Postmodern Decks Beginning With N-R
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Native American Tarot. Magda Weck Gonzalez and illustrated by J. A. Gonzalez. 1988 US Games Systems.



Magda Weck Gonzalez and illustrated by J. A. Gonzalez. Star Spider Speaks: The Teachings of the Native American Tarot. 1992: US Games Systems. OOP. ISBN: 0880793694
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Native American
- Magda Weck Gonzalez
- David Roell's Review
- Joan Bunning
- Aeclectic Tarot - 3 stars
- Native American Tarot Deck Flipthrough by Earth Love Posh
- UNBOXING: Native American Tarot Deck by Wild Raven Tarot
Nigel Jackson Tarot. Nigel Jackson. 2000 Llewellyn Publications. Rereleased in 2004 as Medieval Enchantment: The Nigel Jackson Tarot - I acquired this deck for its lovely pastel illustration style. Wands=Air, Swords=Fire. The images hark back to the early renaissance handpainted decks and blend elements from those older decks with scenic elements from RWS in many cases. Nigel Jackson's expertise is in the older strains of Renaissance Magick, rather than the syncretic system of the Golden Dawn. He is featured on Christopher Warnock's Renaissance Astrology site. Hauntingly beautiful ethereal and delicate art. One of my all-time favorite decks.


- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Rider Waite Art Twist Decks
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Elvish and Fae
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - SCA Period
- Nigel Jackson Talisman Images
- David Roell's Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 4 stars
- Joan Bunning
- The Rose Tarot VS The Nigel Jackson Tarot - Side By Side Comparison by Anne Ti
Tarot of Northern Shadows. Sylvia Gainsford and Howard Rodway. 1997 AGMuller. OOP. - This deck combines Norse mythology (Rods), the Welsh Mabinogion (Cups), British Celtic and Continental legend (Swords) and Irish mythology (Discs).


Rodway, Howard. Tarot of Northern Shadows. 1998: AGM AGMuller. OOP. ISBN: 3-905219-29-8
- Sylvia P. Gainsford web site
- David Roell's Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 3 1/2 stars
- Joan Bunning
- Tarot of Northern Shadows Flip-through by Thistle Witchie
Old English. Maggie Kneen. 1997 US Games Systems. - Inspired by the Luttrell Psalter as well as old Tarots. Realize that the Luttrell Psalter had no connection to Tarot at the time of its creation, since Tarot was invented later, and in a completely different geographic area. The connection with the psalter, therefore, is providing an artistic style for the artist to emulate. While there are little scenes on the pips in addition to the arrangement of suit emblems, their relationship to traditional meanings, whether RWS (which are those described in the LWB, which is a particularly useless example of a generally useless document) or Etteilla-based, is very inconsistent. The swords suit scenes are pretty well related, but the batons simply show various agricultural scenes. The cups show different musicians and tumblers who might appear at a feast. The coins are a blend between vaguely related agricultural scenes and elements of RWS images. This is a deck I would take to Pennsic or an SCA event. It's a little early for a typical Renn Faire. At any rate, I wouldn't recommend it as a reading deck for someone uncomfortable with Marseilles-style pips, due to the inconsistency of the scenes.



Also recommended
Camille, Michael. Mirror in Parchment: The Luttrell Psalter and the Making of Medieval England OOP.
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - SCA Period
- The Luttrell Psalter 1345
- Maggie Kneen - Waterstones page
- David Roell's Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 4 stars
- Joan Bunning
- Images of entire deck at Tarot.com
- Review and Flip Through by Zoey's Tarot Revews
Tarot of the Old Path. Sylvia Gainsford and Howard Rodway. 1990 AGMuller. -



