4th edition and large matte edition. There’s a reason for all the hype. Acquired 2020
This deck just makes me happy. I brought it out unexpectedly for some October fun, and realized I need to review it. It would be a very strong contender for “you can only keep one deck which, one it is?”
Overall: 10/10 You know that friend you love to go drinking with (even though you don’t really drink)? The one that unleashes your inner party-goblin? The one that’s so witty and yet retains such a coquettish innocence? That’s The Dark Mansion Tarot. Super personable and intimate, this is a delightfully fun deck that, while it doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel, it definitely holds its own as a unique tarot on the market.
I really really thought I would not like this deck and I did not jump on the bandwagon to buy it until it had been already well into its fourth edition print (gilded edges, glossy finish) and I’d watched a dozen videos of it being used. I didn’t much care for the black edging (I was going through a shiny phase, okay?) so I was thrilled to see they had a gold edge finish, but I didn’t realize the card finish was glossy until it arrived on my door step! That disappointment lasted all of two seconds before I fell head over heels for this deck.
I like it so much than when they offered a matte large edition nearly three years later (NOT to be confused with the rose-petal finish of the first special edition printing) I snatched one up immediately, so this will be a review of both of these decks, because I think they both are excellent quality.
I tend to find that I bring this deck with me traveling more than any other deck. It’s the “read all” deck I own. It’s the “I don’t know what I’m gonna need reading, so I bring this deck.” It’s happy to talk on any query and give a solid, well-rounded reading no matter what. It isn’t offensive, petty, over-emotional, and has a great balance of feminine and masculine energies.
Card Quality: 5/5 I got the fourth edition which is glossy af and I wasn’t too happy about it but the cards are top notch nonetheless. But, the colors are OUT OF THIS WORLD with the glossy version, and it’s a breeze to shuffle. The box also comes with gold foil accents
The large matte edition is gorgeous too, with gold painted edges, with a finish that is soft and gives the cards an almost antique-y feel. Compared to the gloss finish, they are much harder to shuffle, but the larger size also makes them a bit cumbersome. That being said, I LOVE the larger images where I can see minutia detail that gets a bit lost in the sauce of the smaller cards.
The skeletons are just an absolute mood throughout the deck! They crack me up!
Readability: 5/5 There is no guide book because you don’t need one, the images tell all the story you need. There are some changes to meanings of cards; for example, there’s a heavy emphasis of risk, and balance as well as planning in the two of wands that I think is an improvement, but I feel like this deck does RWS better than the RWS (burn me at the stake).
Art: 4/5 The art is out-of-this-world-quirky, and cute, lush, full, story driven, cohesive, everything I personally look for in a deck BUT it’s all a bunch of white people.
Favorite Card: The Eight of Swords–this is the card that told me I had to have this deck. It really scratched an itch. It doesn’t do anything no body hasn’t done before, it simply just does this card very, very well. And, a side note, this has the BEST eight of wands! Now that’s how you do and eight of Wands, folks! And The Moon, I really am hypnotized by this moon. This moon is a force to be reckoned with.
Least Favorite Card: None, there isn’t a card in here that doesn’t belong.
The parade of Pages! The Pages in this deck are just adorable and great in their depiction and mannerisms!
Card I Identify As: I really relate to the Page of Wands (so, so cheeky!), the Page of Swords, The Knight of Swords, and The Eight of Wands, though I do also have a deep connection with the whole numbered cups suit.
The deck Identifies me as: The Empress (for some reason? I’m quite happy about it!)
Season: early Fall through early Winter
Boxes it Checks: Charming, Friendly, Easy to Read, Humorous, Cohesive, Quirky, Cute,
Similar Decks: Le Tarot Noir, The Nightmare Before Christmas Tarot, Tarot of the Sweet Twilight, Tarot of the Haunted House
The work desk chaos as I’m writing the monthly decks of October–there is a cup of sanity tea buried in there!
So, October in my neck of the woods definitely has a vibe to it—not only is my particular neighborhood really invested in Halloween, it also has quite a large population of Wicca and Pagan practitioners, many of whom celebrate Samhain with vigor. One would be hard pressed to not want to get into the spooky feel of things! The weather in October typically starts to go from the balmy early fall to really cold, really quick. This sudden change often coincides with fantastic leaf colors (and don’t get me wrong, we’re getting fantastic colors this year!) and the desire to get cozy. However, as I finally get around to writing this monthly deck draw, it’s a sweltering 80F something in my office and we are maybe thinking of getting cooler in a few days. Maybe.
This is all to say, it’s rather hard for me to want to get into my typical dark and gritty decks that I start to bring out for October and the coming dark months. Both myself and by Tarot BFF decided that we will do something a little different this year, we will stick with the spook, but make it lighthearted (sorta)! For October, we’re choosing decks that are witch-themed.
From left clock wise: Ask The Witch Tarot, The Botan Tarot (second edition), The Nameless One Oracle and Tarot, Under the Oak Tarot, The Solitary Witch Oracle
It seems like the color theme this month are black, blue, and silver! Full disclosure–I actually have a lot of witch themed decks, but I wanted to pick a mixture of different flavors, and decks I haven’t used too recently, with the exception of the Under the Oak Tarot, which I used part way through September. I am not ready to put it on the back shelf just yet—I adore this deck!
I’ve had The Solitary Witch Oracle since it was first released, though I have not used it in my monthly decks at all. This is an oracle that is very gentle and kind, and I am in love with the images, though I do honestly think it’s a bit unbalanced being so nice.
To counteract that sweetness I had to include The Nameless One, a deck that I mention a lot on this blog, which, while not “mean” can be blunt and harsh and is oh-so-witchy (and it’s just one of my favorite decks so, any excuse…).
Ask the Witch Tarot is another deck that is no stranger to the monthly decks, but it is so odd and quirky that it is a great non-traditional tarot for the month that also matches the global warming trend with it’s bright, summery colors!
And finally, I just acquired the Botan Tarot end of last month and not only is it gorgeous, it has some serious magic and brings a non-European witch flavor to the roundup.
Lets review what the cards said this month had in store for me:
Well, how perfect for the witchy month to have a witch gathering! This card is pretty straight forward: you will have interactions with many of your friend group and perhaps others outside of it. You may be called to help others in a way that only you can fulfill, or perhaps you yourself need to ask others for help. There is a theme of community, empowerment through helping others, and social support. There also is a suggestion of festivities (hello Halloween!) and acknowledgment of seasonal cycles with the rabbit and the fox. What “season” do I find myself in now? How does that compare with my friends? How can I best support my friends, and in turn have them support me?
