New on Fey Tarot--Book as a new take

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 24 Nov 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Cerulean	24 Nov 2002
This is a question if you are a tarot/oracle collector who likes to draw or who likes different takes...or if you are oriented to topics that have to deal with Fae/Fey realm...I'd really like to add such opinions to a review that I'm working on.. Fey Book questions 1. If you were a beginning illustrator or tarot fan, and wanted to see how a tarot deck was put together, would early sketches of the various cards add to its value to you? For readers/collectors, is it too much of a backstory? At my stage of the game, it actually adds to my interest in the resulting product. 2. Do any of you own other book-deck sets that tell background of your tarot deck? Did you like it? I almost bought the Robin Wood deck because I liked her background stories about the cards Fay/Fey realm collectors 1. Because the Fairy Ring and B.F's Fairy Oracles are very popular right now, are these the only two decks that you have on the Fey realm? Lee Bursten has a great review of an independently produced Fae tarot that is quite different in structure. 2. Do any of you own a Fey/Fae tarot that has a recognizeable tarot structure in it's background? My only one that has a structure that I can recognize is Tarot of the Hidden Folk (also known as Enchanted Tarot/Golden Dawn tarot) by Gaudanzi, with recognizeable takes or elements from the titles and illustrations from the Thoth deck. Question on art... 3. Is it important to you for your fairy/fae-related decks to be also seen by children or conservative adults? In other words, are they reading decks for you only or others as well? Thanks in any case...if these questions don't have any relevance to your fairy oracle interests, what answers or ideas would you like to see addressed? Mari H.

lunalafey	25 Nov 2002
I'm impaitently awaiting the new Fey Tarot from Llewellyn. I do not have any other decks of this nature. Can't help you there. Sketches sounds interesting to me. I think any age/personality would apprciate a fey deck.

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