--- product_id: 4258817 title: "The Gothic Tarot" price: "6941 kr" currency: ISK in_stock: true reviews_count: 8 url: https://www.desertcart.is/products/4258817-the-gothic-tarot store_origin: IS region: Iceland --- # The Gothic Tarot **Price:** 6941 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Gothic Tarot - **How much does it cost?** 6941 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.is](https://www.desertcart.is/products/4258817-the-gothic-tarot) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Gothic Tarot [Joseph Vargo, Christine Filipak, Joseph Vargo] on desertcart.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Gothic Tarot Review: Nice, gothy, spooky deck - I've been wanting this deck for awhile, and it just arrived! The artwork is perfect - dark, spooky, just as you would expect for a 'gothic' tarot. The card stock is good, thick - it is more 'cardboardy' rather than the quality you'd find in, say, a Blue Angel deck, but it is still good - not flimsy. Contrary to what other reviewers have said, the arrangement of the cards is indeed correct. The 8 for Justice and 11 for Strength is the original tarot sequence, which you'll see in the Visconti, Marseilles, as well as Thoth tarot decks. The Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) deck and Golden Dawn tarot (by Robert Wang) have these switched. So it is simply a matter of which system you prefer. The little white book (LWB) is short and succinct - there is the Celtic Cross spread as well as one by the author. There is also a companion book that you can purchase separately, "The Gothic Tarot Compendium" which goes into much more detail (I have this on order). The only suggestion for improvement I could think of is to create a large version of these cards - there are so many little details in the artwork that are hard to see in a smaller (or average) sized tarot card. Otherwise, I'm happy with my purchase and am looking forward to using this deck in my readings. Review: Fascinating deck! - I want to say right off that I am not one who gravitates to dark cards, but I was looking online and saw the Joseph Vargo Gothic Tarot. I have always enjoyed Nox Arcana’s music, so I did some research and found that it was indeed the same Joseph Vargo. I downloaded the app and was so impressed that I bought this deck. The deck is three and a quarter by five and (almost) a half. This is a different size from most cards but totally comfortable in the hands and even a little empowering. I wish more cards came in this size. Vargo’s style is sleek. All the characters are lean and strong and darkly ethereal. They make you want to be a part of that world. But they are also very accurate. Another reviewer commented that some of this art had been done before in an art book, if you read the companion compendium you see that in many cases he altered the original art to fit the tarot. I love this because it tels me Vargo sees his own work as living and not carved in stone. I have found these cards to be as accurate for me as my ‘regular’ cards and I find that very intriguing. Obviously, much forethought and work had gone into the production of these cards. Personal preferences on another edition – The Hanging Man could be a human surrounded by red eyes, as that card is very important in readings and a viewer should be connected to that card if it is read to them. The Fool could also be a human as it is the beginning of a mortal journey through enlightenment. A mortal man or woman followed by a wolf with bats (messengers) above while walking through a cemetery, one of the most frightening and inviting things to a human mortal But those are personal things. This is a good, solid deck that is not only darkly beautiful, but accurate. The little white deck is informative, but I suggest you get the compendium from Monolith Graphics to help you truly understand this deck. If you are not afraid to expand your horizons, this is a beautiful deck. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #130,873 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #180 in Fortune Telling #379 in Witchcraft Religion & Spirituality #470 in Tarot | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 470 Reviews | ## Images ![The Gothic Tarot - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61D62nzq5IL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Nice, gothy, spooky deck *by A***R on March 21, 2021* I've been wanting this deck for awhile, and it just arrived! The artwork is perfect - dark, spooky, just as you would expect for a 'gothic' tarot. The card stock is good, thick - it is more 'cardboardy' rather than the quality you'd find in, say, a Blue Angel deck, but it is still good - not flimsy. Contrary to what other reviewers have said, the arrangement of the cards is indeed correct. The 8 for Justice and 11 for Strength is the original tarot sequence, which you'll see in the Visconti, Marseilles, as well as Thoth tarot decks. The Rider-Waite-Smith (RWS) deck and Golden Dawn tarot (by Robert Wang) have these switched. So it is simply a matter of which system you prefer. The little white book (LWB) is short and succinct - there is the Celtic Cross spread as well as one by the author. There is also a companion book that you can purchase separately, "The Gothic Tarot Compendium" which goes into much more detail (I have this on order). The only suggestion for improvement I could think of is to create a large version of these cards - there are so many little details in the artwork that are hard to see in a smaller (or average) sized tarot card. Otherwise, I'm happy with my purchase and am looking forward to using this deck in my readings. