot (Tarot Card Deck) | 
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| Authors: Lo Scarabeo, E. Tervisan
Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 459696
Media: Cards
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 4.9 x 2.8 x 1
ISBN: 0738700584
Dewey Decimal Number: 133
EAN: 9780738700588
ASIN: 0738700584
Publication Date: September 2001
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Product Description
As rich and complex as life itself, the Crystal Tarot blends the look of stained glass with art nouveau style to gracious effect. The use of patterns within patterns gives depth to the traditional pictures of the Tarot. Influenced by both the Rider-Waite and Thoth Tarot decks, this modern Tarot is an exquisite blend of the old and the new. The familiar images are all there, while the details—executed in brilliant and unusual colors—invite viewers to linger, to search, to make sure they miss nothing—an effective trait in a tool of self-examination.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Extremly Accurate Readings April 19, 2008
Michelle Sharma (Trinidad & Tobago)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I bought this deck as a gift for myself at Christmas, I only had the RWD before, and while that seemed sufficient, I did not have any great connection with the deck, as I found the majority of those images rather crude and in many cases uncomfortable. After doing alot of research, reading the reviews and even going to the website for the publishing house... (which shows all of the court cards) [...]
I decided upon this deck, I fell inlove with the images right off the bat, the Major Arcana are a beautiful variation of the RWD, and the Court Cards are extremly stunning. What they say of the Minor cards is true, they are dissapointing in comparison to the other cards, in that they do not tell a story, but are still quite attractive and still make the deck and excellent investment.
Tiny items of note are that:Wands are Fire and Coins are Earth, but Cups are Air and Swords are Water, also Justice is VIII and Strength is XI, none of which are a huge break from some of the other more modern tarot decks or which detract from the decks accuracy in anyway whatsoever.
Beyond the obvious beauty of this deck, what suprised me and deserves the most attention, was how pore raisingly accurate my readings are with this deck, and the fact that not until I got this deck, did I realise how disconnected I was from my original deck. To the point where I have just ordered a new deck for reading for others (the pearls of wisdom tarot deck), as I do not want anyone else touching this deck.
In short, even if you decide not to purchase this deck, make sure to get one that you feel some sort of "connection to" or you will never realise your full potential with your readings.
 Art work/illustrations are superb, but.... May 19, 2007
phatladysings (Bay Area, California)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
...I was disappointed that the Minor Arcana cards showed suit pips only (eight coins only, or four swords only, for example) and no illustrative pictures which express meanings/moods of cards. The decks I use and relate best to (mostly Universal Waite and Morgan-Greer) have pictures (which include the pips in an entire illustration) for the Minor as well as the Major Arcana. Had I known that the Minor Arcana cards did not have complete pictures, I probably would not have ordered the deck. Again, though, speaking as an illustrator myself, the artwork itself is beautiful throughout the deck.
Crystal Tarots gorgeous deck May 16, 2007
T. Csorba
Stunning artwork, beautiful to work with. Only caveat is that the 'book' of instructions/interpretations is a mere folded paper and does not include interpretations of reversed cards at all. Very disappointed in the book, but love the cards. They're beautiful and very peaceful.
Lovely Art Nouveau-Influenced Deck May 3, 2007
Janet Boyer (Pennsylvania)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Loosely based on the art of Viennese painter Gustav Klimt, this 78-card deck boasts intricate detailing in the Major Arcana with lovely geometric patterning and flowing lines among the non-illustrated Minors. The diverse, expressive Court Cards follow the Knave, Knight, Queen and King arrangement, and Justice is Trump 8 while Strength is Trump 11.
There is so much depth to the Majors--I feel I could step right into the card and enter this unusual world created by Ms. Trevisan. One of my favorite cards is Justice, where a stunning robe of electric magenta cascades over the Lady holding the sword and the scales. And the Strength card? The patient, persevering woman--both hands on the head of a feisty lion-- looks at us as if to say "I'm tying to hold this together--but how much longer?!"
Imbued with personality, the Court cards are exceptional. The King of Pentacles sits among craggy rocks, almost at one with the cavernous landscape. I especially love the Knave of Swords, who rests his hands on the hilt of his weapon, looking downward at the chessboard upon which he stands.
I bought the Crystal Tarot based on an online review that showed only four Majors and two Aces. While the Majors are stunning, my heart fell when I saw the Minor Arcana. While a few of the Minors are quite clever--the 3 of Pentacles portrays glyphs of the three Earth signs (Virgo, Taurus and Capricorn) embossed on the coins--most of the numbered cards are unremarkable. In fact, the 7, 9 and 10 of Cups are *identical* except for the additional cups--which seems unfortunately lazy to me.
Some elemental motifs pop up unexpectedly, without seeming rhyme or reason, such as water/Moon symbols among the Swords Courts and butterflies among the Chalices Courts.
As you may know, most LWB are practically useless, but this one is especially confusing. For example, the Majors aren't named beside the brief interpretation, but rather a keyword (e.g. Will for Magician, Stability for Emperor, Prudence for The Hermit and Energy for The Wheel), and some of the phrasing--enigmatic. For example, the introduction to the Swords states: "Faced with Swords, we are in the cold world of the mind and intellect where everything is connected to something else until magnificent but sad geometries are formed."
Huh?
Suffice to say, the Crystal Tarot is not a good deck for beginners!
If you like the Art Nouveau style, you may want to add the Crystal Tarot to your collection as an art deck. It's regrettable that the Minors aren't fully illustrated, but if you like Marseilles-like decks, you may not mind this at all.
(To see 10 card images from the Crystal Tarot, visit the Reviews--Decks section at JanetBoyer.com)
Janet Boyer, author of The Back in Time Tarot Book: Picture the Past, Experience the Cards, Understand the Present (coming Fall 2008 from Hampton Roads Publishing)
Crystal(tarot card deck) October 8, 2005
Johanna R. Roy (Phillips,Maine)
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
It was a nice set of tarot cards that I bought as a birthday gift for my sister. She has just started to use them.
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