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Tarot of the Cosmic Seed
I have tried to write about Tarot of the Cosmic Seed several times but each time I started I felt I wasn’t getting to the heart of the deck. In fact it felt like I was barely skimming the surface. Then the other day I used the deck as part of my morning writing practice and things started to fall into place. This deck for me is the poster child for Joseph Campbell’s oft quoted, If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. It speaks to the freedom loving part of my nature that I often try…
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The Relative Tarot
I bought The Relative Tarot on my Mum’s birthday. It’s twenty-eight years since she passed and this year I will have lived longer without her than with her. So, while I have been drawn to ancestral work for a while now, in all honesty, this was a comfort buy. Though, having worked with it I now feel it was a guided purchase. When I flip through the deck it feels like home. That probably sounds a tad odd, but it is honestly the best way I can describe it. These aren’t cards, they’re people, and they want to be heard. So they talk. They talk a lot, and I love…
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Tarot Tableau Revolution
I became aware of Tarot Tableau Revolution through Dina Rosenberg (creator of Crystal Keys Tarot). Dina runs a podcast called Apothecary After Dark with her business partner and one of the episodes she pointed me to was an interview with Maria Alviz Hernando, author of Tarot Tableau Revolution. While still listening to Maria speak, I grabbed my phone and ordered her book. While much of her teachings aren’t applicable to how I approach tarot, I found the book fascinating and I picked up some new ideas that I’ve since incorporated into my practice. I’ll be writing individual posts on those, but I will touch on a couple of them later.…
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Crystal Keys Tarot
Some decks have a theme you can really relate to. Others have artwork that speaks to you, or a guidebook that makes you feel like your sitting down talking all things tarot with a close friend. And some decks, well they combine all three. For me, the Crystal Keys Tarot is one such deck. Some general information Packaging Now I have a lot of decks but there are only a few that have made me gush over the packaging. But, from the moment I pulled the Crystal Keys Tarot from the bag I was impressed. My initial notes read “Packaging – stunning.” The colouring, the artwork, the spot gloss accents,…
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The Radiant Tarot
I first saw The Chariot from The Radiant Tarot on Trishtaytarot’s Instagram feed. Prior to that I’d never taken any notice of the deck. But the artistic choices on The Chariot really stood out to me so I wanted to discover more. When I did, the combination of The Hierophant on the cover, the subtitle, ‘Pathway to Creativity’, and the marketing blurb, led me to buy it on the spot. I don’t usually do that anymore because I am much more selective about the decks I add to my collection. But, as with anything, there are always exceptions. The Radiant Tarot Cards I wasn’t disappointed. Taking 12 years to complete,…
