Lately, interesting tarot packs have come from Germany. One of them is Norbert Lösche's Cosmic Tarot.
It is sort of a science fiction deck, and Lösche states in his short introduction, that his intentions
are to make old knowledge accessible and understandable to as many as possible by using as few symbols as
possible. What he intends is, that people shall be able to grasp the meaning without any prior knowledge
of astrology, kabbalah etc.
Lösche's deck generally takes place in a lost- a modern- and sometimes even a future world. Several of
his drawings are nostalgic and depict reminiscences of a bygone era. Take, for example, the five of wands,
which, with an air of forgotten ages, depicts two young men fighting, Otherwise Lösche's picture world
is mingled: young modern girls are mixed with figures from the Arabian world, belly dancers, camel drivers
etc. Some cards are nearly surrealistic, like the three of swords. From the eyes of several court card
characters are beams stretching out into the universe (or is it vice versa?)
The artwork is professional and the pictures are fascinating. I quite like this deck, and I believe it
will be placed in the category of popular decks.
Lately, interesting tarot packs have come from Germany. One of them is Norbert Lösche's Cosmic Tarot.
It is sort of a science fiction deck, and Lösche states in his short introduction, that his intentions
are to make old knowledge accessible and understandable to as many as possible by using as few symbols as
possible. What he intends is, that people shall be able to grasp the meaning without any prior knowledge
of astrology, kabbalah etc.
Lösche's deck generally takes place in a lost- a modern- and sometimes even a future world. Several of
his drawings are nostalgic and depict reminiscences of a bygone era. Take, for example, the five of wands,
which, with an air of forgotten ages, depicts two young men fighting, Otherwise Lösche's picture world
is mingled: young modern girls are mixed with figures from the Arabian world, belly dancers, camel drivers
etc. Some cards are nearly surrealistic, like the three of swords. From the eyes of several court card
characters are beams stretching out into the universe (or is it vice versa?)
The artwork is professional and the pictures are fascinating. I quite like this deck, and I believe it
will be placed in the category of popular decks.
