Purchasing tarot decks and the "death card"

rash212

• #1

I have noticed a certain trend in me, whenever i'm seeing a new deck online and if I find the "death card" attractive , (by the ways, i find alot of decks have the best illustrations on the death card ) , i make up my mind to buy that deck!!!

Thus, wanted to know has anyone experienced this kind of thing or what are they attracted to most when buying a deck??

rash

 

Blue Fury

• #2

My favourite card in any deck is generally The Star, so if I don't like that particular card, then I tend to not like the deck as much. I also love The Magician, and if I think he's a bit naff looking that will ruin the whole deck for me too.

Fury x

 

tarantulacat

• #3

I find myself looking at The Hanged Man card of a deck. If I'm too put off by The Hanged Man, I don't buy the deck. If I like the Hanged Man, I'm buying the deck faster than you can blink.

 

FaeryGodmother

• #4

The court cards make a difference to me. If I can't read the courts then I don't buy the deck.

 

kerri28

• #5

I too am a big court fan. I also have to click with the pips as well, cant do non descriptive pips.

 

Tongodiva

• #6

I do the death card or the hermit, or the devil... if the death card looks too scary *giggle* then i'll reconsider

T.

 

thatonegirl

• #7

I always look at the high priestess, the lovers, and the queen of pentacles.
Im picky and tough to please.

 

arctic-stranger

• #8

high priestess here.

 

a_shikhs

• #9

For me The High Priestess, Hemit, and the Star have to be attractive in a deck.. These are the first three cards that i check in a new deck..

 

Grizabella

• #10

For me it's the death card, too. I don't like skeletons and other really gross death cards. The Gilded death card is a skull, but it's still kind of a pretty card and matches the black organdy bag that comes with the deck, so I don't mind that one so much.