My deck arrived today. I can't remember ever feeling anything like the level of excitement when opening a tarot parcel, and I'm always excited when I get a new deck. But this was really a special experience. The extra cards - the wonderful key with zodiac signs, planet sigils and elements - in those beautiful colours. The Tree of Life. And my extra major - wonderful Lust.
I have a special relationship with the Thoth Lust. It's the one card that played an important role in my first reading in 1983, when a friend did a wonderful reading for me. I looked for this card, bought a tarot book (Spiritual Tarot) where I didn't find it, and bought a deck by instinct - the Thoth. And there I found her and then my tarot journey really began.
So I greeted this card with a special feeling.
The decans cards - the box - the lining - the booklet - the pdfs - everything of such high quality. The attention to detail is simply breathtaking.
I think Aleister Crowley himself would have been impressed. The visual solutions for the very complex cards are perfect. A high level of artistry, tarot scholarship and inspiration.
I find the court cards especially impressive. The way that she evokes the decans is simply masterful.
This deck is pure joy. There is so much to discover. I have a synesthetic streak that hits me sometimes - and I hear music when I see these cards. It reminds me of the music that I hear when I look at the Pleiades through binoculars.
It's my first Kickstarter and it was the most positive experience imagineable. Somehow I'm sure that the tarot community will remember the way this deck came into the world, the excitement it generated, the huge expectations - and how it more than fulfilled its promise.
This deck is nobody's clone. It flies like an arrow straight into the heart of tarot.
Sorry for the lyricisms but this is really a special deck.
