Russian Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards and Lenormand Correspondences

 

Illustrations copyright Ciro Marchetti, K.M. Shelly & S. Touchkoff

In my previous post Russian Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards (Pasyans) Review I gave an overview of this interesting deck and system. In the course of learning them I was struck how similar some of them are to Lenormand, having the same meanings, title and position in the deck. 

Russian Gypsy Fortune Telling Cards (Pasyan) Review

 

I  recently discovered the Russian Gypsy fortune telling system (also known as Pasyan cards). It seems they are not as well know or  popular as Lenormand or Tarot in Europe hence there are very few resources in English about them.

The Problem of Pirated Tarot Decks (and what you can do to help stop it)

The issue of pirated tarot decks has come up recently in tarot forums I belong to. It's not something I've seen discussed very often in the past, but it seems to be an increasing problem and something which can ultimately affect all of us who buy tarot decks.

Using Game or Playing Cards For Tarot Readings

Have you ever thought about using cards which are not actual tarot cards to do tarot readings?