Wildwood Tarot

[gregory]

It drives me far crazier to have the book intended for the deck to not match, than a book never intended to be used.

I obviously didn't expect the Vampyres to match the Rabbit exactly, but so much of the book did apply.

Oh sure - I actually tend to read them on their own, not with the decks they are supposed to belong to. The Wildwood one has the pix that don't fit though which makes it that bit harder !

I just (re)read the book for Crow's Magick and the ONLY deck I had with me when I had a need for a card was Ludy Lescot. THAT was odd....

 

[karen0205]

-- Just a Note to Anyone With a Sealed Copy of this Deck --
If it was printed by Eddison Sadd, you should open it and
make sure all the cards are included. They had a problem
with the 10 of Vessels card being left out of decks.
Better check now and get a replacement before they
are all gone.

 

[AstralSoul]

I am going to buy this deck through amazon!

The Wildwood Tarot: Wherein Wisdom Resides

by Mark Ryan

I hope is that one. It does not say anything about the cards coming with it... but based on the comments, the cards come too..

 

[Padma]

I have to say, this really is a marvellous deck when reading for others - I have had brilliant results when people who were sitting were drawn to it and chose it for the reading there is something about it that really brings out intuition, for me, anyways! Perhaps because it is drawing on primal energies and archetypes...

 

[AstralSoul]

I have to say, this really is a marvellous deck when reading for others - I have had brilliant results when people who were sitting were drawn to it and chose it for the reading there is something about it that really brings out intuition, for me, anyways! Perhaps because it is drawing on primal energies and archetypes...

This is why I felt in love with it. You see, I went to a group of "Psychics" where everybody was going to do readings, etc. I started to do a reading with my Cosmic Tarot deck and everybody loved my reading, so I did more, mini-readings. The owner of the group had this deck and told me to read her, but with her deck. I was like "what the???" but she wanted me to use her deck, so I did... And really felt very connected with the deck, it spiked even further my intuition, so I had to have it.

I ordered it before, by the 18th it will be in my hands

 

[Extoria]

...I hope this thread isn't too dead?

I just got the Wildwood Tarot yesterday, and spent yesterday evening looking through it. It it quite different from the other two I have - Manga LS and the Art of Tarot. I don't yet know how I feel about it.

The book is the largest one I've seen paired with a deck! It's like a proper thing in its own right - you'd see stuff the same size sold independently. It looks pretty in-depth too, explaining the cards' relationship to the Wheel of the Year, offering two or three spreads, and discussion by the authors. I've only skimmed it, but I like that it draws attention to various bits of science. I also particularly like that they deliberately decided to make most of the characters androgynous - helps keep it balanced.

I've only done one 'reading' with it, which was a single card draw in which I asked it to summarise itself for me. I got the 8 of Arrows: Struggle. I guess this will be a challenging one for me to learn then.

 

[Verity]

...I hope this thread isn't too dead?

Hi Extoria! I just joined up with Aeclectic and just purchased the Wildwood Tarot the other day, so I'm hoping this thread isn't too dead either!

Either way, I thought it'd be nice to start a dialogue with someone else who's just learning the Wildwood deck.

The book is the largest one I've seen paired with a deck! It's like a proper thing in its own right - you'd see stuff the same size sold independently. It looks pretty in-depth too, explaining the cards' relationship to the Wheel of the Year, offering two or three spreads, and discussion by the authors. I've only skimmed it, but I like that it draws attention to various bits of science.

This was actually one of the reasons that I went with the Wildwood deck, haha. I looked at several online but wasn't quite satisfied with the descriptions and then happened upon the Wildwood Tarot in my local Barnes & Noble, of all places. I loved that it was a full deck with major and minor arcana and was stunned that they included such a lengthy book alongside it. So far it's been phenomenally helpful to me, although I admit to bouncing back and forth between the actual book and the intro to Tarot cards provided here on the site.

I also particularly like that they deliberately decided to make most of the characters androgynous - helps keep it balanced.

Loved this, too. It helps me to focus on the message and meaning of the card.

I've only done one 'reading' with it, which was a single card draw in which I asked it to summarise itself for me. I got the 8 of Arrows: Struggle. I guess this will be a challenging one for me to learn then.

I hadn't thought to ask the deck to summarize itself for me, although I can assure I definitely will be! I'm still relatively new to the Tarot thing although I am currently in a place of serious introspection and self-discovery so I'm excited to experience the capacity of a Tarot deck for guidance and inner exploration.

I've done a few Pathway readings based on the three card spread outlined in the back of the book, and out of all of them I've drawn the Page of Bows more often than not, and frequently in relation to myself as the querent.

I've been considering making a drastic career change recently and I think the card is really resonating with me because of all the questions I have surrounding this idea.

One of the things I love about the Wildwood deck is its focus on nature. When I was looking at Tarot decks I was drawn to two or three with nature as a theme but when I saw the images of this deck I felt an immediate kinship with it. I'm looking forward to learning more about it.

I know this thread is pretty old, but hopefully you're still bumping around on here somewhere, and perhaps if some of the others are too it'll be pretty easy to get into the thick of studying together.

...spent some time to do a one card draw asking for summary before I posted this, just to see what came up, and I drew the King of Bows: Adder. I'm a Fire sign myself, so I suppose it isn't so odd that I've been drawing the suit of Bows frequently. I was born in the year of the Snake, as well, so I've always had a soft spot for these beautiful creatures.

The suit of Kings is also associated with fire, as well as motivation and can indicate the beginning of something, from what I understand. Maybe it's time to make that bold career move, after all!

 

[Eyebright]

This is a deck that seems to have divided the tarot nation! There are people who love it, and people who hate it! Some people find it deviates too much from traditional tarot and is more of an oracle for them.
It certainly has it's own system in my opinion, so don't be surprised if you read a traditional meaning for a card you drew on this site and think "huh?" when it doesn't match anything on your card!
I love this deck though and think it is well worth putting time and effort into studying and reading with the deck. I always get very powerful (to me), deep and meaningful readings with my copy of the deck. It will be one deck I never sell or trade away.

Enjoy your time with the deck I look forward to reading about your experiences with it

 

[AJ]

This is a deck that seems to have divided the tarot nation! There are people who love it, and people who hate it!

There is another half, the third half...those of us who never bought it at all.

 

[Eyebright]

There is another half, the third half...those of us who never bought it at all.

Good point well made AJ, although I now think our maths doesn't quite add up!

However it has definitely been a well discussed deck, and of course there were the tarotistas's who felt the deck was disrespectful and not in good tatse to it's mother deck the Greenwood and Chesca Potter the artist and co-creator of the deck.