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Pahlavi Tarot: Cartomancy Or Card Reading

Lost Persian Tarot Cards

Requirements

30-60
1-99
18+

Description


This edition comes with a PRINTED manual and document.

An alternative edition with PDF manual and document is available here:

http://www.thegamecrafter.com/games/pahlavi-tarot:-cartomancy-or-card-reading-cards-only


The Persian Pahlavi system provides devices and methods broader and more comprehensive than those in common card reading. In this system the cards have great diversity of meaning and embrace nearly every phase of life from the highest to the lowest, so that the reader will with practice be able to give a reading with as great accuracy and detail as is now possible in cartomancy.

Regarding its systematic approach of cards and rules it can be best compared to the Tarot, although being different from it. The deck was recreated based on cards that were mostly lost in time.

Overview

The following provides a brief overview of this unusal card deck, please refer to the manual for the complete instructions.

The deck features 54 cards:

  • 4 x 10 cards: Ranging from 1 to 10
  • 4 x 3 cards: Sphere, Temple and House
  • 2 cards: Apollo and Diana

These cards have various aspects, and they influence each other based on their relative position to each other. The reading is done based on these influences as well as on other factors, for example:

  • Aspects: Inquirer, Companion, Home, Wish, Future, Past
  • Qualities: Fixed, Good, Neutral, Evil
  • Spheres: Yellow: Life / Blue: Man / Red: Power / Black: Mystery

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How to spread the cards

The cards are shuffled and then spread out in a rectangle.

How to read the cards

The principal approach: In reading a given card, the next card above it is called the Ruler and acts according to its color to change or modify the meaning of the card being read, and may in turn be modified by the next card above. This second card above is called a Qualifier, and imparts its quality of Good, Neutral, or Evil to the Ruler, and thus may overcome or change the effect of a Ruler of a different quality.

The manual has to be consulted for an exact interpretation. Rules, exceptions and special constellations are explained therein.

A word of caution

Using this deck is an art and you have to partly teach this art yourself, although each card and its possible constellations are explained in detail in the guidebook.

Before buying, please download and read the provided FREE GUIDEBOOK EXTRACT (PDF). This will allow you to understand if this deck is right for you.

Contents

This deck comes in a sturdy 6.13 x 9 x 2.25 in" box and includes:

  • 54 2.75" x 4.75" Pahlavi cards printed on durable playing card stock
  • 55 page bound guidebook with general instructions, detailed comments on each card and an example reading
  • 1 Letter-sized document illustrating (a) the example reading and (b) the inheritance of qualities and colours
  • 1 free guidebook extract (PDF)

Website

This Facebook page will provide additional hints and tips in the future:

facebook.com/pahlavicartomancy

Design

Milena Sladkova designed the card deck as well as the book cover. As a passionate designer, she excels at pattern design and shares her love for arts and crafts with the world online.

Check out Milena's handmade crochet and art items on her Facebook website: facebook.com/mileocrafts

Discover Milena's inspired and unique patterns on her Red Bubble website: redbubble.com/people/milslad

Components

Component Quantity Photo
Medium Stout Box (Top And Sides Printed) 1 Medium Stout Box (Top And Sides Printed) component icon
Tarot Deck 1 deck of 54 cards Tarot Deck component icon
Digest Perfect Bound Book 1 book of 60 pages Digest Perfect Bound Book component icon
Document 1 Document component icon

Vitals

Average Rating 1 reviews
Publish Date August 03, 2021
Edition First
Department Tarot and Oracles
Tags Card Reading
More Info Pahlavi Tarot: Cartomancy Or Card Reading web site

Why buy this?

  • Original cards lost in time
  • Cards recreated by designer
  • Unusual setup of cards, spread and reading

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Notes

  • This game contains a premium upgrade called UV Coating that makes the printed components more durable.

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