The Llewellyn Tarot

[MysticMoonlight]

From what I see on the internet, this is a gorgeous deck. I have it on my wish list and I find myself "stalking" it online quite often. I haven't noticed many people discussing it so I was just wondering if any of you have it, how do you feel about/toward this deck? Feel free, if you wish, to share details.

Thanks for any responses and if there is a discussion area already here regarding this deck, I apologize for missing it.

 

[Glass Owl]

Using the Aeclectic Tarot Search feature I turned up some various discussions about this deck. Here are some of the threads...

http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=66889
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=205652
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=116842
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=84704
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=206293
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=174228
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=90927

I received this deck some years as a birthday present. It wasn't on my wishlist at the time, my husband just saw it while looking around on Amazon and though I may enjoy it. I haven't had the chance to work with it yet though sadly as other decks have come in and taken up my time. I still have it though and hope to get around to working with it a bit.

 

[MysticMoonlight]

Thank you very much, Glass Owl.

 

[Freddie]

I like this deck and I still use it. I think 'The hermit' from this pack is my favourite Hermit card ever. I enjoy the looser watercolour feel of the minor arcana as I feel it adds a dreamy aspect to this deck. I think I prefer these earlier Welsh tales to the later more complicated Arthurian stories.

Here is some suggested music to put on whilst enjoying this beautiful Tarot pack:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOsPqOZvFq8



Freddie

 

[ana luisa]

A deck worth buying, by all means. The size makes it easy to handle, the paintings are very soft and welcoming and, if you are a "cutter" it looks great when clipped I use it often when I need a deck that can deliver messages in a soft, tactful way. It reads really well and easy. Besides, it's being sold by a very reasonable price ...

Do you have a PM box ? I could suggest some places/sites where you could get an idea of this deck in use

 

[MysticMoonlight]

I like this deck and I still use it. I think 'The hermit' from this pack is my favourite Hermit card ever. I enjoy the looser watercolour feel of the minor arcana as I feel it adds a dreamy aspect to this deck. I think I prefer these earlier Welsh tales to the later more complicated Arthurian stories.

Here is some suggested music to put on whilst enjoying this beautiful Tarot pack:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOsPqOZvFq8



Freddie

Aw, thank you so much, Freddie. How lovely of you Yes, the use of watercolor and the dreamy aspect just seems to pull me right in. This deck wants to be my next purchase very BADLY!

 

[MysticMoonlight]

A deck worth buying, by all means. The size makes it easy to handle, the paintings are very soft and welcoming and, if you are a "cutter" it looks great when clipped I use it often when I need a deck that can deliver messages in a soft, tactful way. It reads really well and easy. Besides, it's being sold by a very reasonable price ...

Do you have a PM box ? I could suggest some places/sites where you could get an idea of this deck in use

It has this way of making me feel "flowy" when I see its images. Like a dream that you don't want to wake from. Soft and mysterious...I really love that.

Hmm, I don't recall if I turned on pm or not, I'll go check right now


Thanks so much!

Edit: Pm working, ana luisa

 

[Freddie]

I still find myself quite drawn to the Minor Arcana in this deck as it is very nice to look at without being too regal. I also feel this deck has a very eclectic down to earth take on Druid/Witchcraft/Christian magic, which is more in line with my beliefs/practices and dislike of organized religions.

This deck is warm, thoughtful and not at all sugary like some in the same genre.








Freddie

 

[velvetina]

it's a very lovely deck.

The Major Arcana uses figures from Welsh myth, & luckily for me I'm quite familiar with those tales, but sometimes it seems a bit of a stretch...I'm thinking of Strength particularly. ....to link the stories to card illustration to "traditional" Major Arcana.

It helped me to see it a little like the Greenwood in that respect. The archetypes were more or less there, but not exactly the same. Understanding it was a slightly different approach helped enormously in using this deck to add to my understanding, rather than seeing it as a Rider waite clone (which the Minor Arcana are).

It's gorgeous though.

And, like the Greenwood, the system seems to work well enough. I think it would be a treasure for anyone who felt drawn to the Celtic Otherworld.

 

[MysticMoonlight]

I still find myself quite drawn to the Minor Arcana in this deck as it is very nice to look at without being too regal. I also feel this deck has a very eclectic down to earth take on Druid/Witchcraft/Christian magic, which is more in line with my beliefs/practices and dislike of organized religions.

This deck is warm, thoughtful and not at all sugary like some in the same genre.








Freddie

Very good points, Freddie. I agree, it has it's own way of doing things that works very well. I like it...I like it a lot!