Bhavana,
You're welcome! Thanks for the links. I've only ever seen a few cards of the Key to the Kingdom deck before and they didn't quite grab my interest, but now seeing more of the whole deck, I am very intrigued. I just ordered a deck. Thanks!
I know, I know!! Isn't it awesome looking?? It's based on nursery rhymes - how cool is that? I have been reading up on these types of playing cards, officially called "transformation playing cards"...it's a whole other world out there...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformation_playing_card
they have been made since the 19th century, and you should look up some of the older decks, some are pretty amazing.. I am so excited to be getting Keys to the Kingdom, can't wait for it to get here...and I think I am very tempted to maybe get a few more of these decks???
I bought the Ana Cortez book and vintage deck today can't wait to receive and delve into it. Marina refers to it so often in her Saturness blog, that the Playing Card Oracle deck seems like an old friend.
Did you get the vintage deck from the Ana Cortez website? I'd love to hear what you think about it when you get it, and see some photos if you can manage it. I really would love to find the USG version, the oop one - though I did find out from Ana that it should be very soon that USG is putting out the new version - with less glossy cardstock, she said...
Do you have the link for Marina's blog? Also, not sure if you know, but Ana has a lot of videos on Youtube showing her working with the deck - very helpful. You can tell this deck is really her life's work. I can't wait to get the deck and work with it.