Tarot of the Origins

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 19 Aug 2003, and now archived in the Forum Library.

catlin	19 Aug 2003
What is your opinion of this deck? Would you consider it as "dark" as the cards look rather raw, sometimes even gloomy? Do you think it is a reading deck or more for collection?

CompassRose	19 Aug 2003
I have read with it, but on the whole I'd say, for me at any rate, it's more "one for the pretties shelf". Under certain circumstances, it is an interesting reading deck, and it can be good for "exhibition" readings, but it doesn't have enough depth... or variation in shading... or something... The readings I get from it tend to lack a certain dunno what. I don't think it's as dark as it looks, no. I really like the extended-play version, I must say. I've had, for many years, the Majors-Only version of the deck, and it was always one of my favourites for just playing around. I like how the mood of the deck has been carried through. One of my favourite collector decks, but I wouldn't choose it for in-depth work.

catlin	19 Aug 2003
Thanks for your feed-back CompassRose and merry meet (I haven't been here for a long time).

Rusty Neon	20 Aug 2003
I had purchased this deck and it had interested me for a while. Here's a link to a thread I posted previously about it, dealing with themes in the deck, e.g., the Hunt; and Places and Structures. http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12285&highlight=origins+hunt

lunalafey	20 Aug 2003
I think the art is not dark as much as it is raw. Like the origins of existance....the dawn of ? whatever.... There is nothing gloomy about it. Working with it, it's a deck determined to get it's point across.

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