The Tarot Set: The Illustrated Book of Tarot
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List Price: CDN$ 13.55
Price: CDN$ 12.33
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Please remove the review I wrote entitled “An excellent value for the money” for the Lyle tarot set. I looked and looked and cannot find another way to contact you.
Martha McCulloch
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This is an odd pairing. Each by itself is well worth buying, the two certainly do not go together.
The book is by Jane Lyle, a well know tarot deck creator and author. The book uses Rider-Waite meanings and mostly illustrates the book with cards from the Rider Waite deck. She does include references to other decks and traditions and it is relatively inclusive for such a short book. I thought it was excellent.The cards do not match the book, being a Marseille set. The cards are not named anywhere in the book or on the box that I could see. They are a photo-reproduction of the Camoin Bicentennial (Thunder Bay Press edition) printed using the original 1760 Nicolas Conver TdM woodplates. The colour scheme used for the 1960 printing was the colour scheme used in 1880. The original of this deck is virtually unattainable and the opportunity to own this deck at such a reasonable price is unparalleled.
I thought the cards were well produced. The laminate is matte and the card stock is sturdy. There are tiny points left on the top of each card from the cutting process, however that is fairly common.
As I said, two very worthy items, but they make odd bed-fellows.
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The book is good but the cards are terrible!The art isn’t even close to that of other decks and when reading the cards it becomes difficult to tell if the wands and swords are reversed or not.If you get this set,get it for the book,not the cards.My suggestion is to get at least one other deck,if your a beginner at tarot though you need to be very careful when selecting a deck,look for one you like thats hopefully a beginner’s deck.If you buy a difficult to read tarot deck you’ll regret it…
Review by Marilyn Sullivan for The Tarot Set: The Illustrated Book of Tarot
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I had read a few reviews of Jane Lyle’s work and remembered that she was generally highly recommended. I concur. The book that accompanies this set is worth the price tag. I have plenty of books on tarot and card interpretation. This one is definitely one of the best. The focus here is simple: card meanings. There are a few spreads and some other information at the end of the book, but it is in the interpretation of the cards that the book shines. She does not go into the history of the tarot or other information that many books contain, which might be interesting but not particularly necessary. The only weakness in that area, in my view, is in the section on court cards, which was skimpy and lacked depth. Each card meaning is given in upright and reversed positions. It is also a good thing that the book is so strong, because the deck that is included isn’t the greatest. It is a Marseille deck, and the cards are cheaply made. They are usable, but that’s about it. (The pip cards in the Marseille deck, unlike many others, give no indication of the meaning of the card – one must memorize the symbolism from other sources.) They are not well colored and the cardboard is not something that will hold up. Also, I have small hands and found them hard to manage. If the cards were just a little nicer I would have given this set five stars.