tarot of the hidden folk
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 03 Jun 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| jog1118 |
03 Jun 2003 |
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my wife just gave me the tarot of the hidden folk as a present. great artwork but i hav'nt tried it yet on an actual reading since i'm a newbie to tarot and am still getting the feel of my initial deck (tarot nova).
will appreciate your views on this deck
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| jog1118 |
05 Jun 2003 |
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will appreciate your views re the deck...PPPPLLLLSSSSSS
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| truthsayer |
05 Jun 2003 |
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jog, i'd love to respond to your post but i've never heard of this particular deck. can you tell us more about it like who the artist and writer are? thanks!
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| Marion |
05 Jun 2003 |
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I had it, and traded it away to Tauni. Sorry, I didn't like the images, couldn't read with it, couldn't use it at all. Didn't like the 'atmosphere' of the cards, found them vaguely threatening. I am afraid that won't help you, but it is the best I can do.
I honestly do not think it would be a good deck to learn on. Marion
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| RedWood |
05 Jun 2003 |
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HEHE Marion...tauni is trading it to me..LOL This is the same guy who also did the Durer deck..If i am not mistaken...Love the durer.
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| truthsayer |
05 Jun 2003 |
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all i had to see was the strength card and i know i will not be getting this deck. nor do i think diana will like it either. both of us don't particularly care for frogs. i could just feel my skin crawling when i saw that card.
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| jog1118 |
06 Jun 2003 |
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for those who hav'nt seen this deck check out the site
http://www.loscarabeo.com/deck.htm
yes it is a re-release (The Enchanted Tarot, Tarots of the Golden Dawn are its previous names)
Marion - why do you see them as vaguely threatening?
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| Marion |
06 Jun 2003 |
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'why?' you get feelings is very hard to explain. What I see as 'vaguely threatening' you may very well experience as helpful and enlightening. I suspect that tauni also didn't care for them which is why she traded them on, but one hopes eventually they will find a home where they will be liked and appreciated.
I found the images on the cards made me feel worried. It was simply a feeling and I cannot explain it better than that. Very personal reaction I suspect. Sorry to not be more help.
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| Sulis |
06 Jun 2003 |
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Originally posted by truthsayer
all i had to see was the strength card and i know i will not be getting this deck. nor do i think diana will like it either. both of us don't particularly care for frogs. i could just feel my skin crawling when i saw that card.
I have to agree with Truthsayers sentiments, I find it difficult to even lok at pictures of them. I`ve never met anyone else with a frog phobia before, - it seems they`re all on Aeclectic.
Love and light
Crystalmynx xx
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| firemaiden |
06 Jun 2003 |
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I felt that way too the first time I saw the deck, but I noticed I kept on going back to the bookstore to look at it, until one day ...
Some of the images are kind of gross (Justice), and I am not fond of the minors. On the other hand the beautiful mermaid as Temperance alone is worth the price of the deck :D :D
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| WolfSpirit |
06 Jun 2003 |
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I like the temperance card too...and the queen of cups is gorgeous. I don't like the strength card that much - I like strength to be some kind of gentle persuasion, and it looks like the guy is hurting the poor froggy (I am not afraid of frogs :D), but there are quite some cards in this deck I do like.
I would not use it as a learner's deck though, looks like a difficult deck to read with, I don't think the symbology is very good. i think you'd better stick with the tarot nova for learning and maybe move on to this one later (I don't know the tarot nova so I can't say anything about that, but O know it is the one you are using now)
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| firemaiden |
06 Jun 2003 |
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Originally posted by RedWood
jog...I dont have this deck yet..it should be arriving in a week or so..However I do have the Tarot of the Gnomes by the same artist..and it is a cute deck.
The Tarot of the Gnomes is by Lupatelli. Lupatelli also did a fairy deck. (The one with minors borrowed from fairyland paintings by Richard Doyle 1824 -1883.) A couple old threads on this:
But the Mermaid-as-Temperance Deck we are all talking about is by Giacinto Gaudenzi.
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| RedWood |
06 Jun 2003 |
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Ooops..My mistake..getting my decks mixed up.
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