Recipe for a Perfect Tarot Deck 1. Take any old New Age tarot deck. 2. Get rid of all the cheesy woo-woo artwork. 3. Infuse with the nostalgic spirit of Far from Heaven and Leave it to Beaver. 4. Add 78 full-colour images of Duncan Hines chocolate cake (The Devil), Jell-O moulds (The Tower), station wagons (The Chariot), Mrs. Butterworth (The Empress), Brillo Pads (Strength), and other 1950s iconography. 5. Add generous helpings of mops and brooms (wands), martini glasses (cups), silverware (swords), and china plates (pentacles). 6. Seal in attractive retro packaging. Serve with 96-page book that describes the meanings of every card in the deck - along with instructions for assembling the cards in five different layouts: the Virgin Spread, the Neapolitan Spread, the Clothesline Spread, the Dinette Spread, and the Martini Spread.
From The Publisher:
You've never seen tarot cards like these before. Imagine the celebrated "Ryder Deck" infused with the spirit of "Leave It to Beaver, and the result is "The Housewives Tarot -- a dazzling retro interpretation of a classic divination system. With illustrations of martini glasses (cups), mops and brooms (wands), Duncan Hines chocolate cake (the Devil), wood-paneled station wagons (the Chariot), bathroom scales (Judgment), and other 1950s iconography, these tarot cards can answer all of life's most challenging questions. The enclosed instruction book shows you how to interpret all 78 cards -- and describes how to assemble them using five different layouts: the Virgin Spread, the Neapolitan Spread, the Clothesline Spread, the Dinette Spread, and the Martini Spread. The secrets of "The Housewives Tarot await you!
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– Customer review on 02/06/2009
I thought these looked so cute I had to have them.
In terms of working with them I find the cardboard the cards are made of isn't as comfortable to use and shuffle etc as my Rider Waites but who knows how they'll change after a few more uses.
Tarot is an ancient art form for self-exploration, spiritual growth and divining that which is not "known".
The Housewives Tarot completely ignores this fact and proceeds to shred any semblance of respectability that has been gained by this noble pursuit, while managing to completely avoid adding anything to the (already massive) worldwide bank of knowledge and thought on this topic. It is readable and cohesive, but its "voice" tends to be curt, or maybe just vapid.
There is something of a contradiction in the combination of '50's culture and Tarot, too - it is understood that all things "esoteric" were frowned upon as being of the Devil and the worldview of the time was to fit in with the neighbours, not to break out of any mould or stereotype. Therefore, the ridiculous Housewives Tarot actually renders itself obsolete.
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