My Rumi arrived today and I have to say, I think it is a beautiful deck. So often I'm in doubt with new decks, I hold out, sit on the fence and sometimes (only sometimes! LOL) take the plunge! I'm so glad I did with this deck. As soon as I unwrapped the cards, I felt the thrill of a deck well-chosen!
It is absolutely beautiful. The green colour which (it seems) people disliked, is lovely. It is a colour we are not used to seeing on tarot cards - hence the shock - but it has something of glazed arabic tiles; especially the backs. I love the backs and really find the colour one of the nicest aspects of it. Such an unusual shade.
I can really use this deck. It immediately made me think that here is a deck which is at once gentle, philosophical and soothing and will be perfect for those readings when we feel battered and delicate! Here is an example of how a tarot decks can be gentle and sensitive WITHOUT renaming Death or portraying the Devil as "cutesy bunny" so as not to upset clients. Here is a deck which has Death, the Devil, 10 of Swords, the Tower, all the bad cards but with an angle of how suffering makes us grow. This is exactly why I am against renaming cards and pretending there is no negativity so that querents don't get scared. Suffering can be greeted philosophically, stoically and I feel that this is the approach of this deck, and this is what tests us as human beings. ´This is how we, in life, should face suffering; seeing how it makes us grow and not being scared of it, learning from it, seeing it in the wider sphere of things.
This is the initial vibe I get from this deck. And I like it. I feel as though I can use this deck, with or without reading the book (one day I will; I generally read the companion books). But even if I didn't read the companion book, the deck is immediately readable and each card has so much food for thought, with its detailed images and poetic proverbs.
I know that there will be moments in life when this deck will be so, so right!
