Okay, so the deck has trickled to the western hemisphere and a couple more are still making the journey.
For those of you who have had their decks arrive, are there any initial thoughts? Any interesting readings? Any characters worm their way into your hearts as yet?
I have been keeping a journal of readings, along with a record of card appearance / frequency. Interesting how Emperor and Empress are leading the way, with some cards still yet to make a showing.
Still a learning curve for me also. One card in one reading had me stumped until a member here reminded me of an animal in the card. Once I read it from that standpoint, it made total sense. Yep a bit of a face palm on that one
We have a huge rugby match tomorrow, and I have done a couple of readings on rugby match predictions. I just don't want to on this one. Too much at stake...lol.
In the meantime I have had a husband who has let me be a little indulgent with stuff printed. I now have a 27" x 17" reading mat which fits perfectly on my readings table I use at festivals. (I mean perfectly - to the 1/2 cm!). Photo attached. I have to say, I love it.
There are also some pads to take to the festivals for note taking by myself or the sitter. Just glad I got the transparency level right. Red, blue, purple & black pens work fine with them. Again, deck based.
The final treat to myself? The deck in LARGE at a height of 5.75". This was more an experiment, to see if they could scale up and still look okay. The original scans were very low res, and I had to do some jiggery pokery to get them acceptable even at poker size. I think I did okay with them. They will not be offered but are a one off for myself - the poker size still seems to me to be the best fit for the deck.
In the meantime hope the characters are behaving themselves.
Davina
ETA Sulis has moved the readings I have done in the forum, so anyone can share readings they have done using this deck.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=238412