Includes original little book of instructions ©1981 55 pages. Cards have been viewed but never used and are in excellent condition. Deck is complete. Box is worn from moving and storage. Stored in a SMOKE-FREE environment. From a private collection, selling for the original owner.

The Gypsy writes:

Ravenswood Eastern Tarot

by Dirk Dykstra

published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc., 1981

traditional card titles

eight: Strength, eleven: Justice

suits are staffs, cups, swords and disks

courts are page, knight, queen and king

illustrated pips, no captions

backs non-symmetrical

     This is the one of the black and white line drawing decks which illustrate The Tarot Gypsy Tales. I love the oxymoron of simple elaborate style. This deck “successfully combines traditional Tarot symbols with decorative elements found in art of the Middle East, most specifically India and the Turkish Empire during the 18th and 19th centuries.” The LWB includes a color guide for each card.

     This Fool is a Gypsy with four aces. This Magician levitates his tools. This High Priestess clutches a scroll of hieroglyphics. This Empress plays with a parrot. This Emperor wears a turban. This Hierophant looks right, accessing left brain. These Lovers are sultan with sultana in back bend. This Chariot churns up dust. This Strength chats with her lion by a campfire. This Hermit looks askance. This Wheel has an eye for a hub. This Justice is a Gypsy with a gavel. This Hanged Man is bound like a bat. This Death is a mountain overlooking a valley. This Temperance covers chalice with palm. This Devil has four arms, fangs, and a spider pendant. This Tower disintegrates. This Star is a diorama. This Moon glows on a Gypsy rotel. This Sun smiles on a supine baby. This Judgment is heralded by Shiva. This World looks out from a palace window.