Was totally disgusted and annoyed with the Tarot of Angels by Robert Place. Thank heavens I managed to sell it! I couldn't believe how cold and lifeless it was. I didn't mind the idea of unillustrated pips but the majors were terrible! And what is Satan doing in this deck? since when is he an angel? I was truly shocked Place didn't put Lucifer there. Isn't Lucifer supposed to be a fallen angel, and a quite famous one at that? that turned me off completely, it was the last straw lol. Such a poor excuse for a deck, when so much creativity and spirit could have been injected. And the card stock was that sticky over laminated kind, like a driver's license--ugh! lol!
The name Lucifer is found in one place in the Bible (King James, Isaiah 14) "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! . .since this one little statement is all we have, along with several other references to a "Satan" who also has "fallen" from heaven, I don't know how anyone can know for sure who Lucifer was. I think it depends on who you are talking to, and what their opinion is. Some believe they are the same, so don't. The way I was raised, Lucifer and Satan ARE the same person - Lucifer was his name when he was an angel in heaven, and Satan he became after he fell.
Frankly, I don't believe in either of them, not in the biblical sense anyway...but I do believe that in biblical history, they are definitely the same being.
I don't have Place's Angel Tarot, wish i did, it's on my list....but I haven't seen it in person, and have only seen a few cards online. I like his other decks, so assumed I would like this one - I'll have to look for the "satan" card - I am assuming it is the Devil card? Not sure how I feel about it, I'd have to see it first....but I am not altogether against Satan appearing in an angel deck.
My worst purchase..there have been many. I would have to say the absolute worst to be the Sacred Circle Tarot, the one with the mish-mash of different styles - it's painting, it's photos, it's collage...mostly it's dorky looking people in wrinkled cheap looking Halloween Druid costumes...typical "creative" deck, new made up card names, stuff like that. I hate it.