About the author
Jody Boginski Barbessi's listed titles are both tarot decks published by U.S. Games Systems: the Apprentice Tarot Deck and Influence of the Angels Tarot. The Apprentice Tarot Deck is built around the Universal Waite imagery and designed for beginners, pairing traditional card meanings with keywords and colour-coded visual cues meant to ease early learning. Influence of the Angels Tarot takes a different approach, reworking the Major Arcana so that named angels and archangels accompany the traditional figures, aimed at readers who want an angelic framing for tarot practice. Both decks fall under the catalogue's tarot-divination category and are oriented toward practitioners rather than toward historical or critical study of tarot. Barbessi's work here is as a deck creator rather than as an essayist, with the books functioning as learning tools and practice decks for beginning and intermediate readers.
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“This deck succeeds beautifully in its aesthetic and thematic goals, offering stunning visuals and clear spiritual frameworks for angelic communication. However, it does not suit readers seeking traditional Rider-Waite-Smith…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Influence of the Angels Tarot
“While this deck excels as a pedagogical tool for novices, it may disappoint experienced practitioners seeking depth or ambiguity. The explicit keywords on each card can inhibit the development of independent intuition,…”
Esoterica Books editorial team, Occult literature desk · on Apprentice Tarot Deck: 78 Cards for Beginners Featuring Universal Waite(r) with Tarot Meanings & Keywords for Easy Learning, Colorful Visual Cues for
