Rohrig Tarot Deck [Cards]

Carl W. Rohrig (Creator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1997

A fascinating synthesis of ancient archetypes, and modern, mystical images.

Product Details

• Cards
• Publisher: U.S. Games Systems (September 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157281070X
• ISBN-13: 978-1572810709
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 3.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,021,033 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Provocative Modern Tarot Deck, June 4, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Rohrig Tarot Deck (Cards)

The Rohrig deck is a large format, artistic (artwork, not photo images) deck with photo color quality. A fresh new modern approach to the tarot. It is a great deck for those familiar with runes, astrology and the hebrew alphabet...as well as those who are not. The artist has incorporated handwritten notes denoting various card meanings into the design...in German, French and English, along with "titles." There is much to see for those who care to look. A highly recommended deck for the art collector, beginning and experienced reader.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Gorgeous but somewhat limiting, August 27, 2002

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Suzanne E. Szlaius "rxsuze" (Daly City, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rohrig Tarot Deck (Cards)

This was the first deck I picked up, when first learning to read the cards. The images are so gorgeous and really "spoke" to me. I particularly liked the Emperor and the Princess of Wands cards. After working with the Rider deck to learn "the fundamentals" for about a year, I picked this deck up again to use in readings. At this point, I have 2 small complaints-I feel that the one word synopsis at the top of each card is somewhat limiting. The images are powerful enough to stand alone. Also, the racecar as the chariot really annoys me (clever, but doesn't convey much of the meaning of the chariot to me). Other than that, this is my second favorite deck (my favorite being a deck I ordered directly from Italy). The cards are somewhat oversized which makes shuffling difficult for someone with small hands (like me). The book (not the LWB, but a separate book) does not provide additional insight beyond the LWB which comes with the deck, in my opinion. I'd give this deck a 5 for aesthetic value but a 4 for ease of use in readings. Take my review for what it's worth, I'm still very much of a novice in reading the cards.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Fine Deck, May 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Rohrig Tarot Deck (Cards)

As something of a collector, I own roughly twenty tarot and oracle decks of various kinds, and of them all, the Rohring remains firmly my favorite and the only one I read from. This deck tends to produce strong reactions from people; very often the first thing they remark upon is the female nudity. It's not a deck I'd hand a five year old, but the twelve of seventy eight I counted that contain female nudes are not obscene unless the sight of a few female breasts, and painted ones at that, totally unnerves you. Of more concern is the obsessively modern imagery: the knight of wands bears a striking resemblance to James Dean, for example, and the chariot's horses have been replaced by an Indy racer. There is a page motif to most of the cards, and words in multiple languages abound. The majority of the cards have a decidedly urban fantasy, sci fi like feel to them, like something out of a trance or otherworldly journey. These traits will either do wonderful things for you or totally turn you off to the entire deck, depending on whether you love traditional imagery or long for a more modern interpretation of those themes. I love it myself, I can read intuitively from this deck without playing "Lets Look Up What Importance The Fool's Hat is Supposed to Have". My only real complaint is that all of the minor arcana cards have a title at the top--"Success" for the six of disks, for example. I generally ignore this, but many of the more dedicated tarot readers I know absolutely hate it and feel that this causes a reader to limit what the card could be meaning.