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Interview with Riccardo, part 3

July 15, 2010 by Barbara Moore 3 Comments

Here is the next question in the ongoing interview with Riccardo Minetti from Lo Scarabeo. If you missed the other two, click here and here.

Question: What is your favorite deck that you’ve worked on directly?

Riccardo: A strange question.

The one I use most often is the Etruscan Tarot. Possibly because it is the one asking less commitment on my part.

The one I gave more of myself to was the Gothic Tarot of the Vampires.

The one I want to continue with is the Manga Tarot. A new deck is been currently drawn, and it takes the intuition I worked with in the Manga to a further level. So maybe that deck is the one that most describe my contribution to Tarot.

But favorite? The Fey Tarot.

It is less mine than any of the others, as the Fey is first and foremost Mara’s (Mara Aghem is the name of the artist I worked with). And she made itspecial, alive, powerful, hopeful, happy… like no other deck I have ever seen. But mostly I felt that deck was actually important to some people.

The other decks I can live without.

Without the Fey Tarot, however, the whole Tarot world would be poorer, and narrower.

I think Riccardo raises an interesting question. What deck do you think the tarot world would be poorer without?

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Written by Barbara Moore
The tarot has been a part of Barbara Moore’s personal and professional lives for over a decade. In college, the tarot intrigued her with its marvelous blending of mythology, psychology, art, and history. Later, she served as the tarot specialist for Llewellyn Publications. Over the years, she has ...