The Oxford Tarot Deck
The theme of the Oxford Tarot is the beautiful City of
Oxford in the south of England, and its fascinating
history.
As a brief aside, the history of Oxford is recorded
in its many stone buildings and statues, some of which
have been standing for almost 1000 years. The recorded history
of Oxford stretches back even further.
(For more information about the history of Oxford
we encourage you to visit this delightful
city and its museum. Also enjoy the open-top bus tour,
the "Oxford Story", and the many other museums
located in and around the city centre.)
The Oxford Tarot deck was developed in spring/summer
2007 and is illustrated using recent photographs of
Oxford.
Each image has been carefully selected to convey the essence
of the particular tarot card on which it appears. There are
no frightening images. Some are thought-provoking, some are
Oxford "interpretations" of the standard tarot
deck, such as "The Fresher" card in place of the
traditional "The Fool"
tarot card. Despite these subtle changes, the overall
meaning of each of the cards (as they appear in traditional
tarot decks) has been retained.
This Oxford themed tarot deck is likely to be of particular
interest to anyone who has a love of Oxford and at least
a passing interest in the tarot and the way in which the
tarot deals with the major archetypes of life. Viewers of
the TV Detective series Morse
(and, more recently, Lewis) may enjoy recognising many of
these images. On the other hand, residents of Oxford and
environs may have walked or driven past some of the images
depicted on the Oxford Tarot Cards many times, yet not noticed
them. Life can be like that, and this is an especially appropriate
observation when describing a tarot deck.
All of the Oxford Tarot cards (images) and card
descriptions/interpretations are copyright and are used
on this website with kind permission
of Adversold Ltd.
This enables IvyRose to offer FREE illustrated
Tarot Readings online.
We hope that you enjoy your reading
and find it helpful. For more information about this tarot
deck visit www.oxfordtarot.com
We suggest that you bookmark our FREE
Tarot Reading page so that you can
return to it easily at any time.
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