Cerulean
It doesn't take much...a rainy day, one question from someone on Aeclectic...and I grabbed this out again.
I've been using this deck mainly as a card pull for the gorgeous illustrations. Below you'll see that I've only glanced at the substantial pamphlet, although I've had this deck for at least nine months. I'm still learning more about astrology topics, but I initially choose this deck because it was beautifully illustrated.
The initial question was why I found it more useful than the psycards. I posted that I prefer the art. Scenes such as the woman riding the firebird or phoenix in detailed line drawings are a treat---after some art experiments, I reward myself with a card pull. I'm not certain why, but there is a universal quality about the illustrations to me that show subtleness, depth and sometimes painful topics--but not horribly distortion.
Samples from www.learntarot.com and www.wicce.com give good descriptions. Astroamerica does give some pointed feedback in its review. Some of the negative aspects of the astrology symbols picked and and the use of reaching 'past memories' with controversial subject titles is also discussed. There's two reviews on Amazon.com, but they are fairly positive.
My slight misfortune with this deck is I ordered it from a used bookstore that no longer trades on Amazon.com. No one looked at this pamphlet closely, so I thought I was only missing two pages of descriptions---which a kind forum member provided. On closer inspection, the misprinting is such that I have duplicate descriptions of some cards... so I am missing descriptions on four other cards. I ordered a new set, as it takes months for my local vendors to get U.S. Games/AGM Mueller titles.
Two lovely links that reviewed this 1996 deck also vanished in the past year.
If you have the deck, what's your ideas? If you want the deck, do you have any questions?
I've been using this deck mainly as a card pull for the gorgeous illustrations. Below you'll see that I've only glanced at the substantial pamphlet, although I've had this deck for at least nine months. I'm still learning more about astrology topics, but I initially choose this deck because it was beautifully illustrated.
The initial question was why I found it more useful than the psycards. I posted that I prefer the art. Scenes such as the woman riding the firebird or phoenix in detailed line drawings are a treat---after some art experiments, I reward myself with a card pull. I'm not certain why, but there is a universal quality about the illustrations to me that show subtleness, depth and sometimes painful topics--but not horribly distortion.
Samples from www.learntarot.com and www.wicce.com give good descriptions. Astroamerica does give some pointed feedback in its review. Some of the negative aspects of the astrology symbols picked and and the use of reaching 'past memories' with controversial subject titles is also discussed. There's two reviews on Amazon.com, but they are fairly positive.
My slight misfortune with this deck is I ordered it from a used bookstore that no longer trades on Amazon.com. No one looked at this pamphlet closely, so I thought I was only missing two pages of descriptions---which a kind forum member provided. On closer inspection, the misprinting is such that I have duplicate descriptions of some cards... so I am missing descriptions on four other cards. I ordered a new set, as it takes months for my local vendors to get U.S. Games/AGM Mueller titles.
Two lovely links that reviewed this 1996 deck also vanished in the past year.
If you have the deck, what's your ideas? If you want the deck, do you have any questions?