Grand Tarot Belini

CODE: PT0060

French Tarot cards

USED / Hard to Find
Extremely good condition

Authorr: Belline

Publisher: B.P. Grimaud

ISBN: NONE

State: Extremely good condition

Description: 1966 original version in French

Dimensions:
Weight 795g
Height 210mm
Width 125mm
Depth 50mm

The outer box is white with a textured pattern paper. The display case inside containing the deck is a textured gold foil box. It has a red velour lining with a red silk ribbon worked into the inside seam to lift the cards out of the case, so as to save wear and tear on the cards. On the inside of the lid printed in gold are the words,'Grand Tarot Belline'. The back of this deck has a white border with a black inset. Upon this is a geometric golden sun.

This deck is numbered 0 to 77, with the Fool being 0. The writing on the cards is in French as is the instruction booklet. There is a single text card that comes with the deck. The words in red on this card show the essential concepts for each of the Major Arcana cards. These are keywords that describe the force behind each card.

There is also the equation of the Hebrew Alphabet to its numeric value on each card. For example, the Fool is equated with the letter "Shin" and the numeric value is 300. The letter "S" at the top left corner and the number 300, both written in red, represent this. The force behind this card is "l'expiation" written also at the top, but in black. For the Magician, it is 'A' for 'Aleph' and the numeric value is 1 and then the words "la volonte", which stand for the concept of Will. For the High Priestess, it is 'B' for 'Beth' and the numeric value is 2, with the word "la science", which is the concept of Science.

You will also notice that there are astrological attributions on these cards. They are placed in different places on each card. On the Minor Arcana, a lot of the astrological signs and planets are at the top of the cards in the tittle box. But not on all of them. In the Major Arcana, the astrological signs and planets are at the bottom of the cards and, again, not on all of them.

The Pip Cards are not pictures like on the Waite deck, but the symbols obviously represent what each card is. At the top of these cards, written in red, are a capital red letter and then the numerical correlation of each card to the Hebrew alphabet, which would indicate that these are correlations to the Hebrew Alphabet. Next to this is the number of the card like 8th, 9th, 10th, etc.

You can tell the Court Cards by the pictures on them. These are very much like the Waite deck. The Pages are standing, the Knights are riding on horses, the Queens are the only females, and the Kings are sitting.