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Santa Muerte Tarot Limited Edition Coffin Box  Review

10/9/2017

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PictureFront of the coffin box.
Lo Scarabeo is celebrating 30 years with this limited numbered edition of 1,987 copies to honor the year they were founded in Italy. The gorgeous, colorful artwork is by Fabio Listrani, artist of the Night Sun Tarot. 

LS says this limited edition is printed on the highest quality paper. It is, indeed, a thicker card stock, but it's also glossier than their standard decks. 

​At first glance, I like how the suit colors are similar to the Albano-Waite Tarot's coloration system.

​It is the RWS-style deck I read with the most and prefer to most RWS. So the suits in this familiar color palette work very well for me.

I also LOVE how the 10 of each suit is a painting of a butterfly or moth showing the culmination and completion of each level! I still need to read with it to give it a better overview, but my first impressions are very positive.

Update 11/17: I also purchased the standard edition of this deck to use for readings. As far as I can tell, it's exactly the same card stock! 

My initial impressions have stayed with me. It's really a beautiful deck! It was a joy to read with at my friends' Dia de Los Muertos celebration. Many of my sitters complimented the artwork on this deck.

I notice that the skeletons in the deck are great subjects for reflection, as they can represent literally anyone—we're all bones at our core! 

Coffin box: 7" x 4" (178mm x 102mm)
Deck: 4.75" x 2.75" (120mm x 70mm)
Book: 4.75" x 2.75" (120mm x 70mm) 128 pages on glossy paper with a few of the cards in color. English (pg. 5-54), Italian (55-68), French (69-82), Spanish (83-94), Portuguese (95-106), Russian (107-118) and Chinese (119-128).

Here are the photos of the cards.
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The Fool, Magician, High Priestess, Empress, Emperor, Hierophant, Lovers and Chariot.
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Strength, Hermit, W. Fortune, Justice, Hanged Man, S. Muerte (Death), Temperance and Devil.
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The Tower, Star, Moon, Sun, Judgement and World. Ace and 2 of Cups.
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3 through 10 of Cups
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Court cards of the Cups and Pentacles suits.
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Ace through 8 of Pentacles
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9, 10, Page, Knight, Queen and King of Pentacles. Ace and 2 of Wands.
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3 through 10 of Pentacles
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Court cards of the Wands and Swords suits.
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Ace through 8 of Swords
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9, 10, Page, Knight, Queen and King of Swords. Title card and the back of the cards.
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The 10 of each suit with butterflies and moths.
3 Comments
Chris Quirk link
1/1/2018 03:07:38 am

MANY THANKS FOR SHOWING ALL THE CARDS. GREAT COLOUR PHOTOS. IS THERE A BOOK (IN ENGLISH) YOU COULD RECOMMEND WHICH HAS A COMPREHENSIVE EXPLORATION OF SANTA MUERE'S ORIGINS AND HOW IT IS PRACTICED TODAY? ONCE AGAIN MANY THANKS

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Agustina
1/22/2019 10:20:32 am

Amazing! I just purchased the deck and I love it. I haven't used it with consultants yet.

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Patrice
2/15/2020 09:55:01 am

I would like to know is there a book out there to read the tarot cards?

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