Ah. From the Nameless One I picked both a tarot card and an oracle card. The tarot card is the Ten of Branches (Wands), and if that isn’t a reference to Atlas having to carry the world I don’t know what is. This card speaks to having success but the burdens that come with it. It’s hard to celebrate when you have many responsibilities. The labor of love is a constant uphill battle. Our pretty butterflies remind us carpe diem, it’s good to put the load down every once in a while to look back at what we accomplished. And then from the oracle we have XIX The Energetic Flyer (get it? cause the birds are humming birds?). This is the second-wind card! You are full of energy and enthusiasm to begin either something new or go that last push to finish something! It warns I should be careful to direct that energy to a good outlet.
So far, these three cards together I get the sense that I’m going to have to help bear some social burdens, however I’ll have plenty of chutzpah to do it! What else do we have?
From the Ask the Witch I drew that page of wands. Here’s a curious youthful witch who is wondering how to use the tools at hand to their best advantage. Fresh ideas may spring up out of otherwise dead wood! I may start to see things in a different way, see possibilities that I didn’t before in various things or situations. There’s a bounding rabbit behind them as well, who knows where it’s going.
The Botan Tarot gave me the beautiful Star, quite a different take on the typical RWS Star! You’ve been searching a barren desert for a long time, here’s your big “sign” you’ve been looking for! This is the start of the hopeful journey—there’s no need to be lost anymore, don’t second guess yourself!
And the Under the Oak gave me the 3 of Wands, a wonderfully active and witchy three of wands at that! You’ve got the idea, try it out! It doesn’t matter if you don’t do things perfectly, try. Fail. Go back and try again. This is a card about doing, taking that first action after the first thought and plan. It probably wouldn’t hurt to be a little scientific about how you proceed; what worked, what didn’t. What do you want to try next time?
Interestingly we have two other references to rabbits (or hares, who’s to say?), both in the Page of Wands and the Three of Wands (which has two rabbits) along with the Gathering oracle card. I’m wondering if there is something that needs to be created or reproduced in my friend group?
These three together I see as motivation to take the next steps! I’m confident in my direction now I need to do the thing! The stars have aligned and all I have left is to take the first step and action. Enter with a curious and open mind.
All together, I’d say that this month I’m going to be very socially active; my calendar will be filled (seeing as I drew this twenty days ago I can attest that this was very true indeed)! It’s also a month where I’m going to try different things with my friends, share new ideas and just “go for it!”
What about you? What have the cards told you this October?
It is September! While the hot weather screams summer, for me, this is the first month of Spooky Season! We’re going to do something a little different this month; my bestie and I, who are both avid tarot readers and collectors, will take an assortment of five decks that are drastically contrasting one another, use them for half the month, then switch these decks with each other–themes stay the same, decks change! And we’re only using decks the other doesn’t have. Lets jump on in!
The contrasting themes of the decks we were looking for are: a dark deck with strong negative meanings, a light deck with strong positive meanings, otherworldly, wild fae, and something super cute! For my dark deck I’ve been using The Lubanko Tarot, a rather sought-after visceral deck that gives me the spookies. My light deck had to of course be The Light Seer’s Tarot. Otherworldly will be my newly arrived Starborn Arcana Tarot (a delightful deck, cannot recommend this one enough). The strange and wonderful Under the Oak Tarot fills the requirement for wild fae. This is a deck I may consider doing a full month long deep dive on. And, my retro and folks-y Tarot Nova will be my cute deck! What do the cards say I have in store this month???
Upper left to right clockwise: The Lubanko Tarot, Starborn Arcana Tarot, The Light Seer’s Tarot, Under the Oak Tarot, center Tarot Nova
The Tarot Nova took many years for me to make heads or tales of this deck. I still wonder how RWS it is, but I try instead to just riff off the images and what they inspire in me. This three of wands has the three represented by the two temples of a pair of glasses and what looks like an old fashion fountain pen OR a whittling knife (but both are actually growing wands, very clever). The glasses remind me of the Harry Potter books that I enjoyed as a kid! We also look like we have either three matches or perhaps three pieces of pencils.
So full disclosure; I’ve been using these decks extensively since the start of September so I had plenty of use under my belt by the time I’m getting around to writing this. HOWEVER the three of wands I’ve pulled over and over and OVER again, so there’s a clear theme here. This three of wands: I’m looking carefully at what to do next, but I also have all the tools I need to make it happen! Use what you got.
From the quirky and charming Under the Oak is the strange 5 of Wands. Are the animals competing to impress the odd god rising from the fire or are they making a sacrifice or are they summoning or…? Hmm!
Light Seer’s gives me the beautiful 2 of Cups. Ah! A magical connection. I see–between the two, we have healthy competition! Meeting new people in a sport or other competitive hobby. Alright. Perhaps being overwhelmed but having a great support network. Learning something with another that is a bit of a struggle (like exchanging tarot decks perhaps???).
The Lubanko gives us the King of Pentacles. For this deck, this card is quite soft and bright and not seeming to seek a reaction. I feel a reiteration of the idea that you have vast and great resources. You are a master of balancing things to get the best outcome. You have stability and prosperity and no matter where you look the sun is shining on you!
The King of Pentacles is paired with The Starborn’s Magician! This Magician gives strong two of pentacle vibes, doesn’t it? You got the whole world in your hand, and you know exactly where you want to be. You get to make it happen, or be the total destroyer–your choice!
This monthly draw has some serious movement and energy! I seem to be taking the next steps on an adventure. While there is struggle, I’m amply prepared to meet it! I’ll make friends and have the potential to become the best version of myself if I play my cards right and use my sensibility!
Seems like an exciting month ahead! Can’t wait to do our deck swap!
Warning: artisticnudity and some mildly gory decks ahead
This introspective tag I found is by the tarottuber Exploring Tarot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii_ClehwHwI) and it asks us to share the decks that have either changed our mind about Tarot as a whole, or decks that we have changed our mind about. I, in general, don’t purchase decks I don’t care for, so I don’t have a lot of decks that I’ve done a 180 about, but since I’m rather new on my tarot journey (I only seriously started in 2015) I have a lot of decks that have shaped my experience and understanding of the Tarot systems.
I have to admit, most of these decks have been seen on this blog before—I’m sorry, a good deck is a good deck!
