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The suits are Wands, Cups, Swords, and Coins, with the Court Card titles King, Queen, Knight, and Page. In the introduction to the accompanying LWB (Little White Book), Donaldson notes that the world that makes up "The Hobbit" is a world of mild magic and mystery. He likens the journey of Bilbo Baggins to the journey that all of us follow in life, clinging to what is understood, with a contempt for change.
In bringing together the world of the Tarot and the world of the Hobbit, a new personae has been created. Reader response and feedback is motivated, through the particular websites of the author and the artist. Terry Donaldson is an expert Fortune-teller, guide, and therapist. He currently runs the London Tarot Centre through his store in London.

Peter Pracownik is at the leading edge of what is termed the Visionary School of art. He has made his mark in both the UK and American markets in the New Age/Fantasy School of modern artists. His previous work includes "The Dragon Tarot", "The Lord of the Rings Tarot", the "Imperial Dragon Oracle Deck", and the "Woodland Knowledge Oracle Cards".
There is a discussion of the card background (considerably appreciated in a theme deck!), followed by the upright and reversed divinatory meanings. There is an extremely unique section where spreads pertinent to the Hobbit style exist, consisting of The Ring of Gollum Spread (providing a great over-view/snapshot of where the Candidate is at the time of the reading), The Sword of Aragon Spread (a broadened Past/Present/Future spread), and The Arkenstone Spread (a spiral spread that reads in storytelling fashion).

The cards are 2" by 4 ", of shiny card stock. The backs show a" white border, surrounding a gray/blue inner background. Super troubled the background we see the Ring of Power, total with its script "One Ring to rule them all". The backs are reversible. Answers Shown Here deals with show a" white border, followed by a smaller gold border.
The Minor Arcana Pips reveal the card number, in text, and the suit name across the bottom of the card. The Court Cards show the card title and match across the bottom of the card. A few of the cards in this deck evoke standard Tarot well, some do not. The Magician is a card that works, but not in the standard way.