Angel Tarot Cards – January 1, 1997

This deck was created by and named after the playing card company, Angel Playing Cards Co. of Japan They are most known in the US for supplying casinos with their other products, Angel 98, and Casino Angel. This is one of their Japanese consumer decks, imported by US Games Systems Inc.This deck is a Marseilles deck with some alterations, sometimes making it more in line with Rider symbolism. Yhe Minor Arcana on the other hand eschews symbolic artwork altogether and resemble standard playing card pips with Latin suits (Swords, Clubs, Cups, Coins) generally associated with tarot. Hidden in the artwork are the French suits as well, associated with card games. (Spades, Clubs, Hearts, Diamonds)Tarot is a card game as much as it is a cartomancy tool. Both ways of using it have sisterly histories together as they were introduced into new areas throughout the world and developed alongside changes to the game. Tarot is the prototype of modern day playing cards, which themselves can be used for divination in the way that tarot is used. This is my favorite deck because it blurs the lines between the two purposes leading to a more meaningful experience in both.

This deck is a good start for the beginner whom wants to learn both playing card and Tarot card reading. The symbology is very basic and easy to understand, and contains playing card suit symbols inside of the Tarot suit symbols. It's a fantastic deck for those whom want to incorporate playing card symbology and memorizing with their Tarot learning.

Love this deck. Very nice and unique. Definitely a collector’s item. Great card stock truly recommend.

This Tarot deck is absolutely beautiful, absolutely captivating and touching. The illustrations and artwork are beyond compare.....breathtaking. The meanings and understanding of the deck is quite easy to master and to have sink in. However, I have to be fair and say that I bought my deck several months ago at a metaphysical shop for $14.99. Amazon.com is a reputable, dependable company, but this price is too high, considering there will be shipping and handling costs in addition.

I have never written a bad review about anything, but I felt like I had to about this item. I have many tarot decks and just added the Angel Tarot to my collection. I am completely dissapointed in these cards. The artwork is average. The Major Arcana has pictures that somewhat explain the meaning of the card through artwork. But the whole rest of the deck is nothing more than a deck of playing cards. They show the symbol and a design with the number of that symbol on each card. No pictures to depict the meaning of each card at all! The worst thing (IMO) about these cards is that the roman numerals aren't even done the correct way! Don't waste your money on this deck of cards.

I just purchased the Angle Tarot deck. I was expecting the deck would have something to do with "angels". It had absolutly nothing to do with angels. This deck is basicly a Marseilles style deck. This means that the suit cards do not have scenes on them. They are basicly 1 cup, 2 cups, 3 cups, etc... The colors used on the cards are very dull and drab. The court cards do have an actual pictue on them. On the upper right or left corner is a symbol specifying which suit that particular court card belongs to. The majors are basicly identical to any Marseilles deck. Although I did enjoy the Devil Card (XV). The Devil is smiling in this picture and almost looks friendly. This card is pretty much the only card the sets this deck apart from any other Marseilles style deck. The pips (suits) are very basic. Although the number two card for the pentacles suit was rather attractive, the only problem was that on the S shape are the words "Manufactured by Angel Playing Cards." I was rather disappointed that the publisher would put this statement on an actual tarot card. I feel, as a professional tarot reader, that if I were giving a reading to a client and they read this statement, it would seem very unprofessional and they would not take the reading seriously. The LWB (little white book) does explain their meanings for each card. There is a rather lengthy explanation on the history of tarot itself in the beginning. I feel this was unnecessary and this space could have been used to explain this particular tarot deck better. Overall I was disappointed with this deck. I felt mislead by the title "Angel Tarot". Again this deck does not show any Angels on the cards except for the traditional Temperance Angel. In my opinion this deck is a very boring unexciting deck that I personally was unable to connect with.

マルセイユ版がお好きな方にお勧めです。通常のマルセイユ版よりは、絵が親しみやすく感じるのは、ピンクがかなり目立つ色調だからでしょうか？でも、タイトルからどのカードにも天使がついているように思ってしまう人がいるかもしれません。天使ファンの方は要注意です。あくまでも、Angelは箱のタイトルだけで、中はマルセイユ版ですよ。