Baseball Tarot

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 18 Jun 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

VGimlet	18 Jun 2002
I just got this, more for my collection than anything else, and I have to say I like it. But then again, I am a baseball fan, (Go M's). I'm also keeping an eye out for a good deal on the Tarot of Baseball, which also looks interesting. Yeah, I know, they are not traditional at all, and usually I don' t like that...except when I do. :D Anybody else have this deck? Have you ever used it to read with? I might even try to read with it sometime, because I think it would be a good deck to use for some of our friends, who are *totally* crazy for baseball, and might pay attention to a reading with cards they can relate to.

AutumnMoonfire	18 Jun 2002
Well, thanks to all the bad influences here I have developed a tarot wish list and this deck is on it. The two decks I own are very feminsist (Goddess & Motherpeace) I think this would be a good counterbalance to them. I too am a baseball fan, teamless at the moment, being an ex-Yankee fan(Boring, boring, boring)but not quite ready to go over to the Red Sox. I just think it's likely to be a cool deck.

DreamDancer	18 Jun 2002
My husband has both the Baseball Tarot and the Tarot of Baseball. He prefers the Tarot of Baseball and was able to give wonderfully accurate readings with it right from the start (even though he had never read tarot before) just by using the baseball symbolism. Unfortunately, the Tarot of Baseball is no longer in print ( I checked with US Games) so if you see it somewhere, don't hesitate, snap it up before it's too late!

truthsayer	19 Jun 2002
i bought tarot of baseball for my husband a while back as a kind of compromise. b/t us. i love tarot and he loves baseball. i was dumfounded how a man who is dumbfounded by tarot could look at the cards and practically do a reading. it was my turn to be dumbfounded then. he took time from an all important braves game to look thru th cards and explain their significance to me. talk about reversing roles! i intended this to be a joke but there's potential we can use this deck to get to know each other better. i guess the real jokes on me! :)

Kellinator	19 Jun 2002
That is too sweet, Truth! :) Welcome to Aeclectic, DreamDancer! Another Georgian! Where are you? I'm in Atlanta, and we have some more Atlantans around here. I keep thinking we should start the Atlanta Tarot Society. Kelly

DreamDancer	19 Jun 2002
Thanks for the welcome Kelly! I'm in north-metro Atlanta & I think an Atlanta Tarot Society would be great! D.D.

Moose	20 Jun 2002
Tarot of Baseball is on the sale table at Border's for $7.99. I bought it last night and haven't opened it yet. It is the boxed set. I can see the book and layout sheet with the deck. Go Mets! (Please) Blessings.................Moose

VGimlet	21 Jun 2002
Hmm, may have to go on a mission to Border's this weekend...looking for, hmmm, something to read, yeah, that's it. ;)

Major Tom	05 Dec 2002
*sigh* This will prove something I think. }) I've found the Baseball Tarot and book set at Ebay for $2.49! Naturally adding postage this will arrive costing me something like £5.00. :) Yes! I admit it! I'm a baseball fan! Cut me, I bleed Dodger blue. :D

truthsayer	05 Dec 2002
i have since my last post on this thread obtained both the tarot of baseball and the baseball tarot. i really like both for different reasons. one has a sense of humor and the other is more serious with better art. you can read them like a rws deck but just throw in baseball anachronisms as you read. great under rated deck imho particularly if you are a sports fan.

Pollux	05 Dec 2002
GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRR I don't have PayPal!!! :( Who's buying me a cheap Baseball Tarot on Ebay? :D *LOL* })

Major Tom	06 Dec 2002
Well, I've just bought a new Baseball Tarot book/card set on Ebay. With shipping from Pennsylvania to Suffolk the total cost was $6.49 and shipping was nearly twice the cost of the set! With my handy calculator this has cost me £4.24 and not a fiver as I predicted. :D I feel a bit sorry for all those baseball card collectors who bought the Baseball Tarot and found out they are not baseball cards!

juice	06 Dec 2002
I never seriously though about the baseball tarot because I thought it would be a bad collection of baseball card like images with barely a connection. I also won a baseball tarot set. :) And, while we're at it you can drool over my Kalevara set, yep that was how it was spelled, for US$15. I can hardly wait. (yum yum tuna) Waaaayyy too many interesting options up today. Hey pollux. I'm willing. Got anything to trade?

Pollux	06 Dec 2002
Quote: Originally posted by juice Hey pollux. I'm willing. Got anything to trade? Mh... nothing at all right now... Well, maybe something, but nnnnaaaaaaahhh... So far, I have never traded used decks *LOL* I always bought new ones and shipped them - not shrink-wrapped cos I wanted to check they were kosher before shipping (bad first experience with Kiama's washy Vision Quest that I did not check...). If you ARE interested, PM me! No, I will PM you! :D *LOL*

RedWood	06 Dec 2002
at bn.com you can get a new set of baseball tarot..the pretty one..for like 5 dollars...!~ I dont have the set..but can get the other baseball one..the non pretty one for a very good price..at my borders outlet..

Pollux	07 Dec 2002
Pretty one, other one,... I don't get i.t... :confused: *goes pic-hunting* You mean Tarot of Baseball and Baseball Tarot? What's on B&N, and which on Ebay? :confused: *LOL* *goes Ebay browsing*

RedWood	07 Dec 2002
the pretty one is on BN..I should look up the names..

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