| As you probably know a lot of good tarot decks in | | | | the Revelations Tarot deck is the Ace of Cups. This |
| today's world have quite a few fascinating cards. This | | | | card is set against a background of blue and purple |
| is especially true for Revelations Tarot deck where | | | | swirls. The upright image is an overflowing ornate |
| there are plenty of eye catching designs and cards. | | | | golden cup and the reversed image shows an empty |
| This is one of the decks that you need to pay real | | | | cup. If you take a closer look at the top of the stem |
| attention to, Zach Wong is incredibly talented artists | | | | on the right hand side you will a figure of a person |
| and there are a lot of small details in the cards. In this | | | | with arms held over him as if he is helping to bear |
| article we will take a closer look at the deck design | | | | the weight of the overflowing cup. The last two |
| itself and a few of the more memorable cards like | | | | cards were great example of the work the author |
| Five of Pentacles, Ace of Cups, Magician and Death. | | | | did with minors, now let's look at some of the cards |
| The Revelations Tarot kit itself comes with a | | | | from Major Arcana. |
| companion book, a black organdy bag and two | | | | Magician is probably one of the more fascinating |
| template cards used for the Seven Days and | | | | cards in the Revelations deck. This card set against a |
| Horoscope spreads. The cards themselves are | | | | bright green background to set our mood. The |
| printed on a glossy cardstock that measures 2 | | | | magician himself is depicted as a masked red robed |
| ¾" by 4 ¾". Each card face has a | | | | figure with lemnescate over his head. Magician's staff |
| ¼" white boarder that depicts a card title in | | | | is held upright and straight. The reversed version of |
| black at the bottom of the card. Overall the deck has | | | | the magician is indicating the haphazard nature of his |
| colors of great depth that has a fantasy feel to | | | | mind and powers through a crooked staff held in this |
| them; however what's very intriguing about how | | | | hand. The reversed magician is covered in purple |
| each card is designed is that if you pay attention to | | | | robes. |
| each symbol within a cart, the meaning of the card | | | | One of the most interesting cards for me is Death. In |
| will come across. Five of Pentacles is a great example | | | | the upright position, we see the Goddess Kali dancing |
| of this. | | | | within a skull. Reversed, we see the transformative |
| One of the most eye-catching cards in the | | | | quality of Death in the pose of a newborn baby |
| Revelations Tarot deck is the Five of Pentacles card. | | | | entwined in bloody tendrils - hope emerging from the |
| In the top position you can see a figure reclining over | | | | worst of situations. |
| the top pentacle. In the reverse position we see a | | | | Without any doubts I can say that the artwork in |
| figure kneeling on the pentacle. In both cases figures | | | | the Revelations Tarot deck is one of the more |
| don't look very happy and give out the appearance | | | | interesting and fascinating artworks around. As you |
| of low energy. However the part of the card that | | | | look over the wide range of cards from majors and |
| makes it memorable to me is a background of five | | | | minors we can't stop but appreciate the fine work |
| purple pentacles forming a circle. This is quite an | | | | done by Zach Wong with so many different cards. |
| original design. | | | | This tarot deck is probably simply worth having |
| One of the cards with the most powerful images in | | | | because of the art work itself. |