Rodway, Howard. Tarot of the Old Path. 1990: Urania Verlags. OOP. ISBN: 3-908647-17-7
- Sylvia P. Gainsford web site
- US Games Site
- Tom Tadfor Little Meet My Tarot Decks
- David Roell's Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 4 1/2 stars
- Joan Bunning
- Images of entire deck at Tarot.com
- TAROT OF THE OLD PATH - Deck Review by Ten Pentacles Tarot
Oracle Tarot. Lucy Cavendish and Melinda Pearson. 2003 Hay House. OOP. - This deck has no court cards


- Aeclectic Tarot - 2 1/2 stars
- My review at Tarot Passages (wayback)
- Review and Flip Through by Zoey's Tarot Reviews
- Top 15 Decks of Lucy Cavendish by Egyptian Mystic
The Osho Zen Tarot: The Transcendental Game of Zen. Ma Deva Padma (Susan Morgan). 1994 St Martin's Press. - The art is excellent and evocative. The cards provide a great deal of food for thought, as they reinterpret traditional meanings through the filter of Osho's spirituality. Osho is the (late) guru who was also known as Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh. The Zen here is not necessarily true Zen, at least not in the Japanese branch of Buddhism sense, as it has been stripped of all relationship to its Japanese origins. But this is the most Zen deck available that I know of, and I don't feel (other than the Master card) that it has the same failings as the human it is named after. It is an excellent exercise in Tarot knowledge to relate the Osho meanings back to traditional meanings. It is doable to some extent or another, but not always obvious.



Osho International Foundation. Osho Zen Tarot: The Transcendental Game of Zen. 1994: St Martins Press. ISBN 0-312-11733-7 (book came with deck)
Osho International Foundation. Tarot in the Spirit of Zen: The Game of Life 2003: St. Martins Press. ISBN 0312317670
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Hippie
- Osho web site
- Interview with Ma Deva Padma
- Osho and Tarot by Jeannette Roth
- David Roell's Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 5 stars
- Joan Bunning
- Osho Zen Tarot | Deep Dive Walkthrough & Review by Lisa Papez
PoMo Tarot. Brian Williams. 1994 Harper Collins. OOP. - If Morgan's Tarot captures the energy of the 1970s, this deck captures the 1990s. The suits are Bottles, Guns, TVs and Dollar Bills, and the cards are basically modified sketches of famous works of art. The book goes into the artwork the card was based on, and if you go back and find these pieces (in books or by web search) you can acquire an introductory art history education with this deck. Of course it's out of print now, so rather difficult to find.


Williams, Brian. The PoMo Tarot: A Postmodern Deck for Navigating the Next Millenium. 1994: HarperSanFrancisco. ISBN: 0-06-250965-9
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Cold War and Beyond
- Brian Williams (1958-2002)
- Tom Tadfor Little Meet My Tarot Decks
- Aeclectic Tarot - 4 stars
- Unboxing and Walk through of the PoMo Tarot by Brian Williams by Derek John Thomas
The Renaissance Tarot. Brian Williams. 1987 US Games Systems. - This is probably the most elegant and understated deck in my collection. This is a Wands=Air Swords=Fire deck based on Greco-Roman mythology and Renaissance Italian cities. The book is extremely informative on Tarot History, and is of far higher utility than most books written to accompany decks.



Williams, Brian. Renaissance Tarot Book : A Guide to the Renaissance Tarot. 1997: US Games Systems. ISBN: 088079545X
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - SCA Period
- Brian Williams (1958-2002)
- Tom Tadfor Little Meet My Tarot Decks
- David Roell's Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 5 stars
- Joan Bunning
- Tarot Decks by Brian Williams by Marilyn from Tarot Clarity
Revelations Tarot. Zach Wong. 2005 Llewellyn.


