Cartomantic
About the Deck The Fountain Tarot is a modern deck that launched on Kickstarter in 2015 and was subsequently published by Roost Books. I have the Roost Books version. It was a collaboration between artist Jonathan Saiz, who painted the cards in oil on board, author Jason Gruhl, who wrote the guide book, and designer […]
About the Deck The Visconti Modrone, also known as the Cary Yale Visconti, is one of the earliest extant tarot decks. It was originally made for the Visconti family in the 15th century. There are three partially extant decks, commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti and his son in law, Francesco Sforza, both Dukes of Milan. […]
About the Deck The Ancient Italian Tarot is a deck published by Lo Scarabeo based on a deck from Milan in 1835 known as the Soprafino. The original deck was designed by Carlo Dellarocca, and there have been several versions and revisions by different publishers. There’s a great overview of the Soprafino decks by Sherryl […]
As well as tarot, lenormand and other cartomantic systems, I practise other forms of divination. Here are some I’ve been using recently. Charm Casting I have a set of charms representing a tarot deck, using a charm for each of the major arcana cards, one for each suit and a d14 to see which specific […]
