Tarot Decks: Tarocchi di Connessione (Connection Tarot)

Connessione is the Italian for connection or the association of ideas. So the Tarocchi di Connessione could be called the Connection Tarot. This might imply a connection between the twenty-two cards of this deck (all Major Arcana), or it might imply a connection between the reader and the Tarot. Possibly (and maybe probably) both.

This deck, created by Jessica Angiulli, is surreal, beautiful, imaginative, and powerful all at once. The cards are numbered and titled in both Italian and English, but many of them have been renamed. If you're going to use these cards in a reading, you'll have to look closely as the symbolism of each card to determine which traditional Tarot card it correspondes to. Luckily, there is an accompanying leaflet, this one written in both English and Italian (though you usually have to request the English version when ordering), to help understand the deep symbolism of this Tarot deck.

Even though many of the cards are renamed, you can still probably guess at which traditional card each on correspondes to. For example, there is a card in Tarocchi di Connessione called Conscience. This card is similar to Judgment in the Rider-Waite deck. The familiar Chariot becomes Directions. Some cards are a little more obscure, such as Cultivating and Regenerating, but you can still see the Emperor and Empress in both these Tarot cards.

Tarocchi di Connessione strives to take the reader on an emotional journey through the connected images of the Major Arcana, but these cards are not really designed to be used in a traditional Tarot reading. Instead, this deck is meant for collectors, artists, and anyone using vivid imagery for meditation and contemplating. There were only five hundred copies of this deck produced, all numbered and signed by the artist, so there is a limited supply.