In which Kippur is mildly confused...

[kippurbird]

A friend of mine is running an astrology birth chart making business where he'll print your birth chart on a really nice background to hang up etc. He recently emailed me wanting to know if I'd be interested in doing a commission. The customer wants a background with Tarot cards on it

Comments

[rurounitriv]

The suit of pentacles is the suit of coins in some decks. Each suit of the tarot deck is analogous to a deck of the standard playing card deck: Pentacles/Coins are Diamonds, Wands are Clubs, Swords are Spades, Cups are Hearts. They're also related to different elements and seasons: Pentacles are Earth / Winter, Wands are Fire / Summer, Swords are Air / Spring and Cups are Water / Autumn.

There are many, MANY different types of tarot decks. http://www.tarot.com/tarot/decks/index.php has an overview of some of the variety you'd find in deck styles.

Some people make a distinction between psychic ability and magic. Tarot is believed to be a way to tap into the psychic ability of the card reader, rather than an attempt to contact spirits or whatever might care to answer.

[emily_goddess]

The Seven of Cups is pretty innocuous, at least in the deck I use. The Sun generally represents a bright future, so that would also be safe.

"I want Tarot but without all the occult stuff" is a ridiculous request. Does this person not know where the Tarot comes from?

[zephronias]

So they want the Lisa Frank Tarot deck. Huh.

[khnumscraftsman]

You could draw the 10 of cups. It has a rainbow and dancing happy children.