Lovely Madame Endora

[Chronata]

The Madame Endora Fortune cards are really fabulous!

I ordered this deck from Tarotgarden last month, and when they arrived, I immediately began using them with great success!

These cards are really beautifully designed, and the symbolism that have been used for each of the cards really spoke to me.

(I developed my own set of little fortune stones, each one hand sculpted out of clay, and these cards have a lot of the same symbols!)
It was like these were made just for me!

The only thing I do not care for is the little key phrase at the bottom of each card...they tend to hinder my readings rather than enhance them. But I find I can ignore the words fairly easily, and it really is only a small complaint.

I was wondering if anyone else has this deck, and loves it the way I do?
Does anyone else have success in reading with them?
Just curious...

 

[Jeannette]

Glad to read that you're enjoying the Endora cards, Chronata. Our customers have been giving us a lot of good feedback about them.

Speaking of which, we've sold a lot of these decks in the relatively short time it's been available. And I know some other Aeclectic folk out there bought their copies from us. Speak up, gang! Let Chronata know how they're working for you! (I'll be interested to read the responses myself.)

-- Jeannette
http://www.tarotgarden.com

 

[Mimers]

I also have this deck. I find it fun and definitely a readable deck. I enjoy it a lot. It is great when you don't want something in depth.

I have one friend in particular that keeps asking for readings with this deck. My response is usually, "didn't we already ask Madame Endora that?".

Definitely interesting purchase. I would like to know more about what some of the symbols mean.

Mimers

 

[Kaz]

i have it, from tarotgarden
the deck is very readable, not in depth like tarot or some other oracles, but like the titles suggests, its a fortunetelling deck.
and it works quite well, i tried it a couple of times for myself on q's like "whats gonna happen if...." , "what will be the result/consequence of X"

~kaz

 

[Chronata]

Thanks for the feedback!

For readings both for myself and others, I find them very in depth!

Mostly, I think it is because I read so far beyond the card's LWB meaning. I have always had a