Color Your Own Tarot [Cards]

Doria Columbia (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 31, 2006

A personalized tarot deck can foretell a bright future.

An ideal purchase for anyone who has ever wished to get a peek into the future, the Rider-Waite-Smith deck has established itself throughout the years as the most popular type of tarot pack. With the handsomely packaged Color Your Own Tarot kit, readers will at last be able to customize their very own tarot set, based on the Rider-Waite-Smith designs, by using the included colored pencils. These truly gorgeous cards give tarot enthusiasts the unique opportunity to personalize seventy-eight new and original illustrations by artist Echo Chernik. The sixty-four-page book included in the kit explains the different ways to read the cards, as well as the basic meanings behind major and minor arcana. This kit allows anyone to add a creative touch to a beautiful mystical tradition.

KIT INCLUDES: 78-card black-and-white tarot deck, 6 colored pencils, and a 64-page book

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About the Author

Diora Columbia is a professional writer and longtime practitioner of the tarot.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Cards: 64 pages
• Publisher: Chamberlain Bros. (January 31, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1596091703
• ISBN-13: 978-1596091702
• Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 7 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,392,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Tarot Deck, November 1, 2006

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Gregory Holmes "DeCoteau Fan" - See all my reviews
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I didn't expect much when I bought this but it turned out to be a very pleasent suprise. I've read and studied the Tarot for more than 20 years and have more than 50 decks in my collection but I had never colored a deck before. This is a really excellent deck that stays firmly in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition. The artwork is a bit simplified from the Smith drawings but I suppose that is to make it easier to color. The deck comes with a short book and six colored pencils. You will want to go and buy a quality set of pencils before you go to work on the deck. I ended up using over 70 different colors on mine. I believe I learned more about the Tarot while coloring these cards than in the past 20 years of studying books and doing readings. There is something very intimate and wonderful about bringing the cards to life by coloring them yourself. Don't let the simple looking line drawings fool you. The cards truly do come alive when they are colored. The artwork becomes amazing when thoughtfully colored in. Don't rush them and carefully consider your color schemes. Use the book for color guidance. I also found it helpful to look at some of my other decks in the Waite-Smith tradition for help with choosing colors. This is not perhaps, the best deck for persons who have never studied the Tarot before but if you are already familiar with the cards, especially those in the Rider-Waite-Smith tradition, this spectacular deck is sure to give you a lifetime of enjoyment. I can't say enough good things about it. I truly love it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, December 2, 2010

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Heather Love "princess random" (Coopersville, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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The idea of a color your own tarot deck was very appealing, but the deck itself is very disappointing. The cardstock is cheap and doesn't color well with crayon, marker, or colored pencil. My deck looked like an elementary art project rather than an adult's useful divination tool.

It also has blatant Christian symbolism (crosses, doves, etc) that was not indicated in the description. Some may find this appealing, I did not.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Nice, April 27, 2007

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Danubian Swan - See all my reviews

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Nice color your own tarot deck. I really liked more the famine images and some of the major arcana. Some of the images especially with males very a bit too modern looking for me.