- Aeclectic Tarot - 4 stars
- My review at Tarot Passages (wayback)
- An Interview with Zach Wong by Mister Tarot
- David Roell's Review
- Revelations Tarot Flipthrough ~ Zach Wong's Beautiful Take on Reversals! by Leesa Calloway
- Revelations Tarot ~ flip through by The Healing Rose
Robin Wood Tarot. Robin Wood. 1991 Llewellyn Publications. - This deck has a positive attitude. A few cards (like the Wheel of Fortune) really leave me cold, but most are very nice. This deck is very popular among Neo-Pagans. The artwork is lively, and the mood is friendly. The symbolism usually follows Rider-Waite, except that references to Christianity are often replaced with with references to Neopaganism, and the images are made more naturalistic. The court cards mainly emphasize the element of the suit, adding cues to time of day. Many people find that the court cards from this deck really help them internalize Fire, Water, Air and Earth. However, the courts do not really show the element and subelement [counterchange] relationship or nor do they highlight the astrological attributions. Her book is both detailed and readable, and is better informed about Tarot history than I'm used to seeing in a companion book.



Wood, Robin. Robin Wood Tarot: The Book 1998: Livingtree Books; ISBN: 0965298418
Available at her web site.
used to illustrate Louis, Anthony. Tarot Plain and Simple 1996: Llewellyn; ISBN: 1567184006
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Rider Waite Close Redrawings
- The author's web site
- Interview with Robin Wood
- David Roell's Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 4 stars
- Joan Bunning
- Detailed Walkthrough: The Robin Wood Tarot by Lisa Papez
The Rock Art Tarot. Jerry Roelen. 1996 US Games Systems. OOP. - Based on petrographs and petroglyphs from desert cultures around the world; especially of the American Southwest. Like Whimsical, meanings are generally riffs off of the Rider Waite image, but since you have to know something about rock art to know what the figures are; it's not very apparent. If petroglyphs and petrographs don't speak to you, or you are turned off by the neon-bright marker coloring in, you might not like this deck.



Roelen, Jerry. Rock Art Tarot. 1996: US Games Systems. OOP. ISBN 0-88079-194-2
Also recommended - a non-mystical guidebook of symbol meanings:
Patterson, Alex. A Field Guide to Rock Art Symbols of the Greater Southwest
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Native American
- Ikonian Eye web site (about rock art)
- Review by Lady Lorelei, CTR
- Aeclectic Tarot - 2 1/2 stars
- Rock Art Tarot by Jerry Roelen (walk through) by You Asked Tarot
The Rock and Roll Tarot. Chris Paradis. 1997, 2000, 2002 Self Published OOP. - Artists and performers from the first fifty years of Rock and Roll. Suits are Voice (Wands), Muse (Cups), Guitars (Swords) and Albums (Discs).

- Rock and Roll Tarot Homepage
- Magical Omaha Review
- All Tarot Review
- Aeclectic Tarot - 3 stars
- Tarot Garden
- SoundCloud Playlist by Chris Paradis
Röhrig Tarot. Carl-W. Röhrig. 1995 Bluestar Communications. Printed in Belgium. - High style airbrush art that reminds me of something that would be seen in a magazine. There are generally chunks of spiral-bound notebook pages illustrated on the cards, and written on these are keywords (usually from Thoth) in English and German. The art, while very professional, has six cards with disembodied female breasts collaged in, and feels vaguely female-exploitative to me in general. I don't get that feeling from Cosmic Tribe, which is much more nude. Perhaps because in Cosmic Tribe, the genitalia is still attached to the person. I do find many of the cards very evocative, especially the way the Minors were handled, but in the end, the deck has a soft porn feel I find disturbing.



Carl-W. Röhrig and Francesca Marzano-Fritz. The Röhrig-Tarot Book. 1997: Bluestar Communications. ISBN 1-885394-18-7
- A Picture Is Worth 1000 Words - Cold War and Beyond
- Bluestar's website
- Carl W. Röhrig: Painter of fantastic naturalism (deck available from this site)
- Aeclectic Tarot - 4 stars
- Joan Bunning
- ROHRIG TAROT FULL FLIP THROUGH by Tarot and Oracle Card World
- 6 Tarot Decks You Should Know About by Joe Monteleone
- My least favourite tarot: The Röhrig by Tea & Tarot
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