The Elora Tarot Deck – a tarot deck review

July 18th, 2024 Comments Off on The Elora Tarot Deck – a tarot deck review

The Elora Tarot Deck

Our next pull from Georgie’s Magic Card Collection is the Elora Tarot Deck. It was curated by Shelley Carter, and published in 2013.

5 Points About This Deck

  1. Compilation Deck: The Elora Tarot is a compilation deck, ie. a deck created by multiple different artists. In this case, Shelley Carter gathered sixty-five artists from the Elora, Ontario area, to create a 78 card deck.
    I like compilations decks. Different artists bring different perspectives to the cards. Some are traditional, some completely novel, and others are somewhere in between. All those differing perspectives shake things up, forcing us to abandon by-rote interpretations, and to look a little more carefully at the actual images before us.
  2. Artwork: With 65 different artists, this deck is definitely eclectic. And I love it. From photography to ceramics, oil painting to collage, watercolour, stained glass, sculpture, computer programs … so many different mediums. (ha ha – ‘mediums’, get it?) As a little gallery of Ontario artists from 2013, it’s amazing. As a Tarot deck, it’s amazing too.
  3. Card Size: The cards in the Elora Tarot are large – about 5.5X3.5”. Though they might not be as easy to shuffle as some smaller cards might be, they give plenty of room to show off all the beautiful artwork. I’m glad they made these cards big.
    And while we’re talking about card size, I just want to mention the box the cards come in as well. It opens from the front with a velcro tab, and allows you to insert (or remove) the cards from the long side of the box, rather than the short. It might sound like a silly thing, but I really like it.
  4. 4 of Pentacles: Not to ignore the other cards in the deck (I like so many of them), but I thought I’d mention the 4 of Pentacles, aka, Quest for Stability in particular. I mention it not only because I like it, but to give a shout out to its designer, Andrew McGregor, my friend, and owner of Toronto’s fabulous metaphysical shop – The Hermit’s Lamp. (I just wrote about the shop the other day)
  5. The Happy Squirrel: Okay, so I’m going to single out one more card – The Happy Squirrel. Though not part of the original Tarot arcana, The Happy Squirrel was made famous in a Simpsons’ episode long ago (season 6, episode 19 – Lisa’s Wedding). Since then, it’s found its way into a number of Tarot decks, and I’m always happy to see it.

Love Love Love this deck … it’s gorgeous and thought provoking.

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