MareSaturni
I received a trimmed Wildwood Tarot from a fellow ATer, Carla, and I'm so happy with it. I had previously read about this deck here on AT, but people talked so badly about it and trashed it so much, specially when comparing to the Greenwood, that I did receive the deck with some prejudice.
When I first looked through the cards, I didn't even find them so beautiful, because of my initial prejudice. But I know that I always seem to get along better with decks I dislike at first than with decks I love at first sight! I enjoy being challenged.
So I began to read with the Wildwood and I must say I am TRULY liking it. It's a deck that speaks to the soul. It makes me feel like going out into the nature and feeling its power. It's a nature-centered deck that really shows something wild, not those clean and polished version of druids we so often see in other decks. I like its wildness.
And the more I look through the cards, the more I find them beautiful. I confess I have the Druidcraft and, while I really like it, it feels "mellow" close to the Wildwood.
I am very pleased with this deck. I like the book, I love Will Worthington's art and I have always like John Matthews' work. I like the fact my deck came trimmed (thanks Carla ), because it makes the deck more "mine".
I never saw a Greenwood in my life, and I am sure it's a beautiful deck that deserves each fan it has. But I feel sad that people trash the Wildwood without giving it a chance - without looking at it with "fresh eyes" so to speak. I almost got caught into the trap of letting others tell how I should feel about this deck before giving it a chance!
I know what they feel though - I feel the same way towards the New Mythic Tarot... although I must say that the art of the Wildwood seems to be more "original" than the art of the New Mythic Tarot, when comparing these deck to the older versions.
All in all, I am very happy to be the owner of the Wildwood tarot!
EDITED TO ADD: The only downside of this deck is the fact the Wheel of the Year is made for the Northern Hemisphere only. As a Southern Hemisphere person, I feel I'll have to sit down and adapt the whole system to my reality.
If there are any other southern person here, I'd like to know how you work with the differences!
When I first looked through the cards, I didn't even find them so beautiful, because of my initial prejudice. But I know that I always seem to get along better with decks I dislike at first than with decks I love at first sight! I enjoy being challenged.
So I began to read with the Wildwood and I must say I am TRULY liking it. It's a deck that speaks to the soul. It makes me feel like going out into the nature and feeling its power. It's a nature-centered deck that really shows something wild, not those clean and polished version of druids we so often see in other decks. I like its wildness.
And the more I look through the cards, the more I find them beautiful. I confess I have the Druidcraft and, while I really like it, it feels "mellow" close to the Wildwood.
I am very pleased with this deck. I like the book, I love Will Worthington's art and I have always like John Matthews' work. I like the fact my deck came trimmed (thanks Carla ), because it makes the deck more "mine".
I never saw a Greenwood in my life, and I am sure it's a beautiful deck that deserves each fan it has. But I feel sad that people trash the Wildwood without giving it a chance - without looking at it with "fresh eyes" so to speak. I almost got caught into the trap of letting others tell how I should feel about this deck before giving it a chance!
I know what they feel though - I feel the same way towards the New Mythic Tarot... although I must say that the art of the Wildwood seems to be more "original" than the art of the New Mythic Tarot, when comparing these deck to the older versions.
All in all, I am very happy to be the owner of the Wildwood tarot!
EDITED TO ADD: The only downside of this deck is the fact the Wheel of the Year is made for the Northern Hemisphere only. As a Southern Hemisphere person, I feel I'll have to sit down and adapt the whole system to my reality.
If there are any other southern person here, I'd like to know how you work with the differences!