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Ciro Marchetti's digital art meets classical tarot symbolism in an 83-card deck. Alongside the 78 traditional cards you get a Tree of Life card and four Palace cards that visualise the environment of the court cards.
A deck that brings together dreamlike imagery and Kabbalistic structure in detailed digital art.
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Ciro Marchetti works digitally, and it shows. Where other tarot artists draw or paint, he builds images layer by layer in software. The result is hyperrealistic and theatrical at once: light falling from impossible angles, textures too detailed to be real, colours just a shade brighter than you would find in nature.
Tarot of Dreams contains 83 cards. The 78 traditional cards are supplemented with a Tree of Life card and four so-called Palace cards. Those last four show the environment in which the four court card families reside: the Palace of Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles. It is a visual reinforcement of the symbolism, not a new layer of meaning.
The imagery is dreamlike in the literal sense: shadows that stretch too long, perspectives that do not quite align, a sheen over everything as though you are looking through glass. The colours are saturated, with plenty of blue, purple and gold.
Marchetti uses Kabbalistic symbolism as structure. The Tree of Life card shows the ten Sephiroth with their connections, and that structure returns subtly in other cards. This is not a deck you grasp in one glance.
The guidebook is written by Lee Bursten and goes deeper into both the psychological and the Kabbalistic layers. Each card receives an extensive discussion, not short keywords. The booklet is thick enough to serve as a reference work.
The structure is Rider-Waite-Smith. All Minor Arcana are fully illustrated, the order and numbering are familiar. What differs is the atmosphere: this deck feels futuristic and archaic at the same time, as though you are looking at a dream about a civilisation that never existed.
The Palace cards are intended as extra context. You can lay them aside and use them to see in which 'space' a reading unfolds. Or you leave them in the deck and treat them as a variant on the traditional court cards. Both approaches work.
For a complex question, draw one of the four Palace cards first. It gives you the context: emotional (Cups), mental (Swords), creative (Wands) or material (Pentacles). Then lay the rest of your reading within that space.
This deck asks for attention. The images are so rich in detail that you keep discovering new things in them, but that also means you cannot leaf through them quickly. If you prefer to work with simple, direct symbolism, this is probably not your first choice.
The Kabbalistic layer makes the deck suitable for those who study the Tree of Life and the relationship between tarot and Kabbalah. But you do not need that knowledge to work with the cards. The images stand strong enough on their own.
Ciro Marchetti is one of the best-known digital tarot artists. His work has appeared in decks such as the Gilded Tarot and Legacy of the Divine Tarot. He combines classical symbolism with a visual style that has more in common with concept art for games or films than with traditional tarot illustrations.
Lee Bursten wrote the guidebook. He is a tarot author who emphasises psychological and symbolic depth in his texts without slipping into esoteric jargon.
What is the function of the Tree of Life card?
The Tree of Life card shows the ten Sephiroth and their connections in Kabbalah. You can use it as a meditation card or as a visual reference for the relationship between tarot and the Tree of Life. It has no fixed place in readings.
Are the Palace cards a supplement or a replacement for the court cards?
A supplement. The four Palace cards show the environment of Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles respectively. You can use them as a context card before a reading, or simply leave them in the deck.
| Uitgeverij | AGM-Urania |
| Auteur | Ciro Marchetti |
| Taal | English |
| ISBN | 9781572817579 |
| SKU | 0111-274 |
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