Tarot of the Witches

[Judgment] [Eight of Swords] The Tarot of the Witches is based on a series of oil paintings by the Scottish artist Fergus Hall. The images are dreamlike with a surreal quality. The human figures often have large arms and shoulders, but undersized legs. Both sexes have long, black stranded hair. Animal "familiars" can be seen repeatedly, including a striped cat and black bird. The colors are bold and vivid with swords = red, cups = blue, coins = green and batons = brown. The Tarot of the Witches is the tarot deck used by Solitaire in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die. There is a separate companion book for this deck called Tarot of the Witches.

Deck
Number of
Cards
Card
Size
Copyright Card Back Design
78

22 major
56 minor

2 3/4"
x
4 1/4"
1974 [back design]

Companion Book
Title Author Size Number of
Pages
Copyright Cover
Tarot of the
Witches
Stuart R.
Kaplan
4 1/2"
x
7"
96 1973
1982
[cover]

Language of Card Titles: English

Style of Suit Cards (2-10): suit symbols

Also Included: instruction booklet, title card

Major Arcana:
Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant,
Lovers, Chariot, Strength (Card 11), Hermit, Wheel of Fortune, Justice (Card 8),
Hanged Man, Death, Temperance, Devil, Tower, Star, Moon,
Sun, Judgment, World

Suit Names: Batons (Wands), Cups, Swords, Coins (Pentacles)

Court Cards: King, Queen, Knight, Valet (Page)

SAMPLE CARD IMAGES:

[Sun] [Three of Batons] [Knight of Coins]

Reference - The Encyclopedia of Tarot: Volume 1 by Stuart Kaplan, pg 253-254


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