Tolkien Tarot

[vivdunstan]

Really pleased with the new Lord of the Rings Tarot deck that arrived today. Good thick card stock and gorgeous woodcut style designs. This isn’t something I’ve exactly got much practical use for. But as a Tolkien fan and appreciator of good design I’m delighted to have it.

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[a_cubed]

Quite pretty. Pretty is good enough utility for me.
Who is The Empress in the shots, though? Arwen? Does it give the character name or do you have to try and figure it out. The Magician and the Fool are obvious enough. Gimli for Strength? Radagast for The Hermit? Is that Galadriel as The High Priest(ess)?

[vivdunstan]

It doesn’t give the character name on the cards but the foldoutable booklet/leaflet does.

Here are some:

Fool - Frodo
Magician - Gandalf
High priestess - Galadriel
Empress - Arwen
Emperor - Aragorn
Hierophant - Elrond
Lovers - Arwen & Aragorn
Chariot - Samwise
Strength - Gimli
Hermit - Bilbo
Wheel - The Shire
Justice - Legolas
Hanged Man - Gollum
Death - Mount Doom
Temperance - Celeborn
Devil - Witch King of Angmar
Tower - Barad-dur
Star - Arwen’s Necklace
Moon - Galadriel’s Mirror
Sun - Eowyn
Judgement - Horn of Gondor
World - The Fellowship

That’s all the major arcana. Many of the minor arcana are also named characters, including Rosie, Faramir and others.

[a_cubed]

Thanks.