What to buy!
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 04 Dec 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| blue_fusion |
04 Dec 2004 |
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Well, my friend's coming home for the holidays and she promised to buy me a deck. I originally asked for the Osho-Zen, but then I may be getting one from someone else (hint hint :D) so i've decided to ask the friend to buy me something else. Any suggestions? :) (I'm drawn to things that are very visual, somewhat modern-ish vibrant colors. and all)
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| souljourney |
04 Dec 2004 |
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Personally I'm loving my Gilded tarot. Vibrant colors, clear images, colorful with lots of pictures (even the minors). It's comp-gen art if you like that kind of thing. It's a very positive deck...always brings out the possible good in a meaning, even on "bad cards"...both the card itself and the book interpretation.
Hope this helps
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| HearthCricket |
04 Dec 2004 |
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I would have to second that on the Gilded. It is gorgeous, and the bright colours just pop out against the black background. It is a lovely deck, and the artwork is beautiful. It has quickly become my all-time favourite.
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| Sulis |
04 Dec 2004 |
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World Spririt
Wonderfully inclusive, multicultural deck. Nice and modern, bright colours - the scans on-line don't do it justice.
Fat folk, thin folk, black folk, white folk, brown folk, blue folk, folk with no pants - you name it, it's got it.
Comes with a really cute little companion book that fits in a bag with the deck.
There's a Study group here on AT.
Love
Sulis xx
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| blue_fusion |
04 Dec 2004 |
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well, the gilded does look sumptuous. but i feel after looking at the world spirit that i'm curiously drawn to it. to add to my dilemma, i've just seen scans of the haindl, and well, decided that i lust for it as well! my oh my...
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| Lurea |
04 Dec 2004 |
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The Haindl has absolutely gorgeous meditative, somewhat melancholy art. I'm hoping to get one for Christmas, too! :D
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| souljourney |
04 Dec 2004 |
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Here's an idea...
Since you seem to have it narrowed down to 3 decks. Do a reading or have a friend do a reading for you. Something like... What will I learn from this deck? What will our relationship be like? Maybe that would help you narrow it down.
Let us know what you finally think.
SJ
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| blue_fusion |
04 Dec 2004 |
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Here's an idea...
Since you seem to have it narrowed down to 3 decks. Do a reading or have a friend do a reading for you. Something like... What will I learn from this deck? What will our relationship be like? Maybe that would help you narrow it down.
Let us know what you finally think.
SJ
that's a great idea souljourney!
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| tarobones |
15 Dec 2004 |
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I know the Gilded is coming for Christmas, but I treated myself to Isha Lerner's Tarot of the Four Elements, which is wonderful as well. Also I have lately rediscovered Lyle's Secret Tarot (I brazenly trimmed off all the borders of this and the Thoth and the improvement is incredible!). The Four Elements deck comes with a wonderful book of 198 pages. Highly recommended. The system in the book uses a lot of numerology and tribal folklore. BB, Michael
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| Moonbow* |
15 Dec 2004 |
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How about the Rohrig?
It's modern with vibrant colours, but Thoth based so it depends whether this would suit you.
You can see the whole deck here:
Rohrig (cards are available in English too)
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| ferrous |
15 Dec 2004 |
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There's the Sakki-Sakki if you want colourful & vibrant. If you like retro, the Housewive's Tarot might be the trick. I don't have that one myself, as I do the Sakki-Sakki (not for lack of wanting, mind you .. lol! :D), but it's getting some good mentions in the Tarot Decks forum.
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| blue_fusion |
15 Dec 2004 |
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aaaah yes. the sakki-sakki. goodness, hopefully it's available in borders. but still, the haindl's tugging me at the sleeves... :D
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| Gardener |
15 Dec 2004 |
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Haaaiiiiiiiin dul! Haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin dul! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain dul!
Yes! If you want encouragement, go check our our study group thread. We only got to five cards so far, so it's a pretty quick read.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=34250
(Also, Imagemaker and I really like how it looks after snipping off the borders)
In my (humble) opinion, it's a pretty challenging deck. The Majors are beautiful to look at, the Courts take the concept of Courts in a whole new direction, and the Minors are, well, just challenging. The Pollack books are quite good.
Please choose this deck, and join our study group!
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| blue_fusion |
15 Dec 2004 |
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Haaaiiiiiiiin dul! Haiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin dul! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain dul!
Yes! If you want encouragement, go check our our study group thread. We only got to five cards so far, so it's a pretty quick read.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=34250
(Also, Imagemaker and I really like how it looks after snipping off the borders)
In my (humble) opinion, it's a pretty challenging deck. The Majors are beautiful to look at, the Courts take the concept of Courts in a whole new direction, and the Minors are, well, just challenging. The Pollack books are quite good.
Please choose this deck, and join our study group!
yes, i hear the minors can be quite challenging on this one. and i've got no problems with borders (i actually like cards with borders. gives them more definition) and i am just soo drawn with the art. there's some savage yet spiritual quality to it.
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| Ace |
16 Dec 2004 |
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Try a WorldTree Deck (www.worldtreeproducts.com) It is 1) colorful 2) good for reading 3) different 4) FUN! (IMHO).
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| ferrous |
17 Dec 2004 |
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aaaah yes. the sakki-sakki. goodness, hopefully it's available in borders.
I don't think so. I'm pretty sure it's only available from the Sakki-Sakki website (sakki-sakki.com) from the artist herself, although tarotgarden may have some copies available. It's worth the wait to get it by mail. :)
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