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fascinating deck! *by J***S on May 18, 2015* I want to say right off that I am not one who gravitates to dark cards, but I was looking online and saw the Joseph Vargo Gothic Tarot. I have always enjoyed Nox Arcana’s music, so I did some research and found that it was indeed the same Joseph Vargo. I downloaded the app and was so impressed that I bought this deck. The deck is three and a quarter by five and (almost) a half. This is a different size from most cards but totally comfortable in the hands and even a little empowering. I wish more cards came in this size. Vargo’s style is sleek. All the characters are lean and strong and darkly ethereal. They make you want to be a part of that world. But they are also very accurate. Another reviewer commented that some of this art had been done before in an art book, if you read the companion compendium you see that in many cases he altered the original art to fit the tarot. I love this because it tels me Vargo sees his own work as living and not carved in stone. I have found these cards to be as accurate for me as my ‘regular’ cards and I find that very intriguing. Obviously, much forethought and work had gone into the production of these cards. Personal preferences on another edition – The Hanging Man could be a human surrounded by red eyes, as that card is very important in readings and a viewer should be connected to that card if it is read to them. The Fool could also be a human as it is the beginning of a mortal journey through enlightenment. A mortal man or woman followed by a wolf with bats (messengers) above while walking through a cemetery, one of the most frightening and inviting things to a human mortal But those are personal things. This is a good, solid deck that is not only darkly beautiful, but accurate. The little white deck is informative, but I suggest you get the compendium from Monolith Graphics to help you truly understand this deck. If you are not afraid to expand your horizons, this is a beautiful deck. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This deck is a wonderful deck for the novice to the professional card reader! *by T***S on September 19, 2020* I bought this deck in 2011 and it still looks great! The quality of the cardstock is very good and I have not experienced any chipping of the cards. The deck is slightly larger than a standard tarot deck allowing you to see the wonderful artwork better! Someone mentioned that Strength and Justice are reversed. The reason that Strength might be changed in place with Justice is Strength is traditionally the eleventh card and Justice the eighth, as with The Tarot de Marseille, but the influential Rider-Waite-Smith deck switched the position of these two cards in order to make them a better fit with the astrological correspondences worked out by the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, under which the eighth card is associated with Leo and the eleventh with Libra. So these types of changes do not make a deck unprofessional or unreadable. Also changed in this deck is The Hierophant to The High Priest. Changing the names of the major arcana is not unusual in tarot. For example Transition instead of Death, The Unexpected for The Tower, The Explorer instead of The Fool, or The Magician as The Alchemist. In fact many tarot experts who create decks have made these changes and others such as changing the minor arcana from wands to rods, or candles, or batons and cups changed to crystals or chalices. I have even seen the court cards changed, instead of Pages you have Princesses or instead of Knights you have Princes. I do believe it is important to be aware of the traditional meanings of the Tarot cards as they are based on time honoured ideas and archetypes that provide a broad basis for interpretation, but I also believe you should not limit yourself by subscribing to those ideas only. ## Frequently Bought Together - The Gothic Tarot - Tarot V - Tarot of the Vampires --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.is/products/4258817-the-gothic-tarot](https://www.desertcart.is/products/4258817-the-gothic-tarot) --- *Product available on Desertcart Iceland* *Store origin: IS* *Last updated: 2026-04-27*