Your Most Favourite Deck (One Only.)
Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 03 May 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.
| Angel_fire |
03 May 2005 |
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Hiya Everyone
Not sure if this question has being asked before, please forgive me if it has.
What is your overall favourite tarot Deck?
Only choose the one deck. (Add link if you can then we can all see it.
Mine is The Gilded Tarot by Ciro Marchetti
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/gilded/
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| Ilithiya |
03 May 2005 |
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Oh, gawd. This is actually really difficult for me...
I'll go with the International Icon. :)
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/international-icon/
All I can say is thank whoever that there's soo many different styles of decks now. Relieves a lot of boredom. :D
Illy
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| Charmkin |
03 May 2005 |
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The Enchanted Tarot by Amy Zerner and Monte Farber.
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/enchanted/
(The scans here are washed out, but you get the idea)
This was my second deck ever, and while the first (Tarot of the Spirit) will always have a top spot on my list, the Enchanted is "the one".
Funny, I have a copy of the Zerner-Farber tarot (which is a small version of the Enchanted, minus the borders) and it doesn't really speak to me.
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| BlueLotus |
03 May 2005 |
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I would go for the Golden Tarot.
The package is compact, the deck is bound to be a classic ,the cards are sturdy and golden rimmed, and the images are breath taking. It is that simple.
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| Pipistrelle |
03 May 2005 |
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Druidcraft for me too.
This is the first time I feel I've really connected with a deck and can understand what it's telling me.
Pip
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| Cielo |
03 May 2005 |
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Indeed, that's easy...or is it....hmmm well if I was pushed up against the wall and forced to choose only one and one alone, I guess it would have to be the DruidCraft...but I'd be grapping at my Radiant Rider Waite while no one else was watching... })
(it was my first "real" deck......I get sentimental about it...)....:D
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| little_redfox |
03 May 2005 |
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I like my decks lots and use them all, but i think the one that sneaks just in front as my absolute fav, is my 'World Spirit Tarot' By Jessica Godino & Lauren O'Leary. The cards are just so vibrant, imaginative and they make me feel all jolly when i use them. The cards are nice and chunky too which i like, they dont mind being dropped in the bath, and coffee or jam spilt on them lol :) .
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/world-spirit/
LRF x
( medieval cats is lovely too, and old path and spiral tarot and .. and .... )
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| Little Baron |
03 May 2005 |
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What a lovely deck RedFox. I have heard a lot about it but never actually taken a look. Reminds me a little of a coloured version of the Light and Shadow. Nice characters. Tell me, though, how do you get on with the borders? Are they distractive?
LB
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| Annabelle |
03 May 2005 |
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Oh my...this is nearly impossible to answer. I want to give a whole list of decks, and not name just one. But if I had to name only one deck as my favorite, I'd have to say at the moment that it's the Tarot of Prague.
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/prague/
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| little_redfox |
03 May 2005 |
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Its a great deck LittleBuddah :)
I personally dont find the borders distracting - with the bright, lush colours used in the pictures all the black edges do is focus and draw my eye even more onto the cards image. It kinda sets the cards apart from the everyday clutter i have arround me, a sort of breathing space ( sounds a bit odd i know). Others might not like it so much, but the heavy black borders seem to really make the pictures 'work' for me somehow.
Im not sure how i'd feel about a deck that has a really ornate, 'busy' border tho :) .
LRF x
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| Citrin |
03 May 2005 |
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ARGH.
Even though I only have 3 decks this is a hard decision. ;)
But I'll have to go with the original Rider-Waite deck... My Moon Garden comes in clooooooose second, but I've had my Waite for a longer time, it's very accurate, and since I first saw it on the Internet I just knew that I HAD to get it asap. :)
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| MercyMe |
03 May 2005 |
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Current Favorite and has been ever since I got it: The Hudes Deck. The images that others say are dark or depressing or simply expressionless (my friend said everyone looks "bored" in that deck, lol) speak so deeply to me.
~Mercy
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| Rusty Neon |
03 May 2005 |
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I don't have one single most favourite tarot deck. In terms of tarot styles, there are at least two that I especially favour: i.e., Rider-Waite-Smith and Marseille. And I don't have one single favourite RWS-style deck and not one single favourite Tarot de Marseille deck.
