That's my go to deck. I love the size since all my others are minis. I do get the ship and the clouds mixed up pretty often... And it drives me crazy that the man is reading a letter because it will often seem significant when its not. But it gives me really reliable readings and feels like a workhorse deck to me. I read the scythe based on which direction the blade is facing, then it doesn't matter which direction the handle is going. The illustrations are great too.
mmhmm, the art is beautiful to me. Love my piatnik. I agree with the man reading letter too, it is very tempting to make a connection especially when Letter shows up in the same reading!
Also, for the scythe, i read in caitlin matthews book that the scythe blade "cuts or harms" whatever it's facing, and the handle shows "what you are reaping, gathering". So you can imagine my sadness when the piatnik version has both facing the same direction lol.
But stuff like that doesn't really matter tbh, you can still use that meaning even if the image doesn't show it. Coffin doesn't have a drape either, but i still use whatever is to the left of the card as the thing that is "ending".
The dark side of clouds is apparently facing the opposite way of other traditional decks, but oh well.