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This deck is shipping as of today and the Light Grey Art Lab has released a preview video that covers the entire set: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4_BQ756rnc
I'm normally not a fan of collaborative decks, but all the art is obviously very professional and some of it very stunning. The production value looks to be rather high with lots of gilded detailing and thick cardstock.
I'm not sure how this will read as a tarot deck, but the oracle cards are intriguing. Something that struck me was that the major arcana are represented by the primary zodiac constellations (along with extras like Andromeda and Phoenix for the World.) It seems very few, if any, of the major arcana have their traditional astrological associations, but I can see at least some thought was put into these new assignments. For example, The Magician is Aries while The Emperor is Leo. That may bother some and I haven't decided if it bothers me yet.
I passed on their first deck because it seemed like a deck made for art/illustration lovers primarily, not tarot readers. I'm not a collector so I try to be cautious with what I buy and I'm still on the fence about this latest effort. It looks like they put much more thought into this deck for a tarot reading audience, so that's encouraging.
I'm normally not a fan of collaborative decks, but all the art is obviously very professional and some of it very stunning. The production value looks to be rather high with lots of gilded detailing and thick cardstock.
I'm not sure how this will read as a tarot deck, but the oracle cards are intriguing. Something that struck me was that the major arcana are represented by the primary zodiac constellations (along with extras like Andromeda and Phoenix for the World.) It seems very few, if any, of the major arcana have their traditional astrological associations, but I can see at least some thought was put into these new assignments. For example, The Magician is Aries while The Emperor is Leo. That may bother some and I haven't decided if it bothers me yet.
I passed on their first deck because it seemed like a deck made for art/illustration lovers primarily, not tarot readers. I'm not a collector so I try to be cautious with what I buy and I'm still on the fence about this latest effort. It looks like they put much more thought into this deck for a tarot reading audience, so that's encouraging.