1. The Shadowscapes Tarot: My Foundational Deck
Czech edition
So of course I cannot do this tag without paying homage to the deck that completely changed my mind about Tarot—I had been introduced to Tarot when I was a teen, I kinda knew a little about the RWS, and knew some of the traditional RWS cards, but at that point Tarot was more of a strange card trick/game/hobby people had, rather than a tool of self reflection. But, my friend’s favorite deck, The Shadowscapes Tarot, inspired me to start paying attention to the nuances in the cards. Being my first deck I diligently used and learned the foundations of modern Tarot, I tend to constantly relate all other deck experiences back to this one. Most importantly, Shadowscapes showed me how to relate the images on the cards to my own personal self and current experiences. Of course, in each card there’s a LOT going on, which is often a criticism of the deck (and the subsequent small size of the cards), but it was great for someone just learning the tarot.
2. The Deviant Moon: Look Closer at Discomfort
This was the first deck I was brave enough to buy even though it gave me very mixed feelings. But, curiosity won out. This deck gave me an incredible and important “ah-ha” moment: images that invoke feelings (especially negative feelings) deserve our attention and study. Those feelings can actually tell us a lot about ourselves and can be a gateway to process and understand deep and profound self-truths. This in turn, shaped how I use Tarot.
3. The Spacious Tarot: Beauty in Simplicity
For a while, I struggled to use decks that were not packed to the GILLS with imagery and symbolism. To this day I tend to favor “busy” decks. But, I finally was able to understand the appeal of a simplistic and arguably minimalist deck once The Spacious Tarot came into my life. I find using this deck very effortless. That isn’t to say it isn’t a deck without depth (not at all, this is a very “deep” reader when one wishes to go there), but rather the simplicity of the imagery speaks volumes.
4. The Brady Tarot: An Animal Deck that Felt Real
It is no secret I am an animal lover, but often I struggled with animal decks because many feel overly-gentle and “fluffy” and very unlike the complex and sometimes vicious behavior animals tend to have which is needed for their survival. I also struggle when human’s own mythos and meaning of an animal can get overly caught-up in the meaning the tarot card has for an animal. But the Brady Tarot really and truly flipped this narrative on its head. This incredible deck does not pull punches in the least and it was (and arguably still is) one of my most brutal readers. It added a level of discomfort I had not encountered in a deck and perhaps highlights the rather frivolous nature of life in a very real way. This deck demands sitting with your shock and taught me not to be so squeamish with the brutalities nature has in store.
5. The Broken Mirror Tarot: Seeing Things from Other’s Point of View
Fourth edition
Up until I purchased the Broken Mirror Tarot, I tried my best to ignore cardstock and hand-feel entirely, and focus my attentions only on the imagery of the cards. But this deck did two important things that shaped how I view and treat tarot: firstly, it taught me that how a deck feels in hand is, despite my most noble ideals, actually very important.
Secondly, and perhaps more importantly, this deck was the second that I had which was not created by a more “western” artist (of course, Stephanie Pui-Mun Law, creator of Shadowscapes uses themes and inspiration from all over the world) and I could sense even though the art “felt” European in nature, the themes and general feel of the deck was very, very different than what I had experienced before. This was fascinating and really eye opening that the Tarot system can be used across culture with similar but also different imagery. There is a lot to be learned from seeing things from a different perspective.
6. The True Black Tarot: The Body Feels the Truth
The True Black was a gift from my husband, but this deck became an important turning point in my Tarot education. The imagery in this incredible deck is very evocative of the senses, not just the visual! Not only did the otherworldly perfection of the bodies that appear in this deck help me get over “oh no, naked people in the cards!” embarrassment, the imagery in this deck really demands the viewer feel the cards in a way that is outside of the norm. Look at how the wind blows through the triumphant lion’s mane and the water pelts the king of cups. What about the little, champagne like bubbles rising around the baby squid in the six of cups? What about the eerie stillness of Temperance with her long locks of hair ribbon-ing around her? These are all wonderful imaginary feelings that the cards offer to the reader.
7. The Sola Busca Tarot and the Game of Saturn Book: Tarot History is Complicated
I am a lover of history, so of course as I started learning Tarot, the history of Tarot fascinated me! Many sources told me early on that there were no illustrated pips until the RWS, which is simply not true on many accounts. There also is repeatedly mentioned that Tarot was used in the long past as a means of divination (which I think there is far too much evidence to say otherwise) but then there’s people who claim to have this old knowledge, and I’ll be frank, I think most is at best guess work. The Sola Busca is considered the oldest example of a fully illustrated deck, and there are several reproductions out there if any collector wishes to have their own copy. It’s clear that the deck had much deeper meaning in the card images than what the typical card game of the time detonates, but despite the delightful and researched theories that Peter Adams makes in his very large book The Game of Saturn, it is clear that the esoterica of the past may very well remain largely in the past.
8. The Trionfi Della Luna: There is No Reason not to Laugh at Your Cards
Where as The Deviant Moon really made me focus on getting *serious* about my tarot, the sister Trionfi reminds me that sometimes, you just gotta laugh! This deck (especially the fantastical illustrated pips version) isn’t afraid to make fart jokes, snicker in the open, and in general make totally inappropriate fun of the situation. While this would never be a deck I use to read for others (other than a tarot lover perhaps) this is the deck that taught me to lighten the hell up a little!
For the longest time I had difficulty with “Art Decks” or Tarot decks that are made from preexisting art. Well, to be honest, I still kinda do have difficulty with them! But Baba’s Fantastic Menagerie really showed me how you can take preexisting art and make is fit into Tarot SO. GOOD! J. J. Grandville may have been a comic artist from nearly 200 years ago, but his art still hits that funny satire mark. But there was an important lesson I learned from using this deck that broadened my Tarot horizons–the themes of human existence depicted in Tarot are so universal we can see tarot “meanings” in things that aren’t even meant to be card decks. And that, if you ask me, is pretty cool.
10. Children of Litha Tarot: A Deck that’s Changed My Mind. Twice
The Children of Litha Tarot is a deck I held off buying for years and years because I was truly unsure of the art. After my friend loaned it to me for a few very good, complex readings, and waffling a bit more, I broke down and bought it.
I actually hated it, and didn’t use it for a good year.
Buuuut, after sitting down and purposefully using it and getting to learn the deck, I’ve finally come around. This is a very cool deck, even if it isn’t something I was immediately in love with. So, here’s the deck that I actually changed my mind about. Several times.
