The Spirit of The Flowers Tarot Deck

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 11 Feb 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Lewen	11 Feb 2005
I was browsing e-bay when this caught my eye and I was wondering, does anyone have this? If so, how do y'all like it? I could only see a few blurry pictures of some of the cards and I think this would be a nice addition to my rapidly growing collection as well as getting another deck for my daughter who has expressed an interest in the cards. Any thoughts?

Melpomone18	12 Feb 2005
I just recently got this deck and it's very sweet. I own a few other Whimsical decks, but this is the sweetest and most pastel of all of them. That's not a bad thing, though, unless sugary, frilly decks aren't your style, in which case I would caution you to stay away; it may give you a toothache :) The deck takes its inspiration from turn of the century children's books that depict garden scenes and babies with butterfly wings. One of the things that I love about it is how great the artwork is, the flowers are so realistically drawn that you can almost smell them and the little fairies in the pictures each have their own unique personalities, they giggle or pout or stare wistfully at you with sad eyes. One of my qualms is that it's a little hard to read. The author seems to have severely limited herself with "the Language of Flowers." The 2 of Pentacles shows a Calendula and the author says that in the language of flowers this is "relief from worries." Yet right after that it gives the meaning "difficulties, obstacles," and so on. Those sound like worrisome things to me. Needless to say I pretty much ignore the LWB. But it is a very pretty, gentle deck, and a good one to have if you're into classic children's literature or collect fairy-themed or whimsical decks. I noticed that you mentioned your daughter, and I think that this is would also be a very good deck for children. These reviews may be helpful: http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/spirit-of-flowers/review.shtml http://www.tarotpassages.com/LSflower.htm

Cerulean	12 Feb 2005
It's just a lovely deck, suitable I believe for young'uns. Some people seem to prefer brighter decks such as Moon Garden or the Inner Child deck--this in comparison is much softer. Cerulean

ncefafn	12 Feb 2005
I have this deck. I absolutely adore the artwork, but then I love the Hanson-Roberts and the Whimsical, so go figure. Like the Fairy Tarot, though, I have to say that it feels more like an oracle deck than a Tarot. There are many flowers in the deck I can't identify by sight, and many more that I don't know the significance of. The pictures themselves don't offer a great deal of insight, making reference to the LWB a necessity for me. But would I give or trade it away? No. It has the loveliest Hanged One I've ever seen. In fact, that picture is on the box, and it's that picture that sold me. Kim

lark	12 Feb 2005
Could someone be so kind as to look through the deck and tell me if there is a little boy riding on a chicken in the deck.

ncefafn	12 Feb 2005
Just did a quick run-through and saw little boys riding a mouse, a frog, a snail and some kind of bug, but no chicken.

lark	12 Feb 2005
Thank you ncefafn. There is a little boy riding a chicken in the Forest Folklore deck and I know I've seen that picture before. Though it might be in the Spirit of Flowers.

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