January 5th - Tarot Tuesday

I am very much a tarot addict. I love the look of the cards, the feel of the cards, learning the meanings of the cards. I carry at least one deck with me at all times.

Sure, many decks are based on the same ideas, which makes them more or less similar in meaning. Rider-Waite after all is the standard. But each deck has a special design, which makes them unique from all other decks. And the artists' interpretations of each card are spectacular.

A deck that I have been working with a lot lately is the Archeon Tarot by Timothy Lantz. It's a bit of a darker deck, as you can see by looking at some of the card images. The images are a bit indistinct, but in my mind, this only prompts the reader to seek their own meanings from the cards.


Looking at the High Priestess, we can see that it differs a bit from the traditional RWS card:

Some of the elements are similiar, as we can see the moon and prominent female figures. Undoubtably, the High Priestess of the Archeon deck is more moody, compelling both the reader and the seeker to look more deeply into her for a meaning. What is it that she sees in the glowing moon? What mysteries are hidden in the shadows?

As the High Priestess is both a teacher and a guide, these are things that we much discover for ourselves. The inner knowledge of which both she and the moon implies is our journey to find.