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The Tarot de la Reyne deck contained 120 cards, most of these were fully illustrated and colored. Each card contained the meaning of the card printed on the top and bottom, making the deck easy to utilize cards in the reversed position. The deck was divided into two main segments, with the first 70 cards comprising the [[Major Arcana]] and 49 cards making up the Minor Arcana. The final card, #120, had the image of Nostradamus and Queen Catherine on it with the label "Le Consultant." | The Tarot de la Reyne deck contained 120 cards, most of these were fully illustrated and colored. Each card contained the meaning of the card printed on the top and bottom, making the deck easy to utilize cards in the reversed position. The deck was divided into two main segments, with the first 70 cards comprising the [[Major Arcana]] and 49 cards making up the Minor Arcana. The final card, #120, had the image of Nostradamus and Queen Catherine on it with the label "Le Consultant." | ||
With 120 total cards, it deviated significantly from a normal [[Tarot]] deck, abandoning most of the traditional names for the cards in favor of entirely different ones. For example, the first | With 120 total cards, it deviated significantly from a normal [[Tarot]] deck, abandoning most of the traditional names for the cards in favor of entirely different ones. For example, the first card in the deck is called "The Dream" and depicts the marriage of Catherine de Medici to the King of France. | ||
Each card contained an elaborate border showing snakes slithering around the edges and a portrait of [[Nostradamus]] on the top and Queen Catherine on the bottom. | |||
It came with a lengthy guidebook, but the only known copy, currently housed in the Yale University Library, is missing many of its final pages, so the exact page count is unknown. | It came with a lengthy guidebook, but the only known copy, currently housed in the Yale University Library, is missing many of its final pages, so the exact page count is unknown. | ||
The Minor Arcana consisted of 49 cards of seven suits: | The Minor Arcana consisted of 49 cards of seven suits: | ||
* Earth | * [[earth (element)|Earth]] | ||
* Time | * Time | ||
* Air | * [[air (element)|Air]] | ||
* Conscience | * Conscience | ||
* Mystery (Sphinx) | * Mystery (Sphinx) | ||
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The Tarot de la Reyne had a very limited print run. There are only a few decks in private collections, and none of them are believed to be complete. As of October 2022, Canadian bookseller, McClosky's Antiquarian Books & Cards, possesses the only known surviving deck, but it is missing 60 cards. The deck is being offered for $5,867.21 USD. | The Tarot de la Reyne had a very limited print run. There are only a few decks in private collections, and none of them are believed to be complete. As of October 2022, Canadian bookseller, McClosky's Antiquarian Books & Cards, possesses the only known surviving deck, but it is missing 60 cards. The deck is being offered for $5,867.21 USD. | ||
==Legacy== | |||
In February 2023, the deck was revised and transformed into the [[True Oracle of Nostradamus]] by [[occultist]] [[Travis McHenry]]. | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||