After tarot
About to buy this deck but a friend bought it first and has shared her images with me tonight.
first i have to say i love the idea behind the deck, a step forward in time from the rider tarot. what happens just AFTER the even.
However, after inspecting her cards a few issues came to mind. First, lo scarabeo bought in Spain yet the deck was in English only.... hey what happened to lo scarabeo four language decks??
ok, the card stock was apparently very good as was the size and colors of the deck.
At first i couldn't work out the four of coins with the death approaching him, however, i soon realized that even with death approaching some people find money to be of up most importance, in fact I've had a lot of readings with people exactly like that card, so it made sence. I've met a lot of clients that not only want to be the richest guy in the cemetery but who will continue with the financial fight until the end.
so i loved this card-
The hanged man, seriously hes being helped?? i'm going to have to put a whole new perspective on this card yet i can already see it working.
The justice card was an almost tearjerker to me, finally someone has created a deck where the the justice and the 6 of coins are connected. yippieee for the reflections between major and minors.
The page of coins is horrid, almost like it doesn't fit in the deck, the artist didn't know what to do with him so added a small dwarf type image, horrid horrid horrid.
i was able to forgive when i saw the devil had the lovers enslaved, something that comes naturally for my mind to see and people rising up to heaven in the judgment card, yippieeee, a deck that talks of the judgement as the passing over to this world to the next and coming upon there final judgment, (my tarot students got this card)
however i'm not sure if i can forgive the hermit card... he has a dog or a wolf by his side and is holding onto a snake. if you got a pet then your not alone and this takes away the entire idea of the hermit being alone. it annoyed me so much.
My friend pointed out that the booklet suggested that we can be alone without loneliness, or something along those lines. but i'm not buying, the hermit should be alone on his journey, if not he turns into the fool who is taking the same journey but with more energy and a dog.
Will i still be buying the deck? hell yeh i cant wait, it has some amazing cards that really open ideas to the rider tarot. i cant wait to get my little bitty teeth into them like a vampire sucking on its next conquest. however someone is going to have to help me understand that darn hermit not being alone...