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[Help] Are there any sources for complete images from Tarot decks?

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Wiccan_of_Oz

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I hope this is the right place for the question. I am looking for a site with medium quality images of ALL of the cards from Tarot decks. Does such a resource exist?

Scanning cards is fairly laborious. You can place multiple cards on a flatbed but have to separate them to separate images then rotate them to be precisely upright. Publishers of course have high resolution originals but don't seem to sell them. I sometimes also download old public domain art from M<useum sites and Wiki Commons, but they don't have recent copyrighted material (I'm not sure if the Rider-Waite and Thoth are out of copyright now).
 
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Wiccan_of_Oz said:
I hope this is the right place for the question. I am looking for a site with medium quality images of ALL of the cards from Tarot decks. Does such a resource exist?

Scanning cards is fairly laborious. You can place multiple cards on a flatbed but have to separate them to separate images then rotate them to be precisely upright. Publishers of course have high resolution originals but don't seem to sell them. I sometimes also download old public domain art from M<useum sites and Wiki Commons, but they don't have recent copyrighted material (I'm not sure if the Rider-Waite and Thoth are out of copyright now).
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You can go to a search engine like Bing, google the image of each card on "Images" and copy like you would any other image. Save to Word. Slightly laborious, but maybe 20 seconds per card, I'm guessing.
 
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Wiccan_of_Oz said:
I hope this is the right place for the question. I am looking for a site with medium quality images of ALL of the cards from Tarot decks. Does such a resource exist?

Scanning cards is fairly laborious. You can place multiple cards on a flatbed but have to separate them to separate images then rotate them to be precisely upright. Publishers of course have high resolution originals but don't seem to sell them. I sometimes also download old public domain art from M<useum sites and Wiki Commons, but they don't have recent copyrighted material (I'm not sure if the Rider-Waite and Thoth are out of copyright now).
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I don't think that such site exists. Older decks tend to be online on various places, some decks are released for free, (for example The Atom Bomb Tarot) some were not scanned and shared yet.
There is online encyclopedia of tarot decks, but that one has only few card examples. Is there specific tarot deck that you seek?
 
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When I decided to become a student of the Tarot, I decided that I would pick 1 deck and never use another (Mainly to increase my odds of mastering the subject). My research before choosing the deck I would commit to, led me me to choose the Thoth Deck. The best answer as to why I chose this deck is best answered in the Introduction of Liber Theta (Θ) published by the College of Thelema. I dont refer to myself as a Thelemite, but I do accept the Law of Thelema being, "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law". I recognize Crowely as a Master of the subject of the Tarot, and find his system to be the most correct, compared to the 2 other main adepts on the matter (speaking ofcourse of Paul Foster Case, and A.E. Waite). I would always recommend the Thoth deck to any serious student seeking to learn, but ultimately it is a decision every individual should decide for themselves based on their knowledge of the system the tarot is based on, Qabalah.
 
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I have quite a number of decks downloaded. Unsure where I downloaded them from as I hoard quite a lot.
Any deck in particular you want to explore?
 
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