Twin Peaks Tarot (Claire Maiafire)

This is the awesome Twin Peaks tarot, 78 cards with the minors fully illustrated following the classic tarot tradition with the typical Twin Peaks twist. Regarding the artwork it is one of my favourite decks, it's very detailed, vibrant and very close to the series of the same name. The world card for instance is just beyond awesome. The only big flaw of this deck is the kind of flimy cardstock so you have to be careful using this deck for readings!

The deck comes probably with my favourite version of the World Card  ever:

Blue Bird Tarot (Hesomoge)

I have to admit that I'm not the biggest manga fan on the world so I'm rather picky regarding Japanese Tarot decks. But I had to learn that not everything from Japan must be Manga in the first place. One of my first Japanese decks was the stunning Blue Bird Tarot by the artist Hesomoge. It's a major arcana only deck but offers some really fascinating artwork. Every card of this deck is a piece of art in his own right. I ordered this deck directly from the creator. I think a few decks are still available so act fast if you want a copy. Hesomoge

The deck came with some postcards, one of them showed a very cool version of the death card and I really hope that this is one of the new projects the artist is working on.

The Eye Of Myrddin (Phillipe Rouchier)

This is another obscure release from France. The Eye Of Myrddin Tarot (1994) follows a very interesting concept. Instead of the classic tarot imagery of a Raider-Waite similar decks it depicts traditional meanings with images of gateways, stairs, pillars, labyrynth and build literally a bridge to your subconciousness. The art itself is quite strange to describe it's quite surreal and dreamlike but follows a coherent concept. The deck contains of 63 carts with the minors fully illustrated. The minors are very strange too, and quite confusing they show the classic court cards but only 5 of the suits (numbers: 1, 10, 13, 5). They are not numbered but show symbols of the corresponding suits (wands, cups, swords, discs). The deck was created by a guy named Phillipe Rouchier who works in the film industry, there is a 85 page booklet included but only written in French so sadly I don't understand a thing. It would be so interesting to learn more about this interesting deck.

The Spiritual Tarot (Akira Uno)

My collection of Japanese Tarot decks is slowly growing, so far I have four decks which I really love. My newest addition just came in today. It's the fantastic Spriitual Tarot by Akira Uno. It has quite a timeless vintage feel and a specific "used" look which was intentional by the artist. It's majors only but with such a beautiful artwork that I couldn't resist. Quite hard to describe the style of the deck it reminds me of something that could have been made in the 60s. It's quite psychedelic and I really like the washed-out color look of the cards.

Stella Tarot (Claire Lamotte)

That's the cute Stella tarot a handdrawn take on the classic Marseilles deck. I like the simple style of the cards and sparse use of color that gives it that certain "naive" innocent touch. It's a majors only oversized collector's deck.

Trionfi della Luna Tarot (Patrick Valenza)

This is kind of the "sister deck" to the quite popular Deviant Moon tarot created by Patrick Valenza. If you look closely both decks share quite a common style where the Luna Tarot follows a more classic handdrawn style which gives it that ancient look. It really looks like a medieval deck and style wise closer to the tarot of Marseilles. The imagery is very colorful, slightly bizzare and comes with a twist here and there. It's one of my favourite decks of alltime and I really wish that it will become a fully 78 cards deck.

Tarot of the Tree Women (Beth Seilonen)

That's quite a little strange deck. Very minimalistic in style but it has something that I found quite appealing. I bought this a few month before directly from the creator of the deck Beth Seilonen on Etsy. I like tarot decks which have a coherent style and this is really a beautiful piece of art. I'd describe the style as a very minimalistic kind of art neauveaux. The imagery is quite abstract but gives little hints of the traditional tarot meaning like a little keyword on the bottom left corner. This deck ist strictly limited to only 25 copies!