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78 friends you hold in your hand
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KAT BLACK
USA | CANADA
Touchstone TarotTM
Copyright 2009 and Trademark Kat Black | All Rights Reserved.
No part of this book or the Touchstone Tarot deck of cards,
including illustrations, may be used or reproduced in any manner whatever, including internet
usage, without written permission from Kunati Inc., except brief quotations or use of images
embodied in critical reviews. This book is a component of a boxed set, including 200-page
book and 78-card Tarot deck, plus two special cards.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Black, Kat.
Touchstone tarot / [written and illustrated by Kat Black]. -- 1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-60164-190-8
1. Tarot. 2. Art, Baroque--Miscellanea. 3. Art,
Renaissance--Miscellanea. I. Title.
BF1879.T2B53 2009
133.3’2424--dc22
2008049186
FIRST EDITION
ISBN 978-1-60164-190-8
Printed in China
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Packaging and booklet designed by Kam Wai Yu | Persona Corp.
http://www.personaco.com
Written and Illustrated by Kat Black
http://touchstonetarot.com
Kunati is a trademark owned by Kunati Inc.
Touchstone Tarot is a trademark owned by Kat Black.
USA | CANADA
Review
I don’t want to discuss how the Touchstone Tarot
fits my hand, or the symbolism, or the colors and the
clothing.
I want to briefly discuss the images.
I know these people. I know each and every one of
them. So do you. We work and play with them, we went
to school with them; like the man in the Five of Cups,
he sat at the next table when we were out to dinner the
other night, and spent the whole night making the waiter
miserable.
Since we identify with these people, the Touchstone
Tarot may be one of the most accessible decks to date. We
don’t have to think about meanings, or refer to a weighty
tome telling us what the cards mean—the figures in the
cards tell us everything we need to know.
Where many decks go into the minutiae of symbolism,
Kat Black took the faces and hands of ordinary people,
and posed them in Baroque and Renaissance costumes,
allowing the personas to shine through and provide us
with meaning.
Look at the Page of Coins. This looks exactly like
Adam, my best friend’s son. Look at the expression on
his face; this is Adam right after Cookie told him he’d
have to get a job when he went back to college.
As I thumb through the cards, I can identify my whole
circle of friends, past and present, I invite you to do the
same. —Dan Pelletier
n Dan Pelletier has been reading Tarot for himself and others
for over thirty years. Dan is also co-owner of The Tarot Garden, a
highly respected resource for tarot decks and related information
on the Internet. He has written articles appearing on the Tarot for
Life website newsletter, Seeker’s Journey, TheTarotSchool.com,
and Tarot Passages, and he has published interviews with deck
creators on the tarotgarden.com website library.
Review
The Touchstone Tarot (by Kat Black, of Golden
Tarot fame) is a traditional 78-card deck, digitally
collaged from the works of European masters of the
Renaissance and Baroque periods. Stunning costumes
and backgrounds are accompanied by modern-looking
faces. Kat uses the tagline: 78 friends that you hold
in your hand, indicating that this deck deals not with
esoteric symbolism and hidden secrets, but with real
people who want to sit down, have a chat with us and
offer advice and support.
The structure of this deck is traditional: the Major
Arcana carry traditional titles, with Strength as VIII and
Justice as XI. The suits are Wands, Cups, Swords, and
Coins; the Court Cards are entitled Page, Knight, Queen
and King. Each of the Pages is depicted as a student, in
black cap and gown, per the era reflected in the cards.
The Knights are all shown standing, while the Kings and
Queens are shown in a seated position.
The imagery in this deck reflects the heart of each
card: the Fool is shown with a flute in his hands and his
