--- product_id: 7458718 title: "Ancient Italian Tarot" price: "€ 50.63" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.be/products/7458718-ancient-italian-tarot store_origin: BE region: Belgium --- # Ancient Italian Tarot **Price:** € 50.63 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Ancient Italian Tarot - **How much does it cost?** € 50.63 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.be](https://www.desertcart.be/products/7458718-ancient-italian-tarot) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description This deck marks the coming of age of Tarot in Italy. The classic design of the Marseilles decks, reinvented by an anonymous artist, exemplifies 19th-century Italian art: detailed, symbolic, and richly colored in vibrant greens, muted reds, and vivid golds. The whole, decadently costumed array of Tarot archetypes are presented here, along with delicately ornamented Marseilles style pips. The companion booklets for most Lo Scarabeo decks are in five languages: English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German. Review: Good Deck, True to Tradition - Nice cards, shuffle easily, beautifully done artwork true to the Marseille Tarot tradition. Good deck! Nothing to fault. Much to praise. Review: Gorgeous colors, this deck gives plenty of scope for intuition - I just received this deck today and I love it! I love the old-world style of drawing and the gorgeous, muted colors. I love the expressive faces and postures of the various figures. Some cards are so downright gorgeous and mystical that I could meditate on them for hours (examples: Le Stelle- the Star, and La Luna- The Moon). I like the card stock. Yes, it's a bit thin and glossy like regular playing cards, but it makes it easy to shuffle. They fit well in my hand. The design on the back of the cards features beautiful multicolored leaves and scrolls, and is reversible if you use reversed cards (I don't). The cards are almost borderless; there is just a thin line drawn around the perimeter of each card. I prefer borderless cards as it's easy to see the connections between cards without a distracting border. One of my first decks was a Marseille deck which, like this deck, did not have separate pictures for the pip cards, just the requisite number of images of that suit (e.g. 6 cups, 4 swords, etc). That bothered me as I was new to Tarot and didn't have the meanings memorized, so I put it aside. But now I'm finding I love that this deck's pip cards are not illustrated. It enables me to use my intuition without being bound to the images. Just be aware that this is how they are done. Sometimes clients don't like this as they can't relate visually to just an abstract group of symbols. For the most part, there is very little scenery on these cards, primarily the central figure and a few extra touches. There is lots of room for intuition to come into play. One thing I don't like about this deck is that the High Priestess here is "La Papessa"-- The Papess, or female Pope, wearing a beehive papal mitre. It is too similar to The "Il Papa" card (the Pope or Hierophant). I consider the High Priestess to have a very different energy from the Hierophant and wish that was depicted better here. But I know there is an old tradition behind the Papess card and I can adjust. A couple of other points: mine came in a slightly different box from the one pictured. Mine is green, with the Chariot on the front and the Empress on the back. The Little White Book gives card interpretations which are often quite different from the traditional RWS interpretations, especially for the pip cards. And finally, at the beginning of the LWB, there is a picture of a spread using 7 cards, called the "Veil" spread. However, the description for how to interpret this spread only mentions three cards! Too bad because the premise of the spread-- what is keeping the querent from seeing the truth about a situation-- interested me. I will try it with 3 cards, but I'm intrigued as to why 7 cards are pictured and wonder what THAT spread is supposed to be. Really beautiful deck. Can't stop picking this deck up and looking at it. I know it's going to be my new go-to deck! ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #180,592 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #64 in European Art History #297 in Arts & Photography Criticism #655 in Tarot | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 934 Reviews | ## Images ![Ancient Italian Tarot - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61cbO63iphL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Deck, True to Tradition *by R***I on July 9, 2025* Nice cards, shuffle easily, beautifully done artwork true to the Marseille Tarot tradition. Good deck! Nothing to fault. Much to praise. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Gorgeous colors, this deck gives plenty of scope for intuition *by G***L on November 29, 2016* I just received this deck today and I love it! I love the old-world style of drawing and the gorgeous, muted colors. I love the expressive faces and postures of the various figures. Some cards are so downright gorgeous and mystical that I could meditate on them for hours (examples: Le Stelle- the Star, and La Luna- The Moon). I like the card stock. Yes, it's a bit thin and glossy like regular playing cards, but it makes it easy to shuffle. They fit well in my hand. The design on the back of the cards features beautiful multicolored leaves and scrolls, and is reversible if you use reversed cards (I don't). The cards are almost borderless; there is just a thin line drawn around the perimeter of each card. I prefer borderless cards as it's easy to see the connections between cards without a distracting border. One of my first decks was a Marseille deck which, like this deck, did not have separate pictures for the pip cards, just the requisite number of images of that suit (e.g. 6 cups, 4 swords, etc). That bothered me as I was new to Tarot and didn't have the meanings memorized, so I put it aside. But now I'm finding I love that this deck's pip cards are not illustrated. It enables me to use my intuition without being bound to the images. Just be aware that this is how they are done. Sometimes clients don't like this as they can't relate visually to just an abstract group of symbols. For the most part, there is very little scenery on these cards, primarily the central figure and a few extra touches. There is lots of room for intuition to come into play. One thing I don't like about this deck is that the High Priestess here is "La Papessa"-- The Papess, or female Pope, wearing a beehive papal mitre. It is too similar to The "Il Papa" card (the Pope or Hierophant). I consider the High Priestess to have a very different energy from the Hierophant and wish that was depicted better here. But I know there is an old tradition behind the Papess card and I can adjust. A couple of other points: mine came in a slightly different box from the one pictured. Mine is green, with the Chariot on the front and the Empress on the back. The Little White Book gives card interpretations which are often quite different from the traditional RWS interpretations, especially for the pip cards. And finally, at the beginning of the LWB, there is a picture of a spread using 7 cards, called the "Veil" spread. However, the description for how to interpret this spread only mentions three cards! Too bad because the premise of the spread-- what is keeping the querent from seeing the truth about a situation-- interested me. I will try it with 3 cards, but I'm intrigued as to why 7 cards are pictured and wonder what THAT spread is supposed to be. Really beautiful deck. Can't stop picking this deck up and looking at it. I know it's going to be my new go-to deck! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excelente. *by C***. on January 6, 2026* Excelente. ## Frequently Bought Together - Ancient Italian Tarot - Visconti Tarot Deck (Visconti Tarot, 1) - Sola Busca Tarot: Museum Quality Kit (Sola Busca Tarot, 1) --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.be/products/7458718-ancient-italian-tarot](https://www.desertcart.be/products/7458718-ancient-italian-tarot) --- *Product available on Desertcart Belgium* *Store origin: BE* *Last updated: 2026-07-21*