Continuing with the theme of creativity (see the Creativity Spread from the other day), today’s pull from Georgie’s Magic Card Collection is The Sakki-Sakki Tarot by Monicka Clio Sakki. My copy was published in 2004 by Mpress.
5 Points About This Deck
- Artwork: So sweet, adorable, and fun, but not at all sugary. In the Little White Book (LWB), Sakki says that “the artwork has been assembled from a collage of pre-existing drawings, icons, and ‘sensitive inks’”. (Had to look up sensitive inks just now … interesting.) The result is bright, diverse, amusing, colourful, and unique imagery. I like it a lot.
- Heads: At least in the Minor Arcana, sometimes there are heads on the people, sometimes no heads. It’s not meant to be macabre … but rather allows you to fill in the human details with your own imagination.
- Tarot Reading System: Though the images are unique, and tell their own readable story, the Sakki-Sakki Tarot is structured around the Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot system. For additional clarity, the LWB includes astrological and kabalistic associations for each card, and a little description of what each means.
- Extra Card: What makes the Sakki-Sakki Tarot especially aimed towards creativity is the inclusion of a 79th card in the deck … the Artist Card. Meant to be used as either a 23rd Major card, or a Significator, The Artist Card represents the Artist in all of us. It’s the part of us creating our own worlds, as well as artworks that attempt to express those worlds.
- Small Run: The Sakki-Sakki Tarot was printed as a limited run, so it may not be easy to find. At the website, it says that it’s out of print, but maybe you can find it around. If you do, I’d seriously consider getting it. It’s delightful in every way.
Oh … and not a point about the deck itself, but if you go to the Sakki-Sakki website, you can pick a card for a free one-card automated reading. I pulled more than one.