Caring Psychic family deck

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 Jul 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Sorceress_Jade	12 Jul 2002
Anyone have this deck? What's the extra suit? How ugly is the back of the cards? Is the back black backgrounded? I've got these on order for incredibly cheap and I thought it neat that they had an extra suit. However, I realize that their freaking phone number is on the back of the cards, I'm HOPING i can just use a permanent marker on this, you think? I realize this is a cheesy looking deck, but it's incredibly cheap and i though it might be an interesting piece to my collection. Thoughts?

Marion	12 Jul 2002
Hum. I have the deck, but it is majors only. No minors at all, much less an extra suit. Yes, the words Caring Psychic family and a 1-800 number are on the back. I like the deck a lot, though I have only had it a few days. Considering it was done as a promotional item, I think a lot of thought went into the cards. Likely some poor artist who didn't get paid enough. The printing on the back doesn't bother me, though it does tell you from the back if the cards are reversed or not. ********* Edited to add the following from tarotgarden.com Caring Psychic Family Tarot Designer(s), Artist(s): Unknown Country of Publication: U.S.A. Number of Cards: 22 Publication Status: Unknown Description: Majors-only advertising tarot deck published to promote the “Caring Psychic Family” Hotline. The name of the company, and its 1-800 number, are printed on the backs of the cards. The images are simple, yet are bold, colorful, and evocative.

Sorceress_Jade	13 Jul 2002
Well, I found it on ebay, won the auction. I /think/ that the final suit might be dice (judging by the items on the magicians table) The Seller has more, here's one of them http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2121714375 I'm very curious to see it. Thanx for the input!

Marion	13 Jul 2002
Okay.. those are the same cards.. at least the Magician card is exactly the same. I think the low price is because they were promotional and likely the seller got them for free. Please post again when you get the deck... I'd really like to know if there are versions with the minors... plus an extra suit!!

Liliana	13 Jul 2002
I won one of tarotgardens copies in a contest, and its a lot of fun to look at. The Sun, Moon, Star and World are very 60ish, but some cards like Judhement are lovely. I one an ebay one once the other month too, but I asked the seller a question and he never answered so I never payed :P :THP

Sorceress_Jade	18 Jul 2002
Ok, so I revieved the order right? 132 cards... 5 sets of the major! Now, I'm trying to take it in good humor. But WHY were there 5 sets in one wrap? The set was sealed! It's incredible. I'm stunned. At least I didn't pay much for it right? Lmao. Well, now I can send one to my friend, she'll love the surprise. Perhapse I can barter the other 3, of course I'll want one for myself. I'm stunned, completley stunned. Tricky tricky.

Faerie Lin	18 Jul 2002
Someone bought a case of this deck (384 decks!!!) on ebay. For $78.77 That's a whole lotta decks!! whew! They are probably going to resell them... Lin

Sorceress_Jade	18 Jul 2002
Hell, it's probably the same guy. They're really small too, only a little bigger than credit card size. I think I'll keep one set in my purse, why not after all. Only that means that i now have two tarot decks in my purse... I think I really am an addict. lol

Sorceress_Jade	19 Jul 2002
And here is the deck in it's entirety. Large images, but they don't take all that long to download. http://www.geocities.com/sorceress_jade/cpf.html

Lee	20 Jul 2002
Thanks for those scans, Sorceress Jade. That's a pretty cool deck. Too bad there are no Minors... -- Lee

Starfish	20 Jul 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Lee Thanks for those scans, Sorceress Jade. That's a pretty cool deck. Too bad there are no Minors... My thoughts exactly, Lee. :TAW Starfish

Marion	20 Jul 2002
I must admit, I wondered. And I did notice that 132 was exactly divisible by 22. Well, it *is* a rather nice deck, and there are majors-only spreads. Plus you can go onto the trading section and trade them away for other stuff!

Sorceress_Jade	22 Jul 2002
Urrr welcome. Because of the size of those cards I keep them in my purse now, they're only slightly bigger than a credit card. I think I mostly like the curious look on people's faces when i pull them out to rummage for my credit card. Great little eye catchy discussion starter :0) Yeah, I've already sent off a deck to my best friend, she'll be like... err thanx, lol, but oh well... I don't think they'd be worth trading for anything, not a deck at least. I'm still glad to have them :D

Marion	22 Jul 2002
Hey, you still have four left and technically they are OOP. So save them, the way the stock market is going it may be the best $1.78 you ever spent.

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