Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Samples of: Les Arcanes de L'Etoile By Philippe
Rouchier, 22 cards plus white general explanation booklet in French and
English Published by Quo Vadis, Author’s website: http://www.philippe-rouchier.com/ ‘The Arcanas of the Star’ Tarot card pack contains colour
artwork designs of the Major tarot concepts. The
figurative images are ultra modern and highly stylised and many carry an
interesting gender and conceptual ambiguity which allows deep expression of the
imagination and intuition. The cards have black backs with a yellow central
circle within a geometric design of a star.
The pack also contains a 42 page
explanatory booklet written in both French and English of traditional upright
card concepts. The card sequence is non-standard, card 8 is Justice and card 11
is Strength. There is a suggested spread of ten cards and questions are
provided to assist the reader. I used this ten card suggested spread for a
simplified and personal interpretation. Philippe Rouchier is an artistic
director and designer for cinema and TV and is a published novelist. He
specialises in producing elegant images. This is his third major arcana tarot
deck, ‘Eye of Myrrdin’ and ‘The Tarot of the Storm’ being previous major arcana
decks. Philippe Rouchier says of the tarot “For me, the answers to our questions
are not somewhere else, but in ourselves. And the tarot is a tool to help us to
understand ourselves.”
Mind Body & Soul Ezine Card Deck Review: The Power Deck - The Cards of Wisdom by Lynn V Andrews with artwork by Rob Schouten. Book and 45 cards in pack published by Jeremy P Tarcher. For personal self development rather than reading for others because 'to heal our planet we must first heal ourselves'. You are instructed to pick a card each morning for beauty, health, strength and wisdom. The booklet provides information on how to use the cards. There is also a 'sacred wheel' 6 card spread offered. Cards divide into directions and colours to represent the required energy. There is an exercise to work with fear and instructions on keeping a journal with 7 questions for guidance. A daily prayer for empowerment is provided.
Mind Body & Soul Ezine card deck review: The English Magic Tarot, boxed set of guidebook
(160 pages) plus 45 cards published by Red Wheel/Weiser £19.99. Written by Andy Letcher,
with art by Rex Van Ryn and Stephen Dooley (Rex provided the
pencil sketches and Steve the inking and colouring). Foreword by Philip
Carr-Gomm. Card size: 7cm x 12cm "It is human nature to create self-serving beliefs!"
With
this deck, we enter the time from Henry VIII to the
Restoration. We have dealings with the great minds of that time, Dr John Dee, John Aubrey
and Sir Isaac Newton.
‘The Arcanas of the Star’ Tarot card pack contains colour
artwork designs of the Major tarot concepts. The
figurative images are ultra modern and highly stylised and many carry an
interesting gender and conceptual ambiguity which allows deep expression of the
imagination and intuition. The cards have black backs with a yellow central
circle within a geometric design of a star. 
