Inversion Tarot Tin by Jody Boginski Barbessi

78 inverted cards. White-line imagery on black, the Marseille lineage in negative.

Travel tin format. Deck and 64 page booklet in a 4" x 2 3/4" protective tin.

Two spreads included. The booklet's readings, sized to the pocket practice.

• Cards: 78, black-and-white inverted imagery; booklet: 64 pages with two spreads
• Creator: Jody Boginski Barbessi; publisher: U.S. Games Systems
• Tin: approximately 4" x 2 3/4"
• SKU: DINVTART

The Tarot de Marseille is the tarot's deep lineage: the pattern of the old European decks whose imagery underlies most of what followed, austere, iconic, and beloved of readers who like their symbols undecorated. Boginski Barbessi's inversion works on that austerity directly, flipping the familiar line work to white-on-black so the eye, arriving sure it knows the Magician, has to actually look, a small optical estrangement that readers find genuinely refreshing for stale card relationships, and the night-negative aesthetic suits the shadow-work and dark-moon registers besides.

The tin is the deck's other argument: the whole practice pocket-sized, the travel reader's companion, the bag deck of the read-anywhere crowd, and the natural second deck of anyone whose full-size cards stay home. Its shelf-mate here is its creator's own Influence of the Angels, the same hand working in gold where this deck works in shadow.

1. Cleanse the deck by your custom and page the booklet once through.
2. Read your usual spreads; the Marseille structure beneath is standard.
3. Try the booklet's two spreads for the pocket-sized sittings.
4. Reach for it in the dark-moon and shadow registers; the aesthetic serves them.
5. Keep it tinned and traveling; that is its whole design.

It reads particularly well by candlelight, where the white lines float.

• Influence of the Angels Tarot by Jody Boginski Barbessi: the same creator's gilded counterpart.
• Halloween Tarot by Kipling West: the themed shelf's playful classic.
• Dark Goddess Oracle by Meiklejohn-Free and Peters: the shadow register's oracle.
• Black Chime Candles, 20 Pack: the dark-moon reading's flames.
• Green Cotton Bag, 3" x 4": a soft second pocket for the tin.

What does inversion mean here?

The imagery is printed in negative: white line work on black grounds, the Marseille lineage seen fresh by an eye that must look twice.

Is it a full tarot?

Completely: 78 cards in the traditional structure, reading interchangeably with any standard deck.

Who created it?

Jody Boginski Barbessi, also the creator of the Influence of the Angels Tarot, published by U.S. Games Systems.

What fits in the tin?

Everything: the 78-card deck and the 64 page booklet with two spreads, in a 4 by 2 3/4 inch travel tin.

Is it beginner-friendly?

Yes, with a note: the booklet covers the essentials, and readers who know the Marseille will find the inversion the deck's real conversation.