i had an interesting experience with the goddess tarot. about a year ago, i saw some of the cards, and i really liked them. but i didn't know if i wanted to spend my money on another deck/book set. so i bought the book, which was $8. cheap enough i thought. when i looked through it, the artwork, while in black and white in the book, didn't impress me as much as i thought it would. so i decided to not buy the deck.
over time, intermittently, this deck would appear to me in the strangest of places. like i'd be in a book store, and the deck would be in the shelf right where i was looking, far away from the tarot section. or someone would mention it, and it would catch my ear. just marginal stuff like that.
a few weeks ago, i went to barnes and noble to buy a book on women's mysteries. they really had no selection at that particular store. yet, right next to that shelf, was the tarot section, and there was a single goddess tarot deck shining in my eyes. i left the store without buying anything.
the next stop was borders. they also didn't have the book i was looking for. but they did have the goddess tarot. they also had one of those flip-thru thingies, with a few goddess tarot cards.
finally, i went to the barnes and noble up the highway a bit. they had the book i was looking for, plus a few others. i saw the goddess tarot decks there, but again passed them by - i already was spending more than i planned. as i waited on line, and glanced over the tables by the register with "bargain" books on them, there, totally out of place, in the middle of a stack of cook books, was a brand new goddess tarot deck. it wasn't a bargain book, someone had probibly picked it up, and decided at the last minute not to buy it. or not.
anyway, i picked it up and bought it.
i love it. the art is much better in color than in black and white. and while it is biased feminine, i don't mind at all. i really like the energy of the deck. one of these days i need to spend some quality time with it, as i haven't really had a chance to do that. i love the diversity of goddesses in the majors, and the little descriptions they have of each.
luv and light,
nexy