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#38 26 Sep 86 23:14:46
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From: L.A. Hussey To: All
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Subj: Tarot Deck Review
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This is a review of a deck which I am still not positive exists. I kinda
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hope it doesn't. But anyway, it's by Arthur Hlavaty of Golden APA fame, as
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part of his page in APA-Tarot, "Tickets to the Devil". Here we go:
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THE CUTENESS TAROT
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With this deck, US Games Systems may have reached the absolute nadir in its
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efforts to popularize the ancient deck. To see a Cabbage Patch Kid seated
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upon the Emperor's throne, or wearing the Hermit's robe, is to wonder if
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anything is safe from Creeping Cutification. The CPK representing
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Fortitude holds the mouth of a Hello Kitty, while the whole point of the
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Moon card is lost when both domestic dog and wolf are replaced by Pound
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Puppies. The Tower is of course a TransFormer; the lightning is turning it
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into a smiling robot, or perhaps a dump truck. As in French and Italian
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decks, Trump XIII is not named, but it clearly represents not Death, but
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Grown-upness.
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And yet I must admit that the nameless creator of this deck (the
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signature is unreadable, as all of the letters closely approximate circles;
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my guess would be that the first name is "Buffy") has a vision, of sorts,
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and is true to it. As the minor arcana in the traditional deck represent
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the four elements of the Universe (Earth, Air, Fire, and Water), so the
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minor suits in this deck represent the four elements of the Cuteness
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universe. The Smurfs signify smallness; the Care Bears, niceness; the
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Wuzzles, fuzziness; and the My Little Ponies, simple-mindedness. The
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imagery is fairly consistent.
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The Cuteness Tarot cannot be recommended for serious readings, but it
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may attain a certain amount of success with children and cheerleaders.
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In a word: gag. The Fortitude card has me stumped, though: Hello Kitty has
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no mouth to hold! Well, anyway, I'm going to talk to Arthur this weekend,
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so I'll find out if it's all a cruel hoax cooked up by him and his equally-
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twisted spouse...
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"I know, let's Cooperate!"
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Leigh Ann
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#72 27 Sep 86 17:31:35
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From: L.A. Hussey To: All
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Subj: Cuteness Tarot
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Well, I found out today: Arthur made it up. Boy is he sick!
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-LA
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