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Transient Light Tarot
At the end of last year, on a whim, I bought the Transient Light Tarot as part of my final deck haul for a while. I’m glad it made the cut because it is everything I feel I need right now. Its simple colour palette and minimalist style aligns with how I want to live my life. I’m over busyness for the sake of busyness and the constant need for more. This deck epitomises that for me. The Transient Light Tarot Cards The Transient Light Tarot is an 81 card tarot deck. But rather than reinventing the wheel, or more accurately the Major Arcana, the three additional cards are Past,…
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Clarity Tarot
I chose to write about the Clarity Tarot because I felt like a change of pace. Minimalist decks appeal to me for a plethora of reasons. The most obvious reason is that you are not forced to navigate your way through complex imagery. Instead you have to sit quietly with the image and let your mind wander and your thoughts flow. A minimalist deck doesn’t give you, or the creator, any place to hide. Rather, as is the intention of a deck subtitled “a deck for creative visualisation,” you bring the images to life in your mind. The Clarity Tarot Cards To read the Clarity Tarot I ask myself what…
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The Raven’s Prophecy Tarot
For artist and author Maggie Stiefvater, writing a book that mentioned tarot led her to create The Raven’s Prophecy Tarot. Now in its sixth printing you’d have to say that it’s proved to be a pretty successful offshoot project! I’ve been aware of this deck for a while but until recently I chose not to add it to my collection because I wasn’t sure how I would work with it. However when I read the first line of the guidebook, “I love stories,” it became clear. Maggie Stiefvater is a storyteller and she has created this deck from that perspective. Throughout the guidebook she urges you to tap into you…
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Crystal Skull Tarot
Introduction While flicking through Facebook, I came across the Crystal Skull Tarot quite by chance. It was being sold cheaply on one of the Tarot Buy, Swap and Sell pages and my curiosity got the better of me. After a quick bit of research I discovered it was originally a Kickstarter deck and that the accompanying book was written by Rachel Pollack. Due to shipping costs, living in Australia makes backing Kickstarter decks very expensive so I feel very fortunate to have come across this deck. However, it might not be for everyone. The other morning, I had the Crystal Skull Tarot all laid out on my desk when my…
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Mystic Mondays Tarot
To understand how to approach writing the post for the Mystic Mondays Tarot I asked the cards themselves because I just was not sure where to begin. Fortunately the cards were quick to jump to my rescue. The first thing that stood out to me, which I have to admit surprised me, was how straight up and down-to-earth the deck is to work with. On my initial flick through all I saw was an abundance of colour and not much else. Laid out in a spread though, the colours and the bold artwork combined to guide my eyes towards whatever it is I need to see. There is little distraction,…
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The Wandering Moon Tarot
I first saw this minimalistic black and white deck whilst watching Scorched Earth Tarot on YouTube. Having seen only a few cards, I paused the video and went in search of it. I was pleasantly surprised to discover it was an Indie deck designed by an Australian and shipped from Australia. Often times, living in Australia means the shipping on Indie decks is nearly as much, if not more in some cases, as the deck itself. Not in the case of The Wandering Moon Tarot. Yay!!! The Wandering Moon Tarot Deck This original deck is designed to be read intuitively. The creator wants you to position yourself in the card.…
