The Wheel Of Change Tarot is a completely new creation. Although it follows the ancient tradition it has many new features. This collection of 78 original watercolor paintings contains scientific, natural, historic and modern images. It is based in the broad scope of human experience and is multicultural. The underlying wheel of the year, and its cycles and seasons, form a backdrop for the varied layers of symbolism. The beautiful watercolors are full of detail and unlike most watercolors are painted in rich saturated colors, making the images vivid and exciting. The symbolic intent of the images is quite clear but because of the detail the expansion of the meaning is quite deep. 

The positive pictorial traits of the Wheel of Change Tarot give the cards a broad application to our lives. In each of the four minor suits the "face" cards - Queen, Knight, Princess and Prince - are each of a different race. The four Queens also represent the different races, as do the four Knights, etc. For example; there is a black Queen (Disks), a black Knight (Cups), a black Princess (Wands) and a black Prince (Swords). Symbolically this represents the fact that all people are made up of the various traits of the four suits: Swords -the intellect, Cups - the emotions, Wands - creativity, and Disks - the physical realm. Other multicultural Tarots generally picture one race as a single suit, thereby suggesting that the archetypal traits of a given race allow them only qualities of the one suit. 

The multiculturalism in the Wheel of Change cards extends to the numbered cards as well as to the Major Arcana. In the minor suits images from all over the planet are included. The Nine of Wands is an aboriginal scene from the continent of Australia. The eight of cups shows lotuses and the symbols from the Chinese I-Ching. There are images from Indonesia, from Europe, from Africa and from the ancient Americas. With these extensive and varied images the Wheel of Change Tarot is inclusive; it therefore brings in both the individual experience of a broad range of people and the ancient histories of these people. This Tarot covers the largest range of experience of any currently available Tarot. These cards have a broad historical period they cover, such as the Ten of Cups shows an archaeological dig in Europe based on the work of Marija Gimbutas (The Civilization of the Goddess). The Four of Swords shows the ancient burial practices of the Egyptians, with the canopic jars in which the organs of the body were placed prior to embalming. Many other images of the ancient historical and prehistorical period can also be seen in the cards. 

The Wheel of Change Tarot book contains detailed interpretations of the symbolic content of the 78 original Tarot cards, as well as general information on the five tarot suits and the uses of the deck. This information comes from world mythology, as appropriate to the particular image, and traditional symbolism as well as from Alexandra's studies of esoteric systems and of "Trans- tantric Philosophy", a brilliant overview of non-dualistic philosophies she studied while at Sonoma State University here in California in the late '70s. We are fortunate that Stanley V. McDaniel, the professor who discovered this meta-philosophy, has contributed a philosophical discussion of the Wheel of Change cards, included in the book. The book is quite rich; because the images are broad in scope and represent varied world cultures and historic periods the written work is also quite broad. 

Also included are new ways of laying out the cards in Tarot readings. These readings are more clearly focused on the individual needs of the person and the expected outcome of events. The readings are specifically focused on individual creative power and potential as a way to discover the self through the world. Though the Wheel of Change cards are unique and different they are also structured in the traditional format, making them accessible immediately to those who are already familiar with the Tarot and they can be used in the traditional manner.

AT-2017   $36.00
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