11. The Nameless One Tarot and Grimoire: Modern Esotericism Exists
There was a post on Tarot Reddit once that caught my eye. The post was something along the lines of “What Tarot decks are very esoteric?” So I offered what I thought were some particularly esoteric decks (I think I mentioned The Mary El), but the poster scoffed and made it clear that in their mind, only particularly old decks could be considered “esoteric”!
This interaction stuck in my head, and I for a while wondered if all our card esoterica came from the RWS or the Thoth, 1900’s esoteric visions.
But upon getting a copy of The Nameless One and its absolutely MASSIVE companion tomb, it became abundantly clear that esoterica exists in the modern world, having developed its own unique meanings and flavor. After all, historic Tarot, which was rooted very much in Renaissance Catholicism esoterica and imagery, has now been claimed into the modern practice of witchcraft, Wicca, and various pagan practices. We have new esotericism that is constantly evolving around our cultures.
12. The Heartscapes Tarot: I Personally Don’t Like AI Decks
I debated even posting this one seeing as the subject is so very contentious and for good reason. But, I think it’s worth talking about. This is my second AI deck (the first was The Golden Journey, a very early AI deck on Kickstarter) and its the first deck that fooled me into thinking it was human made, not AI. It wasn’t until I got it in hand and had my friend look it over that I had to admit I was duped.
Despite the glaring things wrong in the images that give this away as AI, it is a beautiful deck. But, after using it several times, my mind was made up that giving money to a product that reaps the benefit of other, real people’s hard work and does not give them due credit is, to my mind, wrong.
13. The Tabula Mundi Tarot: The Thoth System is Actually Pretty Rad
I won’t belabor this one too much seeing as I did a whole month of working with Thoth, BUT! After looking at many Thoth decks, and failing to be able to read with the gorgeous Mary-El for many years, I finally broke down and got the much more accessible (and frankly fun and trippy) Tabula Mundi deck and accompanying book. I went from feeling like I’d never learn the Thoth to “hey, I can’t wait to pick this up again!” I still have a long way to go before I feel comfortable with this system, but at least it feels attainable!
14. Anna K. Tarot: Beauty Is As Beauty Does
I am a little embarrassed about this one. I suspect that I’m not alone in this boat either. I knew of the Anna K Tarot since I started my Tarot journey in 2015–it has had several waves of popularity, and it was a common deck sold in stores (though recently it is OOP both its mass market and indie editions). But every time I looked at it I cringed at the “cabbage patch” faces of the people in the cards.
Yep, that’s right. I passed on this deck because I thought it was ugly.
Many times I watched others use this deck or watched a flip through, but I couldn’t get over the faces in these cards. Finally, just last year I held a deck in person and I realized I’d been prejudice of this art work–the faces were not classically perfect or beautiful, but they captured perfect emotion and feelings and, well, real people perfectly! This deck very quickly became one of my favorite decks to use for any reading.
15. The Last Unicorn Tarot: Tarot and the Inner Child
I am not a person who is terribly attracted to “cutesy” or “childish” decks. In fact, there are many decks that are too childish/overly cute for my personal tastes. I also only have a handful of decks that really bring my Inner Child to the surface (namely, Smoke Ash & Embers and the Tarot of the Abyss). I find that these decks tend to be too much emotionally charged to use in frequent readings for myself (Tarot of the Abyss) or tend to be a little too soft in its readings to have a completely neutral feeling deck (SA&E).
I came across the Last Unicorn Tarot several years ago (not that long after it’s successful kickstarter) and it was sold out and I talked myself into thinking that my childhood obsession with The Last Unicorn movie and book(s) ought to stay in my childhood past, with all the rest of the trauma (don’t do this folks, its bad for your health). But, this deck seemed to keep popping up in my life, I kept coming back to look at it, and even though I promise not to be suckered into tarot decks based off franchises (though will someone PLEASE make a kick ass fully illustrated LOTR decks?), I decided to try this deck.
I was shocked to find in hand this deck truly made me feel like a kid again. I had no idea how many complex feelings I had wrapped up in this story. Obviously, not everyone is like me and grew up loving and fearing this film, but I realized that it’s okay to get a tarot deck just because you have feelings about it–you don’t need to justify those feelings. AND! I also learned its totally okay to work on the Inner Child in your tarot practice!
“This Space is for You” is this decks mantra. Acquired 2020
It is a special time I think when one of the decks I chose for my monthly theme also is also the next deck that I was planning to write a review on! Without gilding the lily, let me share my beloved (The) Spacious Tarot!
It is really easy to see pictures or a walk through of a tarot deck online and then think to yourself “yes, that’s perfect!” and by the time you get a physical copy in your hands you are feeling a little awkward, because you have a beautiful deck in your hands that you have no idea how to use and you must again struggle through learning the cards and the certain “flavor” each artist and deck seem to have. But for me, even though the art is very sparce and simple, and even though the minors tend to be a bit pip-ish, I instantly was able to fall into a natural cadence when using this deck.
Overall: 9/10 I’m forgiving the card quality in lieu of everything else it does right. I love the concept that the card puts you in the driver’s seat by removing all people and framing most cards as first person view. I believe this concept had been done prior to The Spacious Tarot (and it certainly has been done many times over since TST), but this deck in particular really commits to the sense of place.
I guess my review draw had a lot to say! Yikes!
The images are perfect if very non-traditional. I’m usually a maximalist when it comes to symbols in cards, but the art here is simplistic and to-the-point. There’s a lack of classic symbolism that is replaced by very modern and scientific driven thought that demands you to pay attention and rethink all you know about Tarot while still following the traditional meanings. This deck is nature-centric in a realistic sort of way that is just shy of brutal (like we see in the Brady Tarot) without being too cuddly and sweet. Animals are the representatives of the court cards and feel perfectly at home with the deck at large. This is a very grounded deck with quite the scientific leaning, that somehow also has a certain dream-like feel that hits home for me (maybe its the first person view) .
Those edge chips tho…
Card Quality: 2/5 Amazingly, for the price, these are not excellent cards. They immediately started chipping at the edges–and this is the second edition in which the creators intended to fix the chipping problem. I do like the size of the cards, they’re squarer and have a nice solid feel and are quite thick. The heft of the deck with the additional 22 expansion pack is pushing the limits of what I can hold, but I manage with my small creepy-doll hands. The cards are quite stiff in hand, which is different compared to all the super lux cardstocks now on the market, but due to their nonstandard size I kinda like how this deck is very distinct feel in the hand—I know it like a good friend’s handshake! The deck, the expansion pack, and the two Little White Books fit perfectly in the box.
