Product Description

In this unique tarot, you will find skinny guys and people of colour, heavy women and quirky kids from all times and places - the real people who make our lives lively and bright. The cards look like woodcuts that have been painted with vibrant, rich colours. They are actually hand-coloured linoleum block prints featuring highly stylised artwork with an exotic, otherworldly quality that defies imitation. The approach of the imagery and text is practical rather than academic.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #458743 in Books
• Published on: 2001-05-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Cards
• 288 pages

Customer Reviews

Pure Joy.
I am thrilled. This deck is amazing, I feel an instant connection- it's the woodcuts. The effort that went into this just oozes all over the place, truly a labor of love.
Just look at the fool card! I love that it's a girl just happily ambling off the tiled roof of a farmhouse.
I have oodles of decks that I've gathered over the years. This one is my favorite, and I've only had it for about twenty minutes. This deck will be with me wherever I go.

Eclectic Deck with Powerful Images
I have this deck in addition to several others, and I have to say this is my favorite, although I probably use the Robin Wood deck most often, for practical, tangible matters. This deck is deeper, more symbolic, and a bit darker. The artwork reminds me of old-school comic book art (before the manga craze gave everyone huge eyes and spiky hair) with lots of black ink and bold but not cartoony colors.
The pictures have almost a visceral feel to them, and are quite expressive. This deck also stands out as a perfect alternative to the "goth" and "fluffy-bunny" extremes which seem to be popular in tarot decks lately. There is a mix of races, genders, ages, and cultures in this deck, sometimes even on the same card, but it's one of the few multi-cultural decks I've seen that doesn't seem fake or fluffy.

Some cards that really stood out are the Magician, which I like because it shows movement and action, which most other decks don't; and the Lovers, which in addition to being a very nice-looking card, shows a couple embracing in such a way that you can't really tell what gender either of them are. Could be a man and a woman, or two women, or two men, or two androgenous people. I think that this fits the card well, and also allows the reader to use whichever combination fits the reading best.

Overall, this is an excellent deck. It might not be the absolute best choice for a beginner (the Robin Wood deck would probably be better), but it's not too hard to understand, either. And if you're reading for someone else, they'll be impressed by the pictures too. Something about this deck just feels like a tarot deck should.

A most excellent deck for all levels of users
This deck is truely a beautiful work of art and conveys the timeless knowledge of many diverse cutural, spiritual and ethnical backgrounds with a definate earth based slant. When I outgrew my tarot deck I was fortunate to find this one available for me to further my studies and celebrate my new growth spurt. Some cards are bold, vibrant and colorful while others are done in calm soothing pastels. They are primative and powerful but not childlike or simplistic. This deck will grow with you as you explore the rich symbolism employed here. The backs of the cards have a sun, moon, hourglass design and are not completely reversable. The authors wished to express that the gifts and lessons as well as the challenges and shadows of each card are always present.
The authors have used refreshingly wise and well chosen words to inform the beginer and advanced tarot users out there of what their deck is all about.
I can only say that this deck and book set is the best thing I have purchased in a long long time.