Fabio Listrani (Rome, Italy) is an award-winning artist who has illustrated for various international entities, including Marvel, Titan Comics, Heavy Metal, and IDW Publishing. He is also the creator of Night Sun Tarot and Santa Muerte Tarot.
Summary:
The Night Sun Tarot rises to the challenge of facilitating our
understanding of our Shadow. Through intriguing symbols, astrology,
and numerology, this deck creates a rich reading experience for
those who wish to go just a little deeper. Full Review:
Listrani says that if our Shadow, in Jungian terms, is dark, then
we require a transversal light that travels along a different
spectrum to make it possible to access the Shadow. He says this
anomalous sun, nocturnal and dark, allows us to find balance and
wholeness. The language of this "non-light," he continues, is
expressed through tarot images, symbols, and analogies, which are
capable of reflecting the world submerged in our subconscious.
Listrani asks a lot of tarot. But then, he puts a lot into his
deck, drawing from two streams. First, he has researched many
systems of wisdom, both Eastern and Western. Although, he
erroneously says this is why his deck is the first to show Death as
pregnant; this is not true. At least one deck that I know of has
done this: The Tarot of the Dead by Monica Knighton. However, that
mistake does not lessen the impact of the image of a pregnant Death
card. Second, he created a deck that is holistic and organic...that
is, the cards are linked to each other. For example, the image of
an egg repeats through the cards. In the High Priestess, it is
gestating. In the Empress, it is cracked open. In the Emperor,
there is an eagle, the result of the egg. The Hierophant is very
interesting to me, showing one of the Hierophant's students hiding
a dagger behind his back. Proctection? Fanaticism? Very
fascinating. The pips are a blend of Marseilles style and Rider
Waite Smith images, which sometimes work very and sometimes fall
flat. Astrology plays a big role in these cards and is incorporated
into each card in the border (and follow the Golden Dawn
associations). The court cards, though, are only given their
elemental designator, although it would be hard to indicate the
decans associated with the courts in a clear and easy manner. There
is a lot of information on each card, along with the astrology.
Numerology is important in this deck and the booklet includes
numerological associations. Those who are looking for a deck rich
in symbolism (and with less focus on evocative images), this
intriguing deck, with cards designed to fit together like symbolic
puzzle pieces, will be a juicy deck to sink your teeth into. For
those who worry about such things, you should know that Justice is
VIII and Strength is XI in this deck. The booklet includes one
spread. Deck Attributes
Name of deck: Night Sun Tarot
Reviewer's Byline: Barbara Moore
Publisher: Lo Scarabeo
ISBN: 9780738745329
Creator name: Fabio Listrani
Artist name: Fabio Listrani
Name of accompanying book/booklet: Night Sun Tarot
Number of pages of book/booklet: 63; 15 in English
Does it follow Rider-Waite-Smith Standard?: Yes
Does it have extra cards? No
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