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  By Ryan Schafer - August 17, 2013 1:18 am Log in to Reply

  These cards are awesome. They are friendly and celestial and inspiring. I feel so connected to the universe when I use them. They have helped me to rethink what the Tarot really is and what it is for. The book is very helpful and illuminating. There are abstract passages helping to translate the visual essence of the card into something verbal without getting too specific, but it also gives some pretty useful basic divinatory meanings. At the top of the explanation of each Minor Arcana card there is a title – for instance the Seven of Pentacles is “Fear of Failure”. I have mixed feelings about that aspect. It gives you a quick summary of what the card is about but if you let it become too fixed to the card it constricts your understanding of it. If you let the “title” given to each of these cards become a rigid definition your readings can become much too literal and your intuitive impulse can be stifled. It’s a little different from the classic Rider-Waitte format in that instead of a Page, Knight, Queen, and King you have a Prince, Princess, Knight, and Queen. I think this keeps the deck more balanced from a gender perspective – there are no Masculine Patriarch Kings at the top of the food chain – but it’s a bit of a stumbling block if you are used to Rider-Waitte. There are also 3 variation of the Lovers card, a heterosexual, gay, and lesbian card in order to be accepting of all sexualities. I think the creator of the deck intended the diviner to choose one but I like to include all three cards, because I think if you don’t interpret them literally they each can have different connotations. The cards themselves are gorgeous. There are a lot of naked people, and there is much psychedelic imagery. They have a purity to them and an energy of inclusiveness. Whether or not you have experience using Tarot cards if you have any interest in the esoteric arts I would suggest giving this deck a try. And even if you have no interest in the use of Tarot cards for divining, these cards are great for meditation or exploring symbolism, and can be appreciated purely as art. I am sad to have to check them back in soon, as I definitely feel my life has been enriched by these cards.

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  By (ECO not echo) Evan O'Connell - April 5, 2014 7:31 pm Log in to Reply

  missing cards?