Labyrinth Tarot by Fournier

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Labyrinth Tarot by Fournier

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An eagerly awaited deck from artist Luis Royo, who also created the Black Tarot, it draws the reader into a sublime fantasy landscape. Unlike the Black Tarot, which retrofits Royo's existing work into the Tarot format, the Labyrinth Tarot was conceived from the beginning as a Tarot. Published by Fournier. The boxed deck includes 78 cards in full color and an instruction booklet in English, Spanish and German.

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Submitted By: Tina on 05/14/2008
I Love the artwork! Its inspirational! It makes me want to become a better artist and transports me to numerous dimensions.And that is a welcome gift,(going to different dimensions ) Especially in todays messed up world.I would definatly recommend this Tarot deck,to anyone who wants more than just an ordinary; boring tarot deck.

5 of 5 Stars!

Submitted By: Stephanie Arwen - President, American Tarot Associaton on 04/19/2008
The Labryinth Tarot by Luis Royo seems to be more a way for Royo fans to get miniatures of his work. An accomplished and well known fantasy artist, Royo\'s deck is lovely to look at. As an art deck, I can recommend this one. However there are some issues with this deck that I can not get past on a personal level.

Even though the LWB (Little White Book) gives the standard meanings, the cards do not mesh with those meanings. Each suit has a color which is a common device in Tarot decks. However Royo has chosen colors that don\'t work for me. While his pentacles are gold which is a natural for Earth, when I pulled the first cup card, I had to stop to make sure I was looking at cups. With a red background, this does not say water to me. His pip cards are not pictorial. Instead they use the number of symbols per card system. The court cards are stunning examples of his art, but the elemental meanings are lost when he uses colors like red for water and has flames shooting out of the court cards various items.

The trump cards are too dark for my tastes. I tend to prefer a brighter palette. And there is a flatness to some of the cards that seems to denote the artist\'s lack of involvement with that particular card. He does use traditional symbolism along with the Hebrew letters so common to most Tarot decks. On the Moon card it is difficult to tell if he has drawn two dogs, two wolves or a wolf and a dog. I must confess that I couldn\'t determine.

I did like Royo\'s rendition of the Empress. Bare-breasted and looking off to the side, she truly captures the magnificent indifference of nature. And his Fool is intriguing wearing pointed horns. It brings to mind a cuckolded husband to me. His art work is truly amazing and for that alone, I think people will enjoy this deck.

My overall opinion is that this is a deck perfect for those who collect art decks or the art of Royo. Personally, I could never use this one as a reading deck because of the, for me, incorrect color choices and flatness of some of the trumps.

Physically, it is a small deck which will be perfect for those who do not like the larger decks.

3 of 5 Stars!

Submitted By: clikdawg on 02/02/2007
I have little to add to Susan\'s excellent review -- except to note that the weaknesses she finds in the Little White Book are more than compensated for in Royo\'s full-sized, hard-cover book version of \"The Labyrinth Tarot\".

This book is a generous 10.6 x 8.2 inches; which not only permits large, clear, and detailed renderings of the exquisite artwork, but provides plenty of room for Royo to expound in writing on the themes and symbols found in this (I think) important deck.

And those symbols definitely add to the complexity of the cards. In addition to the astrological assignations (which are in many cases different from Crowley\'s), Hebrew letters have been assigned (which also differ from the Crowley system) and can be decoded at various web-sites on Hebrew mysticism such as \"The Inner Dimension\".

Royo has also incorporated (and I believe this is a first) \"wave forms\" to indicate the sort of energy associated with a particular Major or Suit: Coins, for example, all bear a \"square wave\" or \"digital\" symbol -- on or off; zero or one; yes or no -- as do The Lovers, Temperance, and Judgement. Easy to see how that adds to the \"feel\" of the card. Swords are analog waves (abstract thought, spirit); Wands are spiked (that\'s the nature of creativity); and for Cups the symbol looks like actual rolling sea-waves (instincts, emotions, passions). Just another way of indicating visually the Earth, Air, Fire, and Water attributions of those suits, but one that I personally find very useful !

(The meanings of the wave-forms are NOT spelled out in the book; the above is my own extrapolation based on careful study -- and I think they are pretty well on target.)

In all, a rich and complex deck I turn to often; especially when my old stand-by, the Marseille, is just too filled with the bright and often overly- optimistic spirit of the Renaissance that produced it. Royo\'s no pessimist (far from it!) but his images are firmly grounded in the contemporary realities of the state of the world, and I find his shadings exceptionally conducive to thoughtful and productive meditation -- he\'s just not gonna gloss over the hard edges of life for you.

Like a lot of analysis, mine tends to obscure the fact that \"The Labyrinth Tarot\" is basically a fun, insightful, and kick-ass modern rendering that is a real pleasure to read -- just tryin\' to answer a few of Susan\'s questions, here, and tip y\'all off to the hard-cover book version; which is a definite addition to the Royo experience, and makes your readings even clearer and more exciting.

5 of 5 Stars!

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