Intuitive Tarot/Ultimate Tarot Kit

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 Apr 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

felicityk	12 Apr 2003
Looking for Tarot decks on Amazon, I happened upon this sponsor link: http://www.origin-tarot.com/index-gog.html The "Kit" looks questionable (apparently connected to a psychic hotline) but the pictures from the Intuitive Tarot caught my eye. Does anyone know anything more about this deck? Felicity

Khatruman	12 Apr 2003
Actually, from the three cards I see there, it doesn't look all that spectacular to me. And I would definitely want to see more than what is shown. I really see it as a scam for those who just know tarot from seeing it on TV.

felicityk	12 Apr 2003
Agreed, I was afraid it did look like a scam. And I would want to see more of the deck too, but it caught my eye because it looked "different". I was hoping there might be more pictures available somewhere that someone would know about. Felicity

Melissa`	12 Apr 2003
I just read this article.. She charges $300 per hour for 'personal' tuiton.. I think that I don't want to find out anymore information about her kit. :( amaya

HOLMES	13 Apr 2003
you get a book, a deck,, a cd, a workbook.. only thing missing is a movie lol. she does say 300 dollars an hour for her personal tuition, so she made this course for those who can't afford it. 1. the deck isnt my cup of tea. 2. the book is only 200 pages, should be somewhere near 500 eheh. 3. it comes with a cd ,, but could be just her reading the book for you . 4. workbook, who knows could be just a journal. still if i was a beginner beginners i would of jumped at it i know. for i was the type of beginner who look for a good comprehensive set. i still do these days as well eheh.

Trogon	13 Apr 2003
Well... I'm no expert... :D But I have to agree, this doesn't look like that great of a deal to me. In the first place, the value she assigns to the deck seems a tiny bit inflated, probably is for the books & cd too. I think that going to a store which carries a good (big) selection of Tarot decks and books would be a better start than this. For less than $20 a person (in the U.S.) should be able to pick up a decent Tarot deck (Spiral, RWS, Goddess, Dragon, and Haindl are all one's I've picked up for between $15 and $20 U.S.). Then there is the book... hmmm... a quick search of Amazon.Com (searcing on "intuitive tarot") provided 3 books with that as part of the title... all for less than $15 US. Then again, Amazon has a special deal where you can purchase Rachel Pollack's "Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom" along with Mary K. Greer's "The Complete Book of Tarot Reversals" for about $25 US. The CD I'm guessing is either her explaining things she left out of her book (making the value of the book questionable), or her rehashing things from her book (making the value of the CD questionable). Then there's the "workbook" - which makes me think of a book of excercises one can do, then write down the results - in other words, a journal. The excercises should be in the book as well - then again, they probably aren't. So, you could get those 2 books ("Reversals" and "78 Degrees"), a good Tarot deck (say the Spiral Tarot) and throw in a good spiral-bound journal and a year's subscription to Aeclectic Tarot for about the same price as this "intuitive Tarot" thing, and you'd be, in my personal opinion, a lot further ahead of the game. So... to put it in a nutshell (I can hear it now... "in a nutshell??? You couldn't put it in a bucket without a bottom!!" - yes, I do tend to get a little long-winded from time to time... :D ) while maybe not a complete rip-off, I don't think it's the best deal going.

Cerulean	13 Apr 2003
http://www.originpower.com/bookreviews/index.cfm Three blurred cards and a slim spiral-bound booklet. I think the link Felicity provided does show you can get the cards separately. From the small glimpses, it does remind me a little bit of Caroline Smith's Moon Oracle/Element Tarot. But I actually found many reviews of her decks before I bought the cards, so I knew what I was buying. I'm certain there will be one or two reviews...if anyone sees it in a bookstore, I always am interested in seeing what people say. Mari H>

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