Renaissance Tarot Deck • Brian Williams Vintage '87 US Games 1st Edition OOP.

Cards have been viewed but never used and are in excellent condition. Deck is complete. Includes original Little White Book of 38 pages. Publisher: US Games ©1987. Box is in great condition. Stored in a SMOKE-FREE environment. From a private collection, selling for the original owner.

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The gods of Olympus plus other Greek and Roman deities are displayed in the Major Arcana. Classic myths are beautifully depicted in the Minor Arcana. Card titles in both English and Italian.

The Gypsy writes:

Renaissance Tarot

by Brian Williams, http://members.aol.com/tarocon/INDEX.html

published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc., 1987

traditional card titles, except Chance, Key 10 and The Angel, Key 20

eight: Justice, eleven: Strength

suits are bastoni, coppe, spade and denari

courts are fante, cavaliere, dama  and re

non-illustrated pips, captions

backs non-symmetrical


     “The Renaissance Tarot has some features that do not derive from extant decks dating from the Renaissance, but are in harmony with interests of the period.   All twelve of the deities of Olympus, and other classical gods and demi-gods, have been associated with the major arcana cards.  In the description of each card, the Greek name is given, with the Roman name in parentheses.”

     Il Matto’s companion deity is Dionysus (Bacchus), with a leopard.  Il Bagatto’s companion deity is Hermes (Mercury) with a crane.  La Papessa’s companion deity is Demeter (Ceres) with a cat.  L’Imperatrice’s companion deity is Hera (Juno) with a peacock.  L’Imperatore’s companion deity is Zeus (Jupiter) with an eagle.  Il Papa’s companion deity is Poseidon (Neptune) with a horse.  Gli Amanti’s companion deity is Aphrodite (Venus) with a pair of doves.  Il Carro’s companion deity is Ares (Mars) with a hawk.  La Giustizia’s companion deity is Athena (Minerva) with an owl.  L’Ermita’s companion deity is Hephaestus (Vulcan) with a salamander.  La Fortuna gestures before a wheel showing all the trumps.  La Forza’s companion deity is Herakles (Hercules) with a lion.  L’Impicatto’s companion deity is Prometheus with a vulture.  La Morte’s companion deity is Hades with Cerberus, the three-headed hound of hell.  La Temperanza’s companion deity is Ganymede, immortalized, for his beauty, by Zeus.  Il Diavolo’s companion deity is Pan with a goat.  La Torre’s companion deities are Icarus and Phaeton; both went too close to the Light.  La Stelle’s companion deity is Astraea with a swan.  La Luna’s companion deity is Artemis (Diana) with a dog and a stag.  Il Sole’s companion deity is Apolla with a dolphin.  L’Angelo’s companion deity is Achilles with a phoenix.  Il Mondo holds a wreath of victory on a hillside overlooking a Renaissance city-state.