Pros and Cons Thread Enabling+De-enabling

[Penthasilia]

Originally Posted by magpie9

Al I know about it is when it was going to come out rick put some scans of it up here and MiShell got very offended because the White Buffalo Card had a blond big-breasted white woman riding a white buffalo. Then Rick got very offended.
I'd try to see scans of the whole deck, if possible before buying it.

ACK!

<---going on a google search....

Thanks for the heads up!

ETA: After looking at the images (and pointedly NOT looking at old threads, as I wanted to form my own opinion)- this deck will be off my wish list.

Maybe I should open a thread about shamanistic decks and see what others are using???

Thanks again Mags!

[magpie9]

Happy to help! Sounds like a very interesting thread...I hope you start it.

[gregory]

Originally Posted by Penthasilia

Soooo....

I have a bunch of shamanistic decks, but I don't actually own the Shaman tarot by LoS. I keep going back and forth on this one. On one hand- there are so few out there, it makes me want to try it out. On the other- the imagery seems kind of flat on the computer.

Anyone out there that has it? If you wouldn't mind chiming in I would appreciate it!

I LIKE IT. A lot. MiShell and I and Ric and I have discussed it at length. I can see why she cannot use it with her clients and also "get" her more general reservations, though I don't actually agree with her. I can also see where he is coming from, and I do like it - a lot. Mostly because I find it inclusive. It draws me in and has made me more interested in the whole thing.

You have PM.

[rylla]

Would very much apreciate your feedback on this one. Thanks.

[Serenia]

Hi everyone,

would you please tell me something about the Sweet Twilight? I already read through some of the threads here, but I'm still indecisive... I first saw it online a while ago and liked the colours, but didn't really feel drawn to all of the images. During the last two weeks, the colours have been calling me repeatedly, but I went through the complete deck scans several times and still have no idea whether or not I want this deck. Still, every few days, these colours jump into my mind again and "force" me to look at the card scans again.
Usually I'm pretty efficient in enabling myself, but this time, I'm confused.

I'm also slightly afraid that the colours might be different on the real cards, since one of the reviews on amazon.com says that the colours look better on screen than they do on the cards. And I'm not sure I like these multi-language borders...

Someone mentioned that some of the cards seem to have non-standard meanings, but I'd be okay with that, since I read intuitively anyway.

I reached a point where I'm becoming more picky about which decks to buy and I feel that, apart from the very few that are still on my whishlist, I'm kinda "done" buying decks for the moment. (Let's see how long that lasts! ) But still, those colours...?

Actually, this is not the best time for asking this question since I can't buy any decks until middle of June and if it turns out that I want the deck, I'd have to wait until then... But still, it keeps walking up and down in my head and then I'd be sure at least whether or not to put it on my whishlist.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated!

[magpie9]

1- If you don't know, you don't really want it.

2- It's a lightweight teeney-bopper-angst deck.

3- It's failed competition for the Deviant Moon deck.

4- Get some markers and re-color a deck you actually like.

[Serenia]

Thanks for your answer!

Originally Posted by magpie9

1- If you don't know, you don't really want it.

That's a real argument. Especially since ususally I'm pretty sure I want a specific deck...

3- It's failed competition for the Deviant Moon deck.

Well, I think there's Deviant Moon people out there, and non Deviant Moon people... me belonging to the second group. So if it's failed competition, that might actually be good for me!

4- Get some markers and re-color a deck you actually like.

Nooo! I'd never ever to that to a deck! But you're right of course in that the situation that I'm mostly drawn to the colours is really strange.

My current plan is to look at it a few more times and then ask myself in June whether or not I want it. (But I guess, the more often I look at it, the more I might like it. That's usually how self-enabling works with me. )

[magpie9]

looking at your decklist and wishlist, this deck is not going to be able to keep up with your other decks....it's going to feel like the misfit cousin from the branch of the family no one talks about...! It's not kind to bring it home to that~

[gregory]

Ummmmm

On the other hand as a 67 y/o granny - I absolutely LOVE this deck and have got some cracking readings from it - including one that reduced a mod here to tears. I genuinely think this is one with real depth. And some nice sidelong takes on some cards - I am particularly fond of the Tower....

[Essjay]

And it's the only deck I know of with Yoda in it - which is a reason why I may have to re-purchase a copy.