Twilight Realm - A Tarot of Faery

I don't care who they look like. I want them anyway.

That is one gorgeous deck. I love the colors against black, and I love the art.

You are so sweet!

It's a beautiful deck! Not my cup of tea, I must admit, but visually stunning!

I wanted to bump this thread.

While I'm ALL about faeries after seeing the scans here on the computer I really didn't want this deck at all. The scans made me think of black light posters from the 70's and 80's. (shudder) Just didn't do a thing for me.

That being said though.............. I saw the deck in person this weekend and LOVED it!! I was able to flip through the complete deck and absolutely fell in love!

The cards have such a sweetness about them but at the same time have bunches of depth to them too! They aren't all sweetness and light so do have depth, but on the whole it's a wonderful, wonderful deck!

Since alot of people know how I feel about faeries I thought I needed to come say I caved and fell in love with this one!!

That last time I posted in this thread I had only just ordered it & now I have it and I love it.

It definately looks better in person, faunabay I like the black backgrounds they make this deck standout to me from other decks.

It took me a little while to get used to the slightly altered meanings ... especially with the Hanged One which is depicted by a woman with a noose around her neck, has anyone else found this with this card?

A beautiful deck though

Yes the Hanged One is very different. I didn't think I'd like it until I read the book meaning. That changed the way I looked at that card though.

There are a few courts that just draw me in somehow. The King of Pents and the Queen of Wands. Those two pull me in and feel somewhat familar. While the Page of cups is absolutely adorable!!

faunabay said:

Yes the Hanged One is very different. I didn't think I'd like it until I read the book meaning. That changed the way I looked at that card though.

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Yeah, I know the book meaning is a little different to what one could imagine from looking at the image. The picture kind of makes me stop in my tracks ... it spooks me a little - not that it's scary but a little unnerving. It's the only card in this deck that I have this reaction to though.

faunabay said:

There are a few courts that just draw me in somehow. The King of Pents and the Queen of Wands. Those two pull me in and feel somewhat familar. While the Page of cups is absolutely adorable!!

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I agree, all the courts are captivating as are the Empress & Emporer.

Overall, I love it, the Hanged One though I need to give more thought too

I would like to hear more opinions about this deck.

I would like to buy it but I could not find more than few scans online.

There are 7 scans here, and a couple of different ones on Tarotgarden's site. Also if you use google images you can find quite a few individual cards.

It always astonishes me that people expect to be able to see a whole deck before buying it. We don't get to read a whole book before buying, so where is the difference ?

I'll buy anything given the right mood and I see this deck often in shops around here and yet it is always so expensive, with all that thick Schaeffer packaging. Even online it isn't cheap. A few pounds more and it's enough for a Meneghello, so no contest really. I always end up deciding not to buy it

But I do wonder about it.