Just enough context to not be completely pipish.
Readability: 5/5 with the caveat this is not a beginner/starter deck. I don’t know if this deck just click for me, but there’s something really out-of-the-box with the images portrayed. Some of the minor arcana at first glance felt pipish, but once I sat with them, the “story” unfolded so sweetly that I quickly stopped thinking of them as pips. I could definitely see this as a total hit or miss deck though, either it speaks to you or not, I kinda doubt there’s many who’d fall in the middle ground with this one.
This is certainly not an easy starter deck, though the book/s is/are very good, concise, and thoughtful. It would be difficult picking this up with no RWS experience, though I do think this is an excellent deck to learn the next step beyond simple meaning memorization.
*A NOTE ON THE EXPANSION DECK: Many historic tarot decks had more than just the 22 major arcana cards, and included additional cards of virtue, alchemy, elements, etc. The later printed expansion deck was an additional 21 card deck to act as these additional cards. In keeping with the theme of the deck, they added the zodiac, the elements and some thematically on-point virtues. I personally think that you can read with the deck perfectly fine without the expansion, but I also love the additional cards. They match the rest of the deck perfectly so you don’t have to worry about recognizing them from the backs. I will say that the art of the expansion pack is slightly more intricate and finished feeling, but it doesn’t bother me at all.
Some favorites…
Art: 10/5 Just plain old stellar. It’s definitely a “style” of art, but I love the rich colors and when you lay out several cards there’s something magic that happens to tell a story. The artist really paid a lot of attention to color and meaning when planning each card. There’s a lot of well-developed thoughts in each image that while they come off as simple, there’s quite a bit of nuance. I feel like this deck is a testament that art doesn’t need to be fussy and complicated to be complex.
Favorite Card: There are so, SO many. I am head over heels for The Lovers, Page of Cups, Judgement, The Hanged One, too many to list! The Majors really bring their A-game to the table.
Least Favorite Card: 5 of Pentacles–I get the idea, and I don’t think it’s gruesome, but something never sat well with me with this card.
Card I Identify As: The Guardian (Queen) of Wands
The deck Identifies me as: The Guardian (Queen) of Wands. I get major Shadowscapes Queen of Cups vibes with this card, though I cannot say how or why. I think of this particular Queen of Wands as “The Storyteller” the way the salamander seems to speak over the campfire.
Season: Late winter/early spring there’s a sharp crisp newness with this art.
Boxes It Checks: Unique, Bright, Meditative, Shadow Work, Self Focused, Honest, Simple, Landscapes, Personal
Similar Decks: The Star Seeker Tarot, Location Spirit of Space Tarot, Tarot Landscapes (another new deck I highly recommend if you’re into this sense of place vibe)
Overall: 8/10 This is a beautiful deck, and rightly well beloved in the tarot community since 2006. There’s a reason why some decks stand the test of time and changing tastes. But it isn’t a deck that delivers the goods quickly, this is a deck that requires some work on the reader with the major arcana, but it’s easy to do when the images are so entrancing. It is interesting in that while there is Arthurian myths portrayed here and there, this is very specifically a Welsh myth deck (which salutes Llewellyn Gorge, founder of Llewellyn publications). Tarot decks featuring Arthurian and Welsh myths have come and gone since the 80s, and more recently Ana Tourian is spurring forth a new revival in her tarot art, but The Llewellyn arguably did it best, first.
The artist, Anna-Marie Ferguson, actually had another Arthurian specific deck in the 90’s, the beautiful, famous and out of print, Legend The Arthurian Tarot prior to this one, but Llewellyn feels like an apex art project in my humble opinion. This is a deck that likes to weave your own personal myth out of preexisting stories. This still stands out amongst the flux of cool kids, pop-culture decks that flood the market. Take your time, ride along, read the book(!). I get good older, experienced feminine vibes that are very accepting but also willing to lay on the ugly with a caring hand. I can totally see why this was chosen as Llewellyn’s flagship deck–it does what it set out to do very well.
A random draw for the post; note the rich water colors, with bright golds and rich deep blues and the god-awful borders. You can see how the smallness of the image means that the details sometimes get lost.
Card Quality: 3/5 good for Llewellyn. Be warned–the card-storage of the box the cards are sold in isn’t properly aligned, so expect card slippage and possible damage if you choose to store in the box. I also don’t really know where to put this gripe but I like everyone else on the plant think that they really could have done without the borders since I want to see more of the art work of the card and less…pointless border.
I think the backs are a love it or hate it design. I think the little dragon is adorable, but it does mean that the cards are technically not reversible.
Readability: 3/5 The images of the minors more or less follow the RWS system even if the images deviate from the original RWS. But, while some of the majors are true to the RWS, just as many are not and you will definitely need to refer to the book unless you are already well versed on Welsh mythology. This can be a set back to picking up this deck and running with it. However, the majors have the mythological story or character name printed on the card which is then explained in the MASSIVE guide book which is PACKED with lore and just good Tarot writing and advice.
I took a very, VERY long time to warm up with this deck because it does require sitting with it, reading, and learning, but now I really have connected with it. It is very personable, and gives really poignant readings. It reminds me a lot of the Shadowscapes deck in that regard, though this feels more human and grounded in nature. This deck really loans itself well to larger spreads and seems to like being used this way verses short 3-5 card spreads, which explains why it took me so long to learn this deck. There is also a certain “moodiness” to the images and I tend to reach for this deck when dealing with questions about family and relationships.
Compare the work of the minors with the majors, its easy to see there’s a bit more polish on the majors, but I find the line work of the minors just charming as all get out!
Art: 4.5/5 Glorious water colors, lush, rich and oh-so small! I wish the borders were completely gone and the images double their size. One thing I’ve seen others complain about that actually doesn’t bother me at all is there’s a bit of a stylistic change from the majors to the minors. The minors are less polished and finished, where there is clearly a lot more detail and work done on the majors. I like this personally, it makes sense to me when thinking of the majors and being, well, a major deal!
When writing a review I pull out all the cards I love (and the ones I dislike) and I had WAY too many I really really like in this deck!
Favorite Card: There’s a lot to love here, but the Seven of Pentacles is a particularly interesting to me. The Fool too, is a very different interpretation with the wild rider.
Least Favorite Card: I don’t have any cards in this deck I dislike.
