Ceccoli Tarot Deck

Fantastic deck. I was worried at first because this deck is an amalgamation of preexisting artwork that was edited into a tarot deck. Turns out that this fact does not detract from the deck at all. In fact, it gives it a magically separate quality that I find very inspiring. I love the card explanations and detail contained in the little white guidebook. It comes in a standard thin, cardboard box. Card stock quality is medium in thickness - the quality is good, they are glossy and beautiful. I've seen thicker cards but these are definitely not too thin. Guidebook - is written in several languages. Each language gets about 20 small pages. Card explanation/meanings are a few sentences long but are very detailed and descriptive. I find that it is all that I need. I have other books that go into a deeper discussion of each card but I have found that what this guidebook gives is just enough and really works for this deck. Very interesting and surprisingly deep. I'm not a stickler for packaging and I am completely satisfied with the packaging as it is, but it occurs to me that this beautiful deck, with the beautifully worded descriptions would have made a great deluxe edition in a more substantial box with a larger, decorated and expanded guidebook. I think the publishers should consider this. The author of the guidebook could bring a talented hand to the project. I am so happy that I purchased this magical little deck. I'm interested in the Nicoletta Ceccoli Oracle cards that are being published this fall. I hope the publisher sees my review and thinks about deluxe editions that would make their already wonderful products so much more special. This is a fun deck that can be used at all levels as it calls for a highly intuitive experience.

I absolutely love this tarot deck. The quality of the card stock is wonderful. The artwork is breathtaking and adds so much depth to each reading. One of my favorite things about this deck is how even the traditionally difficult cards have comforting or moving details. I don’t mind pulling the Eight of Swords as much anymore because there’s a sweet little bunny being cuddled for emotional support — such a tender touch. And the Five of Cups is so emotionally charged for me that I almost want to be the girl tenderly held by the bird. I love it so much, even though it’s not usually the card you hope to see for yourself. This deck makes every draw feel meaningful, beautiful, and deeply human. I love this deck so much, even when it calls me out. 10/10 recommend.

I have wanted this deck for quite a while and am very satisfied with my purchase. I've been learning to read tarot using tarot apps on my tablet for the past year and I wanted this to be one of my first physical decks, the other being Rider Waite. I think the images used for this deck fit well with the meanings of the Rider Waite cards, but they do have their own very unique and interesting twists and turns. Some cards are unsettling (most, actually), so I definitely don't recommend this deck to anyone who is sensitive to such things. As far as someone using this as their first deck, you should be fine since there is a small booklet included that tells what each of the cards means. The descriptions are short and sweet. It does not including instructions for how to do tarot spreads, but you can easily find those online, as well as longer card descriptions, should you need/want them. During my first attempt using them, I didn't really like the spread I had chosen and also wanted to word my question better, so I tried again. I shuffled the cards quite a bit and pulled 3 that were sticking out next to each other in the deck. The cards ended up being 0, 1 and 2. I was delighted because they were the only three sticking out of the deck in any significant way. I then did readings for others which all turned out well. The answers received did not spare feelings and were very accurate, but they weren't negative for the sake of being negative. The readings felt very honest and neutral. The cards are all very much eye candy. Even though some of the images are unsettling, the deck has a wonderful feel to it energetically. The backs of the cards have a lovely holly plant design. The box features 4 of the pictures from the deck. It's absolutely gorgeous in every way and I would highly recommend this deck.

such a beautiful and grounded deck, i recommend 100 ^-^

) Ah, I do not even know what to say, honestly. I got this deck about a week ago, and I have become addicted to it. I am crazy about Tarot cards, indeed. For me, Tarot is a Love that will never end, and lately, I have bumped into two decks that I have felt goosebumps about, one of them is the Ceccoli Deck (the other one is the Bruegel Tarot). When I saw them, I simply felt they were Must Have Decks for me. The Bruegel Deck came first, and it blew me away, then... :) A week later, this simply awesome Ceccoli Deck arrived. I do not want to persuade anyone, and I do not know who this Artist is, but I have the feeling her Art was not originally planned for Tarot cards. Yet they are unbelievable! If you want to see the possible outcome of things, present, past or future events, this deck is brilliant in 'investigations', but simply awesome in exploring the psychological background of relationships, motivations, feelings, fears, characters, I have no words for it, indeed. I have not and will not read the LWB, because these cards work for intuitive readings. I have tried them in a special way, as well, to describe characters - with one card for each person -, and so far, for me, this is the deck that has given the clearest descriptions. These cards speak for themselves. You just have to follow your intuition when you look at the cards. Yes, the imagery is weird, sometimes even scary - but these images are in us, and I am convinced that the resonances of these cards also work in the subconscious so as to help us let our fears and dark thoughts go - this Artist knows something about the human psyche, indeed! And the artwork is simply beautiful! :) So thank you, Nicoletta and Lo Scarabeo, you have made me very happy, and I do hope others will also explore the wonders of this deck, as well as Tarot cards in general. Thank you so much!

Nicoletta Ceccoli is an artist from San Marino often identified with the Lowbrow or Pop Surrealist movment. Her detailed paintings, which often feature doll-like girl-child figures, have an eerie, dreamlike quality. She is sometimes compared to Mark Ryden, an apt comparison, but her work is less in-your-face weird and I find it more appealing. Ms. Ceccoli is also an accomplished illustrator of children's books. The Nicoletta Ceccoli Tarot collects some of her artwork and puts them on 78 Tarot cards. The developers have tried to find images that line up with traditional meanings, and have been mostly successful. The paintings have to be cropped and sometimes, the objects repositioned to fit into the rectangle of each Tarot card. Sometimes we are looking at a detail from a larger canvas. But what a delightful, weird, fascinating, evocative collection of images! Her world is populated by female doll-like and other symbols of childhood: toys, candy, cakes, cute anthroporophic animals, winged fairies. She likes murky grays but sometimes gives us a splash of baby-pink or baby-blue. An air of melancholy pervades her dreamscapes. A big cloth bunny menaces a pair of dolls, who cower behind a stack of blocks for safety. A warrior princess astride a toy giraffe-thing slays a monster with a lance. A blonde long-haired girl hugs a crimson salamander to her chest. A dark-haired girl lifts her skirt, and out runs a bull. Another girl balances on a tightrope from one skyscraper to another. A tutu'd ballerina sits in a chair, posing with a swan in her lap. A girl runs fast through a forest of lollipops, chased by a toy insect. Most of the pictures are not close to their Rider-Waite-Smith counterparts, and is not recommended for those who demand a close RWS derivative. But for those who favor and intutive reading style and are willing to step into Nicoletta Ceccoli's wild, weird, wonderful world, it might be just your thing.

These are, hands down, my favorite tarot cards. The artwork is just amazing. I fell in love with the art upon seeing the limited images that are part of the product description, however I was completely blown away one they arrived and I was able to go through them one by one. The cards are very sturdy, & I predict they will age/wear very nicely. Both maintaining their sturdiness & the clearness of the imagery, but also showing signs of wear/age as they’re used over time. Because they’re not plastic, but are coated. My new favorite tarot deck.

this tarot deck is literally the best tarot deck i’ve ever had. it connects with me so deeply and it’s so accurate! i see some ppl complaining about the art but i personally love and adore the art. the artist is absolutely incredible and some ppl are just sensitive af lol. the card quality isn’t the best, however it definitely is NOT the worst i’ve dealt with. it does do what it’s supposed to do and shuffles nicely! although these cards are wonderful, i don’t recommend them for beginners because the book that comes with it isn’t that helpful, and the cards can be considered complicated to some. however, if you’re up for a challenge go for it! 10/10 <3