First note is masculine. I mean I smelled M-A-N when I popped the cap on this sample. Not stinky, just-did-150-reps-smell-me man, but earthy, working, honest man.
The Builder. The Emperor. He who is in charge of a lot of stuff. This is the fourth Major Arcana (or third if you follow the idea that the Fool is neither first nor last.)
First note is masculine. I mean I smelled M-A-N when I popped the cap on this sample. Not stinky, just-did-150-reps-smell-me man, but Continue reading “The Tarot Nose”
A Review
I have a nose for Tarot. And so does Amanda Feeley over at Esscentual Alchemy. We met through our mutual love for Joanna Powell Colbert and the Gaian Tarot
So I got six little bottles today. I’m going to do each one individually. I started with the World. I chose this very scientifically. I Continue reading “The Tarot Nose”
This is a powerful deck in terms of the imagery. I must tell you that my first response was “DO NOT WANT”. Very visceral. Very childish. Very LOLCats. Part of it was, I think, that it triggered the Thoth deck without me realizing it. I had a similar initial reaction to the Thoth deck which was my very first deck actually. A dear friend gave me a copy of that deck. I did not mesh well with it. In fact, it’s a wonder that I ever read another Tarot card in my life–but I digress.
Sun and Moon Tarot
Vanessa Decort
US Games, Inc
ISBN: 1572816597
Young. Fresh. Childlike. Not words you might apply to a reinterpretation of the (in)famous Thoth Tarot Deck
Artist/Autor Decort unapologetically Continue reading “REVIEW: Sun And Moon Tarot”
TELL-ME Tarot
Publisher: U.S. Games Systems Inc.; Crds edition (December 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572816317
ISBN-13: 978-1572816312
There is truth in advertising after all. The box proclaims “Ask a question. Choose a card. Receive an answer.” That is exactly what the Tell-Me Tarot does. This deck is not for the advanced reader unless Continue reading “REVIEW: Tell-Me Tarot”
Tarot for Life: Reading the Cards for Everyday Guidance and Growth
By Paul Quinn
Quest Books (June 2009)
$17.95/Paperback
ISBN: 978-0-8356-0879-4
There are Tarot books that are deep and mysterious—that make you study hard to learn the veiled depths. Paul Quinn’s Tarot for Life is not one of them. Instead Continue reading “REVIEW: Tarot for Life by Paul Quinn”
Tom Schick
Schiffer
ISBN 978-0-7643-2760-5
by .Nisaba Merrieweather
I first became aware of this Tarot deck recently on the Aeclectic Tarot forum when Tom Schick posted the URL leading to a local newspaper item where he was photographed holding an interesting deck of Tarot cards fanned out in the picture showing only portions of the images. I asked him what the deck was as I am a bit of a collector and I didn’t think I’d seen it before, and one thing led to another and, Continue reading “Guest Review: Major Tom’s Tarot of Marseilles”
Another intriguing review from my Australian friend, Nisaba. Leave her comments! I know she’ll stop by and respond!
The Cary-Yale Visconti Tarocchi Deck (U.S. Games, Inc) illustrated originally probably by Bonifacio Bembo, with repair-jobs and missing cards supplied by Luigi Scapini, has been on my wish-list for a couple of years, because due to a *ahem* quirk of taste of mine, I’ve been collecting Scapini decks, so this was a natural to add to my basket of Tarot. I originally decided that I couldn’t really justify this one given my recent spending spree on Tarots and associated articles like bags and silks, so I acquired the cheaper Lo Scarabeo miniature version, which was Continue reading “REVIEW: The Cary-Yale Visconti Tarocchi Deck by Nisaba Merrieweather”
My dear friend,.Nisaba who hails from Australia, wrote the following review for the Quantum Tarot. She shared it with the Comparative Tarot email list. I have always enjoyed .Nisaba’s writing and asked her if I could share her review here. I reviewed this deck here as well, but wanted to bring in .Nisaba’s insights as well.
Here are her words verbatim. The only thing I’ve done is add links. 🙂
Here is a book that feels like you are listening to someone tell you tales as you sit across from her at some table in some café somewhere in time. Her voice rings true and clear in this book that is destined to be one of those classic must-have Tarot books. The only reason this book wasn’t on my top five Tarot book list last year? I didn’t have it yet. Part of me wants to know where Pollack’s been all my life.
This is one of those books that will earn rave reviews for years to come. Rachel Pollack already knocked one out of the park with her Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot
With Rachel Pollack’s Tarot Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings
I feared Continue reading “REVIEW: Tarot Wisdom: Spiritual Teachings and Deeper Meanings by Rachel Pollack”
This unique oracle deck intrigued me enough that I requested a review copy. The publisher’s response was swift and the shipping incredibly prompt. When I received this deck, the first thing I noticed was the clever recycling of a video container. This plastic shell might have ended up in a dump somewhere but the forward-thinking folk at Vertical Publishing crafted a label and put it back into circulation as a case for this deck.
If you are looking for an oracle deck that mimics the images found in Tarot, Continue reading “Review: The Vertical Oracle”