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| Lillie |
03 May 2005 |
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So many wonderful decks.
But Crowley's Thoth is the one I couldn't live without!
My vote for the man with the goat!
:D
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| Starlily |
03 May 2005 |
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A while back I would have said the Gill....but now I have to say the "Radiant Rider Waite."
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| TemperanceAngel |
03 May 2005 |
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Mine is RWS, but not any old one :D It's the first deck I ever bought and still use and I love it :)
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| lark |
03 May 2005 |
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My soul deck and the one that opened up the tarot to me in a deep understandable way was the Robin Wood deck.
I have three copies of it now, but my first, coffee stained, over shuffled, copy is still my personal reading deck.
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| mike gorth |
03 May 2005 |
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Right now it's the hanson-roberts but I'm getting a couple decks in a bit so I'll see then.
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| Indigo Rose |
03 May 2005 |
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I have many that I love. However, if I could have only one it would have to be Universal Waite. That was my second deck, RWS was of course my first. However, when I saw how beautifully the Universal Waite was colored I had to have it. My deck is worn and well-used, but very close to my heart. :)
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| arcanalefait |
03 May 2005 |
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I don't know if I'll ever be ready to settle down with just one...but if I ever do, it will be the Ancestral Path tarot.
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| Emeraldgirl |
04 May 2005 |
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How hard to choose just one ummmmmmmmm........................................
ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
still not sure
still tossing up
ok decided
Gilded followed by the Golden. It was such ahard choice but ask me again in a month and I'm sure you'll get something different. *sigh* I'm such a deckwhore :(
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| Cerulean |
04 May 2005 |
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What is your overall favourite tarot Deck?
I tend to return to this one somewhat plainer, but delicately engraved style. I want so much to make the fancy Soprafino a favorite for all the gorgeous decorations and color-drenched prettiness.
But this one, plainer as it is, allows me to do more creative things in terms of how I want to read it...and has more variations and influences than first noticed at first glance. The engraver who originally did this came to Milan. I've seen design dates varying through 1806-1811, even a bit later.
There's a site showing an out of print version of this deck and has modernized meanings, 'canned' computerized readings and even a 'card-a-day' style option via email. Even though the meanings are modern, it's a pretty way of using something old in an enjoyable way.
Best wishes,
Cerulean
Site with all cards and 'meanings':
www.aleph-tarot.com
Same site, reading options in English
http://www.aleph-tarot.com/c1.php?id=3&karte=1
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| Chronata |
04 May 2005 |
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Oh Cerulean! The Aleph is a wonderful deck!
I have never seen it before...and now I think I must find myself one!
It is pretty in that very classic historical kind of way.
Thanks for sharing!
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| muteswan |
04 May 2005 |
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The Visconti tarot
Both the classic reprints, like the Dal Negro version, and the La Scarebo printing. This deck is a wonder to me, the La Scarebo has been an intense deck for me to use, very much helping me have accurate and wonderful readings. The reprint version I love because it has no words, and is a truly classic deck in a wonderful size.
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| jumptothemoonyea |
04 May 2005 |
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Food Inspiration Tarot
though still work in progress, simple and powerful, it breathes life force into tarot, breaking through stereotype, opening new page in tarot decks of 21st century....what? no self advertising? errrr....Thoth then :D
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| tmgrl2 |
04 May 2005 |
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So tempting to give a "short list" of favorites, but when pushed to the wall on this, I would have to say:
Morgan Greer
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| smokey |
05 May 2005 |
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Currently, it's the Swietlistej Drogi.
(one of these days, I might even learn how to spell it_ withOut having to run and look it up, LOL!)
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| smokey |
05 May 2005 |
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[quote by emeraldgirl]
ummstill not sure
still tossing upIt was such ahard choice but ask me again in a month and I'm sure you'll get something different. I'm such a deckwhore.[quote by emeraldgirl]
Mwahahaha! I just saw this, and thought it was So funny, HA!
(I'm sure I'll have a different choice in a month ,too, but I hope my "Drogi" aren't Listening to me now!)
