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l'Oeil de Myrddin ou Tarot des Princes      1994 Philippe Rouchier      France                                                   Art Medium: Oil paintings. Description: This deck is dedicated to Steve Hackett, the guitarist in the band Genesis back in the '70s. Hackett's debut solo album 'Voyage of the Acolyte', 1975, has a tarot theme. Rouchier creates shapes textured as stone or wood, which stand out in relief from the background. At first glance it would seem to be digitally created but on closer inspection the images appear to have been created in oils. The Minor pips are quite unusual, in that 6 cards compress the ten Pips. Thus one of each suit has a card to itself, then two and three are on one card, as are four and five, six and seven, eight and nine, then returning to a single card for the ten of the suit. There is also an infinity card. The booket explains the imagery and structure of the deck in some details.