Today’s pull from Georgie’s Magic Card Collection is Vanessa Tarot by Lynyrd Narciso, According to the Little White Book (LWB) that came with the deck, my copy was published back in 2006 by US Games (but it looks to still be available … and reasonably priced)
5 Points About This Deck
- Size: Vanessa Tarot is compact, or some might say small, with the cards only 6 X 10 cm (2.3 X 3.9 “) … which is a lovely size for smaller hands – easy to hold and to shuffle, and you don’t need a lot of space to lay out a spread
- Artwork: The art is sweet, sassy, chic (in a cartoony sort of way) and dare I say, ‘girly’. Yeah, it is girly, really, really girly .. and I love it! Bright cheery, and non-threatening, but not without a bite.
- Woman-centric: Going along with the really, really girly aspect of Vanessa Tarot, like the last deck I reviewed (The Muse Tarot), there are very few males pictured in this deck … even the Kings are Ladies.
- Tarot System: Vanessa Tarot pretty well follows the RWS/Golden Dawn Tarot structure, just with a modern and female twist. The medieval imagery is replaced by contemporary situations that are clear and evocative. It’s quite readable, but if you do need help with a card meaning, the LWB offers helpful descriptions of each.
- Box: You might have noticed by now that I’ve got a bit of an illogical obsession with the boxes my Tarot decks come in … they shouldn’t matter, but they kind of do. Anyway, Vanessa Tarot comes in a delightful little purple metal tin that I think was the reason I bought it in the first place all those years ago. I stand by my choice.
So … if you’re in the market for a fun, and adorable, girly-type deck, check out Vanessa Tarot. I like it a lot.