Orien's Animal Tarot: 78 Card Deck and 144 Page Book

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Structured like a traditional Tarot deck, each of the 78 cards (and guidebook) features full-color paintings and elegantly interprets the classical Tarot imagery through depictions of legendary rootworkers past and present. The colours of this deck are so energizing and rich, it is hard to not get in an uplifting mood when working with these cards. The snake is in the cup because sexuality and earthly pleasures are one of the choices which the figure can make, the others being money, beauty, spirituality, and so on.

In fact, in many cases, I preferred the black-and-white reproductions of the cards in the companion book better than the cards themselves, given how muted and limited the colors were in the cards, and given the high quality of Smith's sketches. The Major Arcana is a 22 card set within the tarot that is considered to be the core and the foundation for the deck. As lovely as the cat themed tarot decks are, luckily for all the dog lovers out there this deck will fit your needs perfectly as well! The solid, unmoving blackness of the Knight of Pentacle’s steed: does this show stubbornness or careful thought?We offer many benefits including the opportunity to become a TABI Endorsed Reader, info on local meetups, a great forum for Tarot discussion, an annual conference, and monthly Zoom discussions.

Each card features a different African animal, linked with an inspirational passage, chosen to help the reader hear their own intuition and find clarity. A white wolf, the queen of swords, says, "I know I can be cold when I need to be, bold when I have to be, and as blunt as I can be. Associated with the element of fire, the suit of wands represents passion, inspiration and willpower.The Spirit of the Wheel Meditation Deck combines a study of the Native American medicine wheel with softly coloured, visionary artwork. This deluxe box melds the tradition of the tarot with the deep archetypes of Game of Thrones with 78 masterly crafted cards and a 114-page hardcover 2-color booklet, presented in a gorgeously illustrated gift box. The companion booklets for this deck come in five languages (English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German) so you can even share them with your foreign partner in crime! This set is a perfect gift as these 79 silver-gilded cards with original oil paintings and die-cut rounded corners come with the guidebook in a holographic shimmer box with magnetic closure and lifting ribbon. With the Modern Way Tarot deck, the creators set out to come up with a modern and more intuitive take on the traditional Rider-Waite tarot cards.

While I understand what others say about finding the gold stamping to be a bit bright, I personally think it gives a beautiful touch to the otherwise subtle artwork. This deck could easily be used by Tarot readers from all levels of experience and in my humble opinion a deck one must have besides the classic Rider-Waite. The more you work with this deck, you will find yourself connecting even more to the cards and finding out different ways in which the cards can be of great help for you and your spiritual journey.

There is very little anthropomorphism in the cards – the imposition or reading of human emotions into the actions of an animal. Temperance, a pink flamingo, is the most jarringly colored card in the deck; there is a rainbow in the background, and the pink bird stands in turquoise water. And yet they often pull vehicles or carry their human rider, in mythology they are the ‘servants’ of the Gods and have a special affinity with the underworld and the souls of the dead.

Author Leeza Robertson blogs for Witches and Pagans dot com, and her reflections in the guide are those one would expect from a modern American witch or pagan.The ShadowScapes Tarot deck is a popular choice among many new-age tarot readers for its modern look and feel. Like all crustaceans, they are associated with emotions, rivers, females, and The Moon and, therefore, is a standard feature on moon-related art. The mystical manga deck captures the beautiful style and spirit of Japanese graphic novels of Manga. Each card is pictured by an attractive and real-looking image of an animal, which seem linked with the major arcana but less so with the minor arcana.