Card I Identify As: The Seven of Pentacles. This deck tends to suggest I wait and see, and I honestly identify with the monk waiting for the fruits of their labors!
The deck Identifies me as: 8 Strength. Don’t ask.
Season: Mid Summer/Fall
Boxes it Checks: Welsh, Romantic, Idealized Medieval, Soft, Fae, Story-Telling, Fairy-Tale, Kind, Arthurian/Celtic/Irish, Lush, Love Readings, Earthy
Similar Decks: The Insight Tarot (in art style), The Arthurian Tarot Deck, (by the same artist) Legend: The Arthurian Tarot, The Druid’s Craft Tarot, Tarot of the Druids, The Wild Wood Tarot, Universal Celtic Tarot, Anna K. Tarot, Tarot of the Golden Wheel, Ana Tourian’s decks
Does anyone else have this deck? Is this officially a retro deck or is it still fresh?
Overall: 7/10 This is one of those decks I’m quite sure anyone with an internet connection and an interest in Tarot has seen. There’s a reason for that; one, it’s a mass marked deck published 2017 so it’s been around a while, and two, this deck had PERSONALITY. A charming, idiosyncratic, yet surprisingly traditional RWS deck, it sports youthful and colorfully dressed witches who cavort across the cards. Extremely popular, copied many times over in decks with less substance, this is a personable, lighthearted, and very cute deck that loans itself well for daily readings as well as more through readings. I will say that this is by no means a serious deck, so there are a certain subset of readings that this will feel rather silly or otherwise too soft and kind.
Card Quality: 3/5 Okay. A higher grade Llewellen card stock. Very shiny. Easy to shuffle and hold in hand. Nothing exceptional, nothing awful either.
Reading court cards are notorious for being a difficult hill to climb for beginners learning the RWS system. I personally struggled with differentiating the Aces vs the Pages, but the artist of this deck did a splendid job at helping the reader along!
Readability: 4.5/5 This deck shines in the complex story each card tells. I think this deck does an incredible job at guiding viewers with people (witches) who have expressive faces, that are doing elaborate things. The symbols are, well, mostly every day mundane (except for our witchy paraphernalia), but are purposeful and lend themselves to the story rather than just being the “typical” RWS symbols. One could easily use this deck in place of an RWS clone, even though this isn’t a clone at all. I find the rich colors, details, and entertaining ‘stories’ of each card so easy to “get” that this is a perfect deck to learn off of, or for intermediate readers to just pick up and run with it. The book it comes with is darn good too, though it doesn’t guide reversals. I love giving others readings with this deck; it’s very fun and generally well received. Again though, for a more serious reading this deck tends to struggle.
Part II of the Aces vs Pages. Almost in all of the Pages you see the element of practice and study, with the notable exception of the Wands Page who is just going for it! I also love how the Page of Wands has some strong Fool energy–it’s perfect!
I do want to laud the artist in their interpretation differences between the Aces and the Pages—I struggled for a long time getting to understand the court cards and I particularly struggled with differing meaning between Aces and Pages which both have new beginnings as part of their intrinsic meanings.
Art: 3.5/5 There’s a lot of character here that is constant through each card. I think this deck does human expressions better than any other deck I’ve seen and that’s what makes this so accessible, to me at least. Our witches are flying around in adorable and kitschy psudo-witch/renfest costumes with cutesy striped leggings, but it can be off-putting to some when the scenes change from medieval time to modern, from sitting in a vintage sidecar-motorcycle to doing yoga. There seems to be no clear “time” that the various stories of the cards are taking place in. But regardless, the colors are rich and bold and appropriate for each situation.
I’m over the moon about the cute kitties and dogs and other familiars we see here, especially since they often actually help understand the meaning of the cards by pointing the way or giving attention to a particular object.
A selection of various facial expression and time settingsand not a variety of body type, age, or skin color, though perhaps the King is slightly older.
I think that the biggest downfall of this deck, and it is quite the downfall given this deck is representing witchy-ness today (and the general number-one complaint online), is its lack of diversity–it’s mostly young, thin, Caucasian people. There are a few, slightly darker skin tones, but really not enough. I know there are older folk in here too, but I kinda wished there were some more in the not necessarily elderly titles (like the king/queen). I’d also like to see some other bodies besides the tall and thin and the short petite. They did this in the oracle deck that was published after the fact, but really, the tarot needs it too. It would be awesome if this deck was redone with greater diversity!
Favorite Card: Death, or maybe Temperance. This is one of my favorite Temperance cards. I also really like how the Ten of Swords isn’t just a complete fatalistic and “giving in”, but rather the struggle continues and is yet to be determined, though the outlook could go either way.
Least Favorite Card: The Eight of Wands–I don’t know why, but I tend to have issue with the old Eight of Wands in RWS decks. I get what the artist was trying to do here with the need to act swiftly, and I appreciate doing something other than the eight wands poking into the card, but I tend to think of the doer in motion, not just responding to motion. Again, maybe this is just me, but I’d have had a witch riding in the tornado, not throwing/losing wands into the air like a dork.
I also feel like the Five of Cups pictured really is pushing a narrative of crying over spilled milk (did y’all learn it as “crying over SPILT milk”? because I did)—I personally do not usually read this card like that, and I typically read it as a grief and processing card. So, while I personally feel this does fall under a Five of Cups theme, it misses the deeper point of the card.
Card I Identify As: 20 Judgement. I personally find self-discovery and growth when I’m not actively trying to do so but rather through actions of having fun and play mentality.
The Deck Identifies Me as: 7 The Chariot. I seem to constantly draw this card when asking internal questions about myself and I have learned to love this depiction! I DO struggle with making “this or that” choices!
Similar Decks: The Green Witch Tarot is astoundingly similar, but the GWT definitely is very wiccan/modern pagan focused while the EDW doesn’t take itself seriously at all, The Dark Woods Tarot, The Modern Witch Tarot, Teen Witch Tarot, Ask The Witch Tarot (which is a very cool deck IMO), The Mystical Dreams Tarot, The Spellcasters Tarot, As Above Tarot, So Below Tarot, Tarot of the Witch’s Garden, there are too many to list!
Does RWS better than The RWS. Please don’t come at me. Purchased 2020
Nudity Warning! The cards ahead have scandalous boobies.
Overall: 8/10 I will admit, I’ve had some prejudice against this deck in the past. There was a stretch of years where everyone seemed to be coming out with Art Nouveau style decks and even when I first got this deck I felt a little burned out on the style. It is perhaps a good thing then that I waited so long before writing a proper review! This deck does so many things right and executes so many things well, that I’ve never looked for another Art Nouveau specific deck, and it would not surprise me if this deck will continue to sell for many years down the road.
