Product Description

The vivid, detailed watercolors of this 79-card deck and book set celebrate the scope of human experience in images from cultures around the world. Ten years in the making, The Wheel of Change Tarot turns the art of Tarot into a means of bringing greater richness and meaning to everyday life. In brilliant, detailed watercolors, Alexandra Genetti captures the scope of human existence, as her images from cultures around the world combine to make a deck full of archetypes for a new millennium. By remaining true to the traditional structure of the Tarot but infusing it with layers of pattern and meaning drawn equally from the natural world, Goddess-centered beliefs, traditional religions, and contemporary culture, The Wheel of Change Tarot transcends any single belief system. It triggers a realization of the deep interconnected nature of all things and of the eternal cycle of transformation, of change, that is the only constant in the world. The Wheel of Change Tarot includes many new spreads for doing sophisticated readings, a solitaire game designed to help beginners familiarize themselves with the Tarot, and guides to astrology and symbolism that will help readers develop their own philosophical system.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #961852 in Books
• Published on: 1997-10-01
• Released on: 1997-10-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 400 pages

Review
. . . more than 10 years in the making - and it was well worth the wait! -- Northwindvisions.com, May 2001

A brilliant, imaginative reconception of the traditional deck. Alexandra Genetti's interpretations are deeply thought out, ripe with both knowledge and sensitivity. Her paintings are beautiful, imaginative in conception, rich in detail, realized with great skill. I highly recommended it! -- Starhawk, Author of Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing

A rich quilt of cards that will brighten the dullest of days and bleakest of moments. -- Tarot Newsletter

Alexandra Genetti's fine Wheel of Change Tarot deck is often achingly beautiful to behold. her Symbols are well-chosen and her execution always good, sometimes great. Her book is warm and intelligent, itself a remarkable accomplishment of scholarship of the lore of Pagan folk worldwide and across time. For longtime classical readers, the Wheel of Change Tarot is stimulating and challenging. -- Diane Conn, Darling Pangaia

This deck and book and the insight with them are true gifts of the spirit. -- Pagan Review of Books, No. 2, February, 2001

Review
"A brilliant, imaginative reconception of the traditional deck. Alexandra Genetti's interpretations are deeply thought out, ripe with both knowledge and sensitivity. Her paintings are beautiful, imaginative in conception, rich in detail, realized with great skill. I highly recommended it!"
(Starhawk, author of Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing )

"A rich quilt of cards that will brighten the dullest of days and bleakest of moments."
(Tarot Newsletter )

"Alexandra Genetti's fine Wheel of Change Tarot deck is often achingly beautiful to behold. Her Symbols are well-chosen and her execution always good, sometimes great. Her book is warm and intelligent, itself a remarkable accomplishment of scholarship of the lore of Pagan folk worldwide and across time. For longtime classical readers, the Wheel of Change Tarot is stimulating and challenging."
(Diane Conn Darling, Pangaia )

"Alexandra Genetti is a wonderful artist and her dedication to the spiritual tool of Tarot is clear. This deck and book and the insight with them are true gifts of the spirit. Enjoy this deck as a gallery of delights, a divination tool and a system of personal development and learning. It works on many levels."
(Pagan Review of Books, No. 2, February, 2001 )

"The Wheel of Change Tarot was more than 10 years in the making - and it was well worth the wait!"
(Northwindvisions.com, May 2001 )

About the Author
Alexandra Genetti is an artist, astrologer, and Tarot reader. She lives with her husband and three children in Northern California.

Customer Reviews

Fabulous new deck for students of Tarot.
Genetti has created a wonderful new deck for students of Tarot. This is not another "theme" version of the Waite deck, rather, Genetti has taken a fresh look at the philosophy of Tarot to produce her deck. Vibrant colors draw the user in, and the cards are full of details which will generate new interpretations for many readings to come. The images are very diverse, drawing on many cultural, geographical, and spiritual correspondences. To allow the user more possibilities of interpretation, the pip (Ace-10's) cards have no humans in them. Court cards are identified as Prince, Princess, Knight, and Queen. For once, we have a book written by the designer of a deck which is concise rather than written in "mystic-speak". She describes her thoughts on the images, but leaves much to be intuited by the user. Genetti's deck reflects a reverence for the whole of Creation and challenges us to rediscover our connections to the natural world. . .before it's too late.

FROM: Alexandra Genetti's Number One Fan

I saw the paintings five years ago. My knees became weak - this deck MUST have been painted "just for me!" The colors! The images! With *every* sexuality, race, and spiritual discipline included!

Three *impatient* years later, the deck & excellent book were finally printed! Immediately, my readings took-on an almost surreal depth that consistantly (and utterly) blows me - and everyone for whom I read - away.

These cards are Art, with a capital "A" ... with a depth and humor that often brings joyful tears to my eyes.

Alexandra is a sweet, good-hearted, talented, knowledgeful genius! I am honored by her presence (through this deck) in my life.

Namaste, Alexandra Genetti!

What an amazing deck!
This is quite simply the nicest deck I have ever seen. And I've seen many many decks. I'm a professional card reader and this is the only deck I have in which every card speaks to me. In other decks you have a couple "uglies" or some cards that just are unpleasant. The "dark" cards in this deck like death and the tower still have power but they are beautifully rendered.
The pips are the strength of this deck. Aside from the court cards, the pips have no people pictured. There are sea shells, dijeridoos, shards of glass, apples and assorted other objects to represents cups, swords, staffs and disks.
If the style of artwork appeals to you, then get this deck. You won't be dissappointed.