Celtic Tarot

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 22 Apr 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Summerdream	22 Apr 2002
Hi! I received the Celtic Tarot by Lo Scarabeo today after seeing a few cards on Joan Bunning's website which looked appealing. After taking a look at all the cards I see I can not work with this deck. I wish I would of seen more of the other weird ones first. I have posted an ad in the trade section if anyone is interested in this deck. How many of you have had that feeling with a deck? A complete let down and not liking it at all? Momof3girls

Andryh	22 Apr 2002
I am having a similar exprience! I bought a deck today that I thoght I would really like (Enochian Tarot)...But opened the package, and knew instantly that it was not for me. The art is really beautiful, but I knew right away, that this deck and I were destined to part. This deck is up for trade too. Check out the trading forum if you are interested!

catlin	23 Apr 2002
Oh, did you mean THAT special Celtic deck from LoScarabeo on which 2 different artists worked on? I got it also in a trade and was pretty disappointed by it. To me it looked like a horror scenario with all that bloodshed on it.

Summerdream	23 Apr 2002
LOL! Yes that's it. It's funny on all the websites that show reviews none of those cards are shown....I'm not into the horror looking ones either so I'd trade for practically anything that appeals to me at this point.

Aerin	23 Apr 2002
And to think I avoided this deck as it looked too pretty pretty and cutesy from all the pictures I saw! I was looking for Celtic type decks and instead found this one: the Celtic Wisdom Tarot (Caitlin Matthews, again). As one reviewer pointed out, some of the pics seem to have been cropped for the cards, but I don't care. I like this deck very much. Here are some pics http://www.wicce.com/celtwisdompix.html Aerin

Summerdream	23 Apr 2002
I like that one. Very pretty pictures.

truthsayer	23 Apr 2002
i have the celtic wisdom and like it very much. however, keep in mind that this deck is far from traditional rws symbolism. i can't interpret a reading w/o the book. this doesn't bother me but the book is so excellent. each card is connected to a celtic myth but the myth, the picture and the definition don't always work together well. the cards are quite thick and difficult to shuffle. i lay them all out in 7 rows a few times and this seems to shuffle them pretty well. i LOVE the art. it's not smooth art like the rohrig but it's not childish like the hanson roberts. the colors are wonderful. if you keep these things in mind then you won't be too disappointed in this deck. lee does an excellent review of it on tarot passages if you want to see a more thorough opinion. i have found that many lo scarabeo decks tend to be loaded w/ testosterone. i don't always like how women are depicted. the art is generally very good but the decks aren't very readable in my experience.

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