After my failed attempt at using the traditional Rider-Waite-Smith Tarot, my Tarot-enthusiast friend loaned me her copy of The Tarot Mucha, and I have to give it credit for being my traditional RWS teacher. When I finally relinquished her deck, I purchased my own copy. It reads like a dream and provides great insight. It is a solid deck, and I can see why it was such a big deal when it first came out (way way back in 2014).
I do not think that this deck gets enough recognition for the incredible expressions of emotion! That Page of Swords clearly doesn’t know what they are doing, the Hermit looks a little crazy, and that 3 of Swords is painful to look at!
This is a really soft feeling deck, but it has BIG EMOTIONS. Saucy, even melodramatic at times. Like the traditional RWS, this deck tends to not silver-line situations, but it is a straight-shooter when it comes to the raw emotions of a situation without being critical or mean. That said, I do feel like this isn’t a snappy sort of deck that’s quick to call you on your b.s.—rather, it is quite “lazy,” in that you really need to stop and LOOK at all the small details on the cards and take your time in a reading.
Card Quality: 4/5 It’s fine. Rather stiff, holds up well to lots of use. Higher end gloss finish makes the cards look new after years of use.
Readability: 5/5 A very, very pretty, accessible and sensible RWS semi-clone, and arguably the easiest reader of all the decks I own. I do like using this for really feminine emotions readings and love and relationship readings. I also tend to pick this off the shelf if I’m reading in the morning, the soft colors seem to bring about that vibe. It also gets a lot of use in the spring. The card border indicates where, in either the major or which minor each card belongs which is really useful in large spreads. This is an easy “learners” deck since the emotions of each character is pretty clear. You got to be more emotionally developed than me (which I suppose is a low bar) to want to use this on the regular–the characters portrayed in the art have big feelings.
This deck has some strong juxtapositions and now I have come to really love it for that. While the beautiful cards are really truly beautiful, there’s also the poor pox covered person on the 5 of Pentacles, and look at that grey/green dead solider in the 10 of Swords. This deck has a savage side!
Art: 4.5/5 I mean, it’s exactly what you expect you’ll get, but so much more. I think Mucha would have been proud to be the inspiration for such a deck. It’s rich in details with that “vintage” feeling colors and style while having the modern RWS reader in mind and delivering very clear imagery and symbols in the cards. This feels like a deck that was designed by an artist who has done tarot as long as they’ve been art-ing. I think it’s easy enough on the eyes for most people who don’t read, and would loan itself well for client readings while also being a great deck to use as a more experienced reader looking for a classic.
I have to say that each card is fairly complex and really gives you a lot to work with, with each image (unlike the Ethereal Visions which is so stark it’s hard to use). And each image is quite original even though it’s definitely traditional RWS (unlike The Golden Art Nouveau which is a copy-paste RWS).
This deck has two artistic faults (imo): one, it’s backs. I wish they would have done something more creative with the backs of these cards. I feel like the backs almost look like a front of a card. Two, I will say that there isn’t much diversity represented in the art (there are one or two non-Europeans), but I suppose there wasn’t much diversity in the original Art Nouveau style of Mucha’s art.
Favorite Card: XIII Death. Okay, I’ll be honest: I bought this deck because I love the take on the RWS, but mostly because I LOVE the Death Card. The Death Card cracks me up. I will keep this deck because of lucky XIII. Death is so done with your bullshit, Steve. Death f*cking told you, and here you are—did you listen? Nope.
Least Favorite Card: XV The Devil. I dunno you guys, this Devil looks rad. I like this card, but it’s not what I think of as the Devil. She seems awesome. Tenacious D vibes.
Card I Identify As: XVII The Moon–SOOO mischievous!
The deck Identifies me as: This deck, despite how much I’ve used it, has never given me a specific identifier.
Season: Late Spring/Early Summer
Boxes it Checks: Traditional, Soft, Romantic, Feminine, Old-School, Love Readings
Similar Decks: The Golden Art Nouveau Tarot, Ethereal Visions Tarot (though honestly I think Tarot Mucha did a better job than either of these), Tarot Art Nouveau (which looks really intricate and colorful), Romantic Tarot, The Harmonious Tarot
By the way, HAPPY SPRING!Blessed Ostara for the pagan children out there.
FairyLightsTarot (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsoXmlsSSPw) I believe, came out with this brilliant tag, in part due to fans’ suggestions. It is really easy to talk about the decks one loves and adores the most, but it’s a whole ‘nother ball game to reveal that there are decks you spent good money on and don’t use! Some of these I simply just don’t know how to use, some I haven’t dedicated the time to learn the internal system, and some I just plain-old don’t like!
The decks of shame.
The Waite-Smith Centennial Tarot
Well, I won’t belabor this one seeing as I recently posted a full review of this deck. This is a deck that tenuously stays in my collection as a reference sheet. My copy of this deck is mean, and it has earned at this point a permanent time-out.
The Mary-El Tarot
I am so intimidated by this deck! I LOVE the weird and bright artwork, but I picked it up having done ZERO Toth studies. This is one of those things where it’s all on me—I haven’t put in the time. I think once I do (Esoteric June, maybe?) I’ll reach for it! Those of you who are proficient in more than one tarot system, how did you do it? Did you just nose to the grindstone? Was learning the second system easier, or was it harder because your prior knowledge was getting in the way?
Visconti di Modrone Tarot
I am a history lover. Prior to this deck I purchased and became obsessed with The Sola Busca Tarot (and my dearest partner bought me The Game of Saturn that I spent months pouring over). I figured that if I could tackle the Sola Busca, this old pip deck should be no problem.
Me. I. I’m the problem, it’s me. I don’t know how to read pips all that well seeing as I’ve not spent any time with Marseille-esque decks. Maybe that’s an August or later theme??? There’s no way I can do a Toth month back-to-back with a Marseille-esque month, my head would explode!
I want to be able to use historic decks—it’s a really romantic image I have in my head that I haven’t been able to manifest into a reality yet.
The Mythical Creatures by Baba Studio
Another pip deck. While I occasionally use this deck, being it’s so pretty and ornate and the large companion book is the bosses sauce, I’d really like to reach for it more than a few times a year. I find the pips in this deck easy to get lost in, and I’d love to have this as a reader I use for others who’d like a pip deck. I wanna be functional at pips! How do you Marseille readers do it???
The Tarot of the Broken Mirror 5 Edition: Sapphire/Marseille
I backed this deck on Kickstarter for two reasons: 1) I ADORE my IV edition Broken Mirror Tarot, and 2) I wanted a gateway deck to learn Marseille. Unfortunately, I believe the little pictures in the minors meant to help those of us who are stunted in the Marseille department, are not necessarily Marseille meanings, but RWS meanings! Does anyone else have this deck? Is that true? Or are the pictures Marseille in nature and there’s simply overlap?
The Mushroom Hunter’s Tarot
I honestly couldn’t tell you why I don’t reach for this one because I love foraging and I love mushrooms and I think this deck is cute as all-get-out. Obviously mushrooms and fungi are rather niche subject matters so it isn’t “oh duh, perfect deck for this question” unless its cooking related. I think though that I can and should apply it beyond its face value. It needs to be in my next month’s deck list, I think. How do you use decks that are rather “niche” in nature?
Sefriot Tarot
I know perfectly well why I don’t use this deck. I have some serious bad blood between the Kickstarter campaign and the horrible quality of what they took a lot of money to make. While the feel in hand makes me cringe, and the coloring is really poor, the art is still pretty and I’m hoping that if I do a monthly theme for pip decks (which it is apparent at this point that I need to do) I’ll include this deck and see if there’s any saving it at this point.
Tarot Minchiate by Amparo Cortes
On the total flipside of Sefriot, this deck is FAR more finely-crafted than I thought it would be! The cards are absolutely lux. This deck is primarily meant to be a deck for the Tarot Minchiate game. I have yet to learn it! I think that the instruction manual is a bit too vague for me (I really need to watch someone play a game to understand it). I think the only way I’m going to learn this is to actively seek out another group of people who already know the game.
Divine Deco Tarot
I think this is a cool deck. I love the subject of dancers. I have yet to use it. Even once. I don’t know why. Maybe like The Mushroom Hunter Tarot it’s a bit too niche for me to think of it when I’m looking for a deck in particular.
The Arthur Rackham Oracle (2nd edition)
This one I used quite a bit when I first got it. It was my third oracle deck and seemed to be exactly what I was looking for, but for whatever reason, I stopped using it and it got covered at the back of the shelf. It’s a rather strange oracle, and the words with the images don’t always seem to go together or seem to resonate with a tarot pairing. I’d love to hear how y’all would use this quirky deck because I rather like it and would like to put it to work!
Alright, those are the decks I never reach for, and some tentative plans to fix that. What about YOU? Is there a deck that you just can’t seem to make yourself pick up and use?
For all its skeletons, it’s a bouquet of flowers. Purchased 2020
Overall: 8/10 Do you have an Abuela who’s kinda out there? Eccentric, has beaded curtains and wears sarongs even though it’s snowing? Has married a couple times, since her husbands seem to die tragically? Every time she tells a story it’s different, and better than the last time? Always has some tamales for you to snack on? No? Me neither. But the Santa Muerte Tarot is that Abuela.
I love this deck. It’s one of the few I’ve ever modded by edging in red. I’m going on four years of using it and the enchantment has not worn off. It is one that I go out of my way to find occasion to use, and I feel despite the rise of Tarot popularity since it first came out, it will continue to stand the test of time because it fills such a particular niche. While the skeletons are ghastly, they are very animated, and the somewhat old-school computer-graphic-y art feels at times dated, this deck is thoughtful and kind.
This deck is a strong contender for “best back design.”
Card Quality: 3.5/5 It’s uber-glossy. Works fine, nothing to write home about. Does it’s job, holds up well over multiple uses.
Whetherthe card is sticking to the traditional RWS meaningor completely branching out, each card art is very creative and unique in its interpretation.
Readability: 4/5 This deck does not stay strictly to the RWS system and honestly, it doesn’t need to because the images are really self-explanatory. If you’re looking to branch out beyond basic Tarot, and expand your intuitive reading ability, this is a great place to start. I consider this deck one of my “teacher” decks seeing as it changed how I read tarot. The themes of the minors are clearly portrayed and there is a sense of progression and order that very few decks possess, even those that I rate higher than this deck. There are some rather puzzling images that will take a bit of time to ponder, and because the 10’s and some of the court cards aren’t necessary as clear as some decks, I’m not sure this is a complete “beginner” deck, but it is an easy reader. There’s a lot of symbology bound up in different represented body parts that really deserve a lot more attention than I’ve seen out there.
In the 10’s we see a body-representation of the suit: Swords are skulls (where the mind is kept), Wands, being a suit of passion is represented by the hip/pelvic bone, Pentacles are feet that keep us connected and down to earth, and the Cups are the ribcage, where the heart is kept safe. I know that some people think this is silly, but I really like this interesting take.
For a person who is artistically in-tune with their body, then this will “make sense” in a strange way.
Art: 5/5 I mean, there isn’t much in the way of words that I can do for this deck; it’s rich in color, details, symbols. It’s so so fun, humorous, and just gosh-darned good natured. Death, it would seem, becomes us all. I love the way the skeletons really level the playing ground on how people are perceived in this deck. Each minor group court is marked with different eye-socket designs which a) makes reading quickly a cinch, and b) gives some really good visual character to our skeletons. The Majors and Minors have equal amount of detail and thought put into them which is a big seller for me. Oh and the backs are STELLAR! This is one of the best backs out of all my decks. I love them to death (hehehe).
Favorite Card: I mean, there’s a LOT of really good images in this deck like XVI The Tower? HELLO! What an interesting take. But the 2 of Wands is what really sold me on this deck. This is a darkly funny idea of “planning” and preparation. Also the 2 of Swords is incredible (notice the scissor blades?), and this has to have one of the best 3 of Swords I can think of.
Least Favorite Card: The 9 of Pentacles—I just I don’t get it??? Also, let me point out to any future tarot deck makers the importance of putting the little line under the 6 and 9 if you are not going to have the numbers at the top or bottom of your cards, your readers will thank you.
Season: Spring/Summer when all the flowers are in bloom, or around Day of the Dead.
Similar Decks: In artistic style (except in black and white) Goetia Tarot by the same artist, The Marigold Tarot, The Sugar Skull Tarot, Tarot de El Dios de los Tres, Ancestors Tarot, the companion oracle by the same artist Santa Muerte Oracle, Night Sun Tarot (also by the same artist)
The Tarot Tarts 