Wildwood Tarot

[magpie9]

Originally Posted by Hemera

But I think Justice and Strength are reversed. Strength (Woodward) is 11. Stag is Justice and 8.

Yes, you're right. I should have said Golden Dawn. Either way, it beats the GW way of no numbers and a weird order. I love the GW, but it's a difficult deck on many levels. Lots of work.

[GryffinSong]

I was poking around looking at the various "druid" style decks and while reading about the Druidcraft saw that it has a lot of nudity in it. I didn't find any photos, but some people were put off by those images. Does the Wildwood have any nudity? If so, how is it portrayed?

Thanks!

[Carla]

There is no real nudity in this deck. By that I mean, no bare breasts or genitals. There are two figures not wearing clothes, but they do not have visible 'bits'. (The cards are 19 The Sun of Life and 16 The Blasted Oak).

[GryffinSong]

Thanks Carla!

[Le Fanu]

The nudity in the Blasted Oak is a particular type of nudity. Think *all over* flesh-coloured-lycra-body-suit-nudity.

But there is no Wildwood equivalent of the Druid Craft Hanged Man (which, for the record, I always liked...)

[Cerulean]

In the WW this is a white outline figure referred to as Cerne Abbas Giant as an ancient emblem of fertility and keyword as empowerment.

In the 1990 Arthurian the three of stones has a similar masuline figure in chalk.

Both are etched figures holding a tool or implement, upright in their hands, and are outlined without much facial detail. The outlined abstract figure includes an erect phallus, so one knows it is masculine.

It probably might take me a bit to fold these into a reading, as I have not an art history background with those images. However some men friends into art symbolism and liking other masculine symbolism have used this as part of their personal expressive art.

[QUOTE=karen0205]Could one please explain this card to me???? LOL[/QUOTE

[Cat*]

Originally Posted by karen0205

Could one please explain this card to me???? LOL

I can at least give you this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerne_Abbas_Giant

Which should also be relevant to GryffinSong's question about nudity...

[Carla]

I know I said I liked the white borders, but I have been messing with this deck for days, and I am now sorely tempted to trim top and sides. Should I? Shouldn't I? oooh!

[Le Fanu]

One of my cards has a stain on the white border (2 of Cups?) and I think that trimming would make it look better, colours and all.

However, I'd be worried about getting the bottom "title" bit right. Plus I feel it isn't a deck I shall be using much and so I shall leave it as it is...

[GreenMoonBeam]

Originally Posted by Nina*

Not at all.... And the more some of you bash Mark Ryan the more I like his deck I simply feel a lot of what's been said here is very unfair.

This is not a Greenwood? No, he doesn't claim it to be.
This is not as good (or true or whatever...) as the Greenwood? That will of course be a matter of opinion and none of you are authorized to decide that for others than yourself.

Bravo!!!!
On the scans alone, this deck looks exciting to consider during winter in Australia. I'm looking at its structure as a Tarot deck created by two people who had association with another deck.

For now, that's as much as I need AND want to apply to the deck
Good words, Nina!!
GMB