Influence of the Angels Tarot by Jody Boginski Barbessi

Full 78-card tarot. The complete structure, angelically figured throughout.

Gilded presentation. Gold edges, foiled deluxe box, giftable on arrival.

184 page guidebook. Illustrated meanings and symbolism, plus two reference cards.

• Cards: 78, gilded edges; guidebook: 184 pages, illustrated
• Creator: Jody Boginski Barbessi; publisher: U.S. Games Systems
• Includes: deluxe box with gold foil, two reference cards
• SKU: DINFANG

Angels have served as messengers and guardians across the Abrahamic scriptures, folk devotion, and the Western esoteric traditions, and their meeting with tarot is a natural one: the deck's archetypes and the host's offices overlap generously, guidance, judgment, protection, and glad tidings all holding cards of their own. Boginski Barbessi's contribution is the execution, classic-inspired artwork that reads like the museum wing where the angels live, set into the full tarot structure so the deck works as a genuine reading tarot rather than an affirmation set, with the gilding and gold-foiled box doing honest devotional beauty.

Its readers are the angel-drawn of every stripe: the tarot readers who wanted their practice's celestial register, the angel-work practitioners graduating from oracles to full tarot, and the gift-givers, for whom the presentation was clearly designed, this being the deck that arrives looking like a reliquary.

1. Cleanse the deck by your custom and page the guidebook once through.
2. Read your usual spreads; the full tarot structure is standard beneath the wings.
3. Keep the two reference cards at the table while learning.
4. Let the guidebook's symbolism notes deepen repeat readings.
5. Store it in its foiled box; the presentation is part of the deck.

It reads beautifully by candlelight, which its artwork seems to expect.

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• Handcrafted Box with Floral Design, 4" x 6": a carved second home for the deck.

Is it a full tarot or an oracle?

A full 78-card tarot: the complete traditional structure with angelic figures throughout, reading interchangeably with any standard deck.

Who created it?

Jody Boginski Barbessi, whose classic-inspired artwork carries the deck, published by U.S. Games Systems.

What is in the box?

The gilded 78-card deck, a 184 page illustrated guidebook, and two quick-reference cards, in a deluxe gold-foiled box.

Is it beginner-friendly?

Yes: the guidebook carries full meanings and the reference cards keep the learning at the table.

Which traditions' angels?

The shared host: the messengers who cross scripture, folk devotion, and esoteric practice, given the tarot's 78 posts.