Just wanted to give people a bit of an update with this deck. This was my first thoughts which I posted in this thread previously....
My copy came last week....
Its stunning. My first purchase of Ciro's decks and it will not be my last! Amazing, enough of the deep esoteric symbolism to get you going, yet not too 'heavy' so your eyes can delight in the cards and the intuition can flow...
Beautiful! So much expression and life in digital artwork - that only Ciro can do!
Awesome
A wonderful gushy post as I looked at the images of the deck - then put in its box and tidied away and forgotten about.
Then in starting a IDS style project and picking my deck for it, I came upon this deck on my shelf and thought 'hmm nah, its pretty but its just that, its all style and no substance, its all glamour and nothing between the ears'. As a rule I really dont like CGI or digital artwork of any kind, I love the oils and deep colours of Emily Carding and Marie White, Lady Frieda Harris and the like - bold daring art, the stuff I wish I could paint.
But, having done some daily draws, larger readings and some 1to1's this Gilded hits the mark. It expressed both the esoteric and the mundane, the spiritual and the everyday in one card in the same reading. There are so many dimensions to this deck and when I compare the Royale to the previous Gilded I can see so much more wisdom and experience has gone into this deck in the tweaking and redesigning process.
This deck is not just pretty... it's clarity really can hit you between the eyes and then some. It's got a real touch of medieval magic to it that makes it special.
I can't wait to see what more the GR has to offer. I did think perhaps to get the previous Gilded to compare, but I don't think I want to. I'm too happy to think about seeing it in its previous incarnations. Its perfect just the way it is now
Of course, this has made me re-look at all of Ciro's other stuff, including the new and upcoming Lenormand and I will do my hardest to snag a copy when that appears. I'm completely Lenormand illiterate, but its Ciro, he's an alchemist of pixels