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‘The all new positive cards offering solutions and self help for lovers, partners, family and friend’. The Tarot of Love consists only the twenty-two + one major arcana. An additional card is featured: Soul Mates. 
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Collector's Note: The Royal Fez Moroccan Tarot deck is collated at the printing facilities of A. G. Muller & Cie, Switzerland, in the following sequence: 22 Major Arcana cards (The Fool, followed by 1 to 21) and 56 Minor Arcana cards (Pentacles, Wands Cups and Swords, King through Page and Ace through Ten). The cards shown on our website have been published in 1975. The cards are still cello-wrapped and have never been used. The box is in good condition, but shows a little wear and tear at the angles The Minor Arcana cards represent occupations, social position and status. Swords represent executives, upper class and aristocracy. Wands represent peasantry and lower class. Cups represent clergy and religious groups. Coins represent merchants, tradesmen and business class. Click "Read More" below for a detailed description of this fascinating Tarot deck created by the founder of MENSA.  Oswald Wirth was born on august 5, 1860 in Brienz, Switzerland. Around 1880 he went to Paris where he joined the army. After his military service, he worked both as an artist and accountant and got interested in the occult. He befriended the famous Italian artist and occultist Stanislas de Guaita. This friendship ultimately resulted in 1889 in the publication of the tarot deck Les 22 Arcanes du Tarot du Tarot dessinés a l’usage des initiés sur les indications de Stanislas de Guaita. (published by Georges Poirel). This was a limited edition of ca. 100 beautifully hand colored copies and is very rare. The exact quantity of this edition is somewhat unclear. It is interesting that another famous occultist from Fin de Siècle Paris, Papus, in the same period published (other)images of the cards of the major arcana of the tarot in his famous work Le Tarot des Bohémiens.  From the back of the box:
 ‘Witchcraft is the practice of natural and supernatural acts including evil power. In ancient times, the supernatural power of the witch was not always evil, but often was used for the power of prophecy. One of the most famous ancient witches was the Witch of Endon who lived in Palestine. The bible tells us that Saul, the first King of the Hebrews, consulted her before the battle with the Philistines. (I Sam. 28:7).’
- Page 1 of the instruction booklet |