Trionfi Della Luna tarot

Art Style & Visual Character

Valenza's artwork was painted freehand with ink, watercolor, and gouache, with light digital enhancements and added textures. The deck features his signature eccentric, moon-faced characters — imps and otherworldly beings with a beautiful, surreal lunacy and a hint of humor. Compared to the Deviant Moon Tarot, the Trionfi is lighter and has more of an antique, aged quality, with visual nods to historical tarot art. The palette is earthy and muted, with parchment-like textures that evoke Renaissance-era decks. The overall aesthetic feels like a strange, whimsical artifact from an alternate history where Marseille tarot developed with a dreamlike, slightly unhinged sensibility.

Core Concept & Symbolism

The deck pays homage to the historical Italian tarocchi and Marseille tarot traditions while filtering them through Valenza's distinctive surrealist vision. Despite the eccentricities of the art, the imagery stays surprisingly close to well-known portrayals from older Italian decks and early Marseille-type decks. Being true to tradition, the Death card bears no name — reflecting the historical superstition that writing death's name would invoke it. The "della Luna" (of the Moon) in the title reflects the pervasive lunar imagery and moon-faced characters that serve as the deck's visual unifying thread.

Reading Experience

The deck has been warmly received by the tarot community. The Queen's Sword review emphasizes this is "not a collector's shelf deck" — it reads with bite. Tarot With A Twist calls it "the strange cousin to Deviant Moon" and praises the raw, psychological reading experience. Perspectives on Tarot notes that the pips, lunar faces, and strange symbolism come together for readings that feel raw, psychological, and sometimes uncomfortable in the best way. The cardstock is sturdy and a joy to shuffle. The deck is praised as full of personality and a genuine pleasure to read with, appealing both to Deviant Moon fans and to those drawn to Marseille-style tarot with a surrealist twist.

Best Used For

• Readers who love Deviant Moon and want a companion deck with Marseille roots
• Psychological and shadow work readings
• Those drawn to surrealist, whimsical, and slightly unsettling imagery
• Readers interested in historical tarot (Marseille, Italian tarocchi) with a modern twist
• Direct, unvarnished readings that "read with bite"
• Collectors of Patrick Valenza's artistic universe

Not Ideal For

• Readers who prefer bright, cheerful, or polished digital art
• Beginners unfamiliar with Marseille tarot conventions (especially pip cards)
• Those who find surreal or eccentric imagery distracting