Crow's Magick...?

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 19 Sep 2001, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Rachael	19 Sep 2001
After starting learning tarot some months ago with the near-obligatory R/W deck (it was really good as a total beginner helping to understand the cards, but it never really 'clicked' with me), it was time for me to go out and find 'my' deck...! Unfortunately a lot of the nice decks don't seem to be available in the UK :( But I did at last find one I really liked the look of, Crow's Magick Tarot. (Okay it's kinda dark and gothic looking, but I've always been drawn to that type of thing) Weeks later, though I still like the look of deck, I feel I haven't gelled with it at all! :( The minor arcana in particular I just find really overpowering and confusing - the whole suit of cups just feels wrong somehow! The keywords on the cards I don't like, they seem to be trying to confine each card to a particular meaning. And while I'm fairly well grounded in basic astrology, the sybmbols in the corner just add to the confusion even more... ??? I think for a beginner certainly, which I still really am, it was far too ambitious a choice! But I'd be interested to know what other people who have the deck feel about it. Does it work for you? - is it a deck that needs the expert handling of a tarot veteran rather than an apprentice? ;) Rachael

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