Details of the Afro-Brazilian Tarot
Solandia's Summary: The Afro-Brazilian Tarot is dedicated to the divinities of the African Yoruban and Brazilian Candomble religions, and combines these and Santeria with the archetypes of tarot.
Creator(s):
Giuseppe Palumbo
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 78 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56
Card Size: 2.60 x 4.72 inches = 6.60cm x 12.00cm
Publisher: Published by Lo Scarabeo
2006
Deck Tradition: Mixed
Minor Arcana Style: Illustrated
Suits: Chalices, Pentacles, Swords, Wands
Major Titles: Knave, Knight, Queen, King
Strength is 11 Justice is 8
Deck Themes:
South & Central American
Card Back: Reversible
Back Design: Mirrored image of a shadowy figure against red clouds and blue sky.
Companion Material: Little white booklet.
Languages:
English
Excerpt of the
Afro-Brazilian Tarot review by Eva Yaa Asantewaa: Giuseppe Palumbo’s Major Arcana imagery is the most successful element of Alice Santana’s Afro-Brazilian Tarot, a new deck from Italian publisher Lo Scarabeo. Palumbo’s watercolor paintings reflect his background in cartoon illustration and tell their stories with bold simplicity and vigorous angularity. A hunky-looking Fool races across sloping ground that crumbles beneath him. In Temperance, a... read more.
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