The Tarot of Cleopatra consist of 78 beautifully designed Cards, Astrological Arcana with instructions. Size: 120x70, artwork by
Silvana Alasia. This unique Ancient Egyptian Taro Card is dedicated to the last
Egyptian queen, Cleopatra. The Tarot of Cleopatra is ancient Egyptian in theme
and appearance. The cards feature authentic-looking Egyptian style figures and
deities painted against a papyrus like background with teal colored borders.
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TAROT OF
CLEOPATRA
This unique, beautifully illustrated
Ancient Egyptian Taro Card is dedicated to the last Egyptian queen, Cleopatra.
The Tarot of Cleopatra is ancient Egyptian in theme and appearance. The cards
feature authentic-looking Egyptian style figures and deities painted against a
papyrus like background with teal colored borders.
The Cards come with a detailed prescription booklet. The meaning
of each cards are explained, for example:
MAJOR ARCANA.
0. The Fool:
Bes. Eccentric character. Strange behavior. Ambiguous in personal relationships.
A person in whom it is better not to trust.
1. The Magician: Toth.
Decisional capabilities. Imitative. Diplomacy. An able and well-prepared person.
A higher vision of life.
2. The High Priestess: Iside. Great intuitive gifts.
Concentration. Reservedness. A sense of superiority. An austere person but wise
and helpful.
3. The empress: Meskmenet. Marked intelligence. Understanding.
Maternal spirit. Capacity to emotionally support others.
4. The Emperor. Min.
Protective spirit. Sense of legality. Paternalism. Need for stability. Ability
to resolve practical problems.
5. The Hierophant: Amon. Attachment to the
family, traditionalism. Religious. Charitable spirit. Capacity for resolving
controversies.
6. The Lovers: Hathor and Horo. Union of intent Association
of people. Pact of solidarity or collaboration. A person facing a
choice.
These prescriptions of the individual cards are some of the
example what the booklet contains. It also have spread ideas.
The images
within this stunning deck represent the Egyptian divinities and the astral
spirits of the Zodiac of Denderah-figures who, according to the Egyptians, had
the power to alter human destiny.
The Cleopatra Tarot synthesizes the
religious and astrological culture of that time, reuniting the 78 Egyptian
divinities divided into groups according to their power. "
The major arcane
of the Tarot of Cleopatra are linked with 22 'superior' Ancient Egyptian
divinities, and the court cards with 16 'slightly inferior' divinities. The four
Aces are linked with the three traditional seasons of the Egyptian calendar,
plus 'the ascent of Sothis'. The 32 numbered suit cards have been matched with
32 'doyens', which are celestial divinities, associated with the zodiacal
calendar by the Egyptians. The booklet explains that these divinities, or
'monthly spirits', were shown in a bas-relief in the Temple of Denderah that
dates back to the time of Cleopatra, that illustrates a map of the ancient sky,
the zodiac, and the concept of Egyptian astrology.
Visually, the Tarot
images are placed inside a teal-blue border and appear on a papyrus-like
background, with frayed edges, for an authentic look. The colors used remind me
of ancient scrolls or friezes, as the orange-reds, blues, sludgy greens and
orange-tan skin-tones paints appear worn, smudged, or rubbed off entirely in
areas. The major arcane cards feature the individual deity in the center of the
card, while the minors are busier. They're not complete scenes as in the
Rider-Waite, nor are they pip cards, but they feature people, animals, glyphs,
and Egyptian objects in arrangement composed on the cards. The back of the tarot
show reversible designs of an Egyptian women wearing a head-dress and carrying
an ankh and a staff.
Size: 120x70
