Michele is a Psychic Advisor with Spiritual Guided Psychics.com and she has graciously offered this review on the Legacy Of The Divine Tarot, a Tarot Deck created by Ciro Marchetti.
The creator of the beautifully detailed Tarot of Dreams has done it again in his third and final creation aptly named Legacy of the Divine Tarot. Ciro bases his RWS style deck on an ancient civilization, who left these Tarot cards as their final legacy. The deck comes in two versions standard and special. The self-published Special edition package includes an 11.5 x 9 fully illustrated hardcover book and a 24 x 24 inch reading canvas. The size of the cards are 3.25 x 5.5 with a black border. I also received a gorgeous gilcee print of my Tarot Birth cards. The decks were mixed by hand to ensure that each deck was one of a kind and yes, that’s right no two decks are the same! the cards are large but shuffle easily and they have a wonderful matte finish.
In The mass market or standard edition the card size is approximately 2 ¾ x 4 ¾. It comes as a boxed set with a 295 page companion booklet called gateway to the Divine Tarot. The companion book is divided into three sections. The first section tells The Story of an ancient civilization the Four Kingdoms and their seers The Blind Ones. It also entails the creation of the deck. The second section is titled The Cards and it discusses card meanings with commentaries from well known Tarot experts; Ruth Ann & Wald Amberstone, James Ricklef and Leisa Refalo. Leisa also does the final section; how to read the cards, which includes several amazing spreads. The appendix is short but filled with indispensible correspondence charts.
In many decks the Majors far outshine the Minors, but in this deck each card is a beautiful fantasy landscape. The Major Arcana fully represents the Fool’s Journey, with the Fool making appearances in The Devil, Wheel and World cards. The Knights are unique featuring ornate helmets displaying elemental creatures according to their element without an actual person in the scenes. The court cards are titled King, Queen, Knight and Page. The suits are entitled Cups, Wands, Swords and Coins. The Hierophant becomes Faith and the Wheel of Fortune is called The Wheel. The beautiful Strength card (one of my favorites) is numbered VIII and Justice is numbered XI. Ciro incorporates a leopard, a tiger and the traditional Lion in his version; they look magnificent with the Amazon warrior. The Three of Swords which usually displays a heart pierced by three swords takes a different and very emotionally moving approach, showing a close-up view of a lovely distressed young woman crying as a single tear rolls over a crimson heart-shaped tattoo on her cheek. The Queen of Swords is more calculating and cool than I’ve ever seen her and the Queen of Coins is just fantastic! Each card draws you into a world of depth and symbolism that will leave you thinking about the reading for hours afterward. The Legacy deck reads marvelously and is a wonderful choice for the novice or experienced reader. There are slight variations in the two decks but, I highly recommend either one as a “MUST have” for your collection.
Many Blessings … Michele