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| Cocobird55 |
05 May 2005 |
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Tarot of Timeless Truth
It's been my favorite since I got it, and in spite of getting many lovely decks after, this one still stands out.
Sue
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| creativemystic |
05 May 2005 |
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My Osho Zen deck....actually I just received this deck, the first night I slept with it under my pillow...and during the night I would wake up wondering who is talking...or laughing, etc...and remember it was under my pillow....I just love this deck.
creativemystic
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| Logiatrix |
05 May 2005 |
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Here's another vote for the Morgan-Greer deck.
Just like a few others have mentioned, I could easily make a small list of my top five, or ten, or twelve...or hundred!
However, at the very top of the list is the Morgan-Greer.
:)
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| elysgrl |
05 May 2005 |
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Definitely the Robin Wood for me. I actually bought the Gilded deck first (and that one remains my second favorite and the one I use when reading for others), but one day in Borders I picked up the Robin Wood box and The Magician's eyes twinkled at me from the cover. I had just found out that my soul card is The Magician so I took that as a sign, and I've been using them for most of my own readings ever since. Of course, my wish list gets longer by the day, so I may yet find another deck that speaks to me as well.
Denise
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| Emily |
06 May 2005 |
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Morgan Greer for me too - this deck got me motivated again and even though I do use other decks for variety - It's my Morgan Greer that I keep going back to. :)
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| Nydia |
06 May 2005 |
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Currently, it's the Swietlistej Drogi.
You're lucky to have that. I just became aware of it this week from the home page. It would be nice if it could be published for a mass market with an English translation in the book and a much lower price!
My favorite is the Barbara Walker Tarot.
http://www.themysticeye.com/pics/walker.htm
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| peridot |
06 May 2005 |
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Scapini’s Il Tarocco Delle Vetrate. I haven't done any readings with it yet, but I think it's the most gorgeous of the decks I have. I just love looking at and handling them. So beautiful!
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| Mimers |
06 May 2005 |
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This is an incredibly difficult question.
Tarot of Prague is the one that I always go back to. It's incredible beauty and depth have me hooked. It speaks my language.
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| Rhiamon |
14 May 2005 |
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mine would have to be my Robin Wood...I was struggling with other decks until I bought this and my readings are so accurate with it, we just clicked :)
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| prk001 |
14 May 2005 |
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Its a hard decision to choose between Haindl, Quest & Osho decks.
Right now, I vote for Quest..... This will change in a round-robin way between these three decks every once-in-a-while....
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| truelighth |
14 May 2005 |
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That would have to be the Rider Waite, hands down, for me. I love my other decks, but nothing tops that one.
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| persephone1 |
16 May 2005 |
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Definitely Thoth, I could not imagine reading without it now, but to have a break, I use the Gilded.
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| M-Press |
16 May 2005 |
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Well, this is what I call "an impossible question".
But, if I had, absolutely had to choose only one, then I would go with something old and classic, and under this very restricted criteria, I choose the Marseilles with no doubt!
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| shadowdancer |
16 May 2005 |
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I have to say I would plump for the Osho Zen if it had to be the one deck. I just love the depth of emotion and imagery. These cards just speak to me like no other deck. Others I use regularly, and they do give some amazing readings. However... the Osho Zen I reckon has that extra something I can't even describe adequately.
Davina
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| smokey |
17 May 2005 |
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[quote=Nydia]You're lucky to have that. I just became aware of it this week from the home page. It would be nice if it could be published for a mass market with an English translation in the book and a much lower price![quote=Nydia]
(Talking about the Swietlistej Drogi.)_
...Well, (blush) the One and ONLY reason (and way!) I wound up getting That deck was it was my One (and Only!) Birthday wish *at That time,
LOL!
edited-to-add... *At That Time is an Entirely Different_ time & matter (other than my *Alchemical BD wish) ROFLAO!_ (with a nod to Sir Scion, who's probably ROFLAO himself!, HA!~)
Surprisingly_ I make out just fine with the cards ThemSelves being foreign!
...( in fact, they actually speak "volumes" on their own to me...But, I would sure love to have an English version of the book, at least!...
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