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Arcanes Tarot of Marseille

Arcanes illustrated edition · 22 major arcana

The 22 Marseille figures, redrawn for today: you read them at a glance. The easiest way to start.

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The deck

Arcanes Tarot of Marseille

Arcanes illustrated edition · 22 major arcana

The Tarot of Marseille redrawn for today: the same twenty-two figures, each in its traditional place, with faces you can read at a glance, solid colors and a backdrop. The easiest way to start reading the cards.

Its history

Each figure is the one from the deck printed in Marseille in 1839 by Bernardin Suzanne: same pose, same attributes, same place. Only the drawing changes: a modern illustration made for Arcanes. For the period linework, there's our edition; for the object itself, the 1839 copy.

How the draw works

You shuffle the deck with your fingertip.

You cut wherever you like.

You pick your cards, and turn them over.

How the draw works, in full

The questions we get asked

Is the reading really free?

Yes, entirely. Drawing the cards, turning them over and reading what each one says costs nothing. The reading of the spread as a whole comes with an account — free as well, opened by a link sent to your inbox, no password.

Do I need an account to draw the cards?

No. You can draw without one. An account keeps your draw history and gives you the interpretation of the spread as a whole.

Which deck should I start with?

The Rider-Waite-Smith: its fifty-six minor arcana are illustrated with scenes, so the picture already tells you what the card means. The Tarot of Marseille is read more through its symbols, and you bring it deeper questions. The Petit Lenormand is read in sentences, for concrete questions.

Are the cards really drawn at random?

Yes. The deck is shuffled at random before your first move. Then you shuffle, cut and pick: your moves are what shift the cards. The card you turn over is the one you picked.

Where do the card images come from?

From public-domain decks, and from our own editions based on them. The Tarot of Marseille is the deck Bernardin Suzanne printed in Marseille in 1839, digitized by the French national library. You can draw from its 78 cards as they are, or from its 22 major arcana in our two editions: one with the original lines simply retraced, the other entirely redrawn. The Rider-Waite-Smith is the 1909 deck, published in London. We redrew the Petit Lenormand from a sheet engraved in Nuremberg in 1799.