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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 22h

Fun fact: The radical Sola-Busca design did not catch on in 1491, and Tarot would have to wait until Ettaila in 1770 for its next fully-illustrated deck. How would you interpret drawing King of Blades followed by Six of Cups?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS King of Blades and Six of Cups cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 1d

Fun fact: The first Tarot deck known to have complete illustrations on every single card was created for the Sola-Busca family wedding in 1491. How would you interpret drawing The High Priestess followed by King of Blades?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS The High Priestess and King of Blades cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 2d

Fun fact: Matching Telekiad's Major Arcana cards, Black Obsidian is traditionally viewed as an intensely protective stone, helpful in forming a shield against physical and emotional negativity, and promote strength and clarity.
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS The Chariot and The High Priestess cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 3d

Fun fact: Renaissance-era Tarot decks with Christian themed imagery were recommended by the Roman Catholic Church for assistance in the instruction of the young. How would you interpret drawing Queen of Cups with The Chariot?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Queen of Cups and The Chariot cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 4d

Fun fact: The first Renaissance-era Tarot decks were illustrated with scenes inspired by the Italian carnival parades that ushered in the Christian season of Lent. How would you interpret drawing Temperance with Queen of Cups?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Temperance and Queen of Cups cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 5d

Our goal is to match every episode of every series to its Tarot card. TNG will fill two complete 78-card decks plus a third 22-card Majors set. We're hoping to get our first TNG deck out next summer, second deck the following summer, so final set and first DS9 cards the summer after that. 🖖 😉

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 5d

Thanks! We're pretty pleased with it too. 😀

Have you seen any of our followup cards? We matched the 22 Majors one-to-one with (yes) the 22 TAS eps, mix-n-matchable with our TOS deck despite the Filmation style. But our original artist is painting TNG and DS9 now. Sneak peeks at our website. 🖖😉

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 5d

Fun fact: Renaissance-era Tarot had numbered cards with pips like playing cards. Its unsuited Major Arcana cards have always been fully illustrated. How would you interpret drawing Ten of Rods followed by Temperance?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Ten of Rods and Temperance cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 6d

Fun fact: Renaissance-era Tarot had numbered cards with pips like playing cards. Fully-illustrated decks came much later, "only" two centuries years ago. How would you interpret drawing Seven of Cups followed by Ten of Rods?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Seven of Cups and Ten of Rods cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 7d

Fun fact: Star Trek Tarot uses small symbols to represent its traditional suited esoteric associations for elemental, gender, direction, realm and season. How would you interpret drawing Queen of Rods followed by Seven of Cups?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Queen of Rods and Seven of Cups cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 8d

Fun fact: Star Trek Tarot follows the Golden Dawn’s astrological associations, with modern additions such as Neptune and Pluto plus a few other minor updates. How would you interpret drawing The Lovers followed by Queen of Rods?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS The Lovers and Queen of Rods cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 9d

Fun fact: We include esoteric association symbols on all our Tarot cards, but keep them small and easy to ignore if you don't want to use them in readings. How would you interpret drawing Queen of Blades followed by The Lovers?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Queen of Blades and The Lovers cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 10d

Fun fact: The earliest Renaissance-era Tarot decks had fully illustrated unsuited Major Arcana cards, while the rest of the deck resembled playing cards. How would you interpret drawing Judgement followed by Queen of Blades?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Judgement and Queen of Blades cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 11d

Fun fact: Tarot decks meant for playing card games often have pips on their suited cards, while unsuited Major Arcana cards have always been fully illustrated. How would you interpret drawing Eight of Coins followed by Judgement?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Eight of Coins and Judgement cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 12d

Fun fact: Tarot decks meant for playing card games often have pips on their numbered suited cards, instead of the full illustrations preferred by readers. How would you interpret drawing Knight of Cups followed by Four of Rods?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Four of Rods and Eight of Coins cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 13d

Fun fact: We chose to keep our Star Trek Tarot paintings true to their source, rather than depicting Kirk holding ten swords on the Ten of Blades card, etc. How would you interpret drawing Knight of Cups followed by Four of Rods?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Knight of Cups and Four of Rods cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 14d

We're fans like you! Our first decks were handmade with DVD framegrabs and given as gifts to friends who convinced us to make them more widely available (mumble licensing mumble printers mumble) now our first decks are out and more on the way. We love all fan decks, and hope you pursue yours! 🖖 😉

The USS Telekiad "quarters". If you see us at a fan convention, stop by and take a selfie! Unlike some photo-ops, we don't charge for pix.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 14d

We matched the 78-card Tarot deck one-to-one with the original aired 78 episodes of TOS. Then we matched the 22 Majors with the 22 Filmation episodes. Now we're working on TNG and DS9, and eyeing VOY and ENT after that. Our goal is a card for every episode, all in the same mix-n-match style. 🖖 😉

Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot TOS Death card.

Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot TAS Strength card.

Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot TNG (Set 1) The Lovers card.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 14d

Fun fact: Yes, a hundred custom glyphs, for major and minor elemental, gender, directional, astrological, suit realm and season, unsuited color and musical tone, even Hebrew and Hermetic Kabbalah Tree of Life esoteric associations.
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Five of Blades and Knight of Cups cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 15d

We already have! We matched the 22 Major Arcana cards one-to-one with the (yes) 22 Filmation episodes of Star Trek: The Animated Series. With glyphs for esoteric Tarot associations, printed on durable casino-quality cardstock, and fully licensed by CBS. See our website StarTrekTarot.com . 🖖 😉 👍

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 15d

Fun fact: The official Star Trek font does not contain esoteric Tarot association symbols, so we created a hundred custom glyphs to match its style. How would you interpret drawing The Star followed by Five of Blades?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS The Star and Five of Blades cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 16d

The right boot is propped up onto the desk, then the left boot crosses over the right boot at the ankles. The left boot (on top) goes into the left trouser leg, so the entire length of trouser visible is all left leg; the right leg is not visible at all. Hope this helps. 🖖 😉

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 16d

Fun fact: The border of our Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth includes every one of the hundred esoteric association glyphs used in our Star Trek Tarot line. How would you interpret drawing Ten of Blades followed by The Star?
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Telekiad's Star Trek Tarot, displaying its TOS Ten of Blades and The Star cards, along with a Telekiad Tarot Spread Cloth and a Telekiad Tarot Gemstone/Crystal Set.

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 16d

Keep an eye out for our upcoming cards for TNG and DS9. Sneak peeks of our work-in-progress at our website (StarTrekTarot.com). You can also sign up on our website thing and we'll email you when we release anything new. No spam, honest. 🖖 😉

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Telekiad @telekiad.com · 16d

Thanks! We're pretty pleased with our matchings too. When we first started this project, nearly half the deck's matchings fell into place almost immediately. (I mean, how can you NOT match The Wheel Of Fortune to The Guardian Of Forever?) But honestly, a fan favorite is our Ten of Coins. 🖖 😉

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