Halloween Tarot

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 21 Mar 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Dee	21 Mar 2003
Hi ALL! I recently purchased the Halloween Tarot - has anyone worked with it - it looks so cute and fun but RIGHT ON at the same time!!

Astraea	21 Mar 2003
Dee, I just love this deck. I find it fun, imaginative, witty and wise -- it's very much in the RWS tradition, and therefore easily readable according to that set of symbolism. I agree with you that it is right-on -- a completely delightful and literate deck, IMO. :)

Dee	21 Mar 2003
thank you Astraea for sharing! you are right, the fact that it is a RWS clone does help me in terms of the symblism which I am very much used to and prefer.

Shade	21 Mar 2003
The Halloween Tarot is the only deck I'll use in the month of October, it's very good stuff. And it's one of the only decks I know of to feature a female devil. As a matter of fact the only other ones I know that do are the women only decks that soften the card. Some think of this deck as just the Rider-Waite with a couple of bats and pumpkins tossed in but the creator put a lot of thought into all of the imagery.

Icestorm	22 Mar 2003
For some (probably deserved) reason the Haloween tarot is incredibly popular. I personally find it off-putting, but only from a personal perspective as the cards are very professionally and tastefully drawn. Reminds me of 'The Nightmare before Christmas', actually, which is quite a classic. Basically, if you like it, you cant go wrong with it!

WolfSpirit	23 Mar 2003
I love the Halloween tarot, it's so easy to read with and I just love the pictures. I had a fun time going through the court cards to see how the rws symbols were transformed into halloween symbols. And I was looking for the black cat on all the cards. It took me a long time to find it in the 8 of wands - there is a black cat in a window in the house on the background :laugh: What can I say this deck is a friend, I can laugh with it and it is not afraid to tell me the truth.

Dee	23 Mar 2003
yes , my understanding is that it people feel it is very accurate.... in WICCE's review of this deck she praises it but conlcudes with "it is not for those who take themselves too seriously..." in looking at the deck , i do not understand what she can mean by that... it feels harmless to me...perhaps i am misreading into it...

Violet Gargoyle	23 Mar 2003
The Halloween Deck is really the first RW clone that I was able to work with and understand. I had a RW deck for years, but I could never really "get it" (meaning always consulting the nearby companion books) because, in my opinion, it was very formallized, and I am not. Sort of like putting a farm town girl like where I am from in a high society ball. When I got the Halloween Tarot, it was initially because I collect all things Halloween/ Samhain/Day of the Dead related, but when I picked up a study that discussed each RW card in detail and I used the Halloween Tarot as a point of referance, I got it. And it was still at my level. If you like the Halloween Tarot, maybe you might like the Tarot of the Dead. Here is the link for its info: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarotdead/index.html Although I think you would have to order directly from the artist now if it is to your taste....Someone mentioned that The Halloween Tarot has one of the few women Devils. The Tarot of the Dead is distinctive (and funny in its Grateful Dead Style), in the way that you have a whole deck of skeletons- animated dead, except one card. Death here becomes a pregnant woman, which I think is the nicest version of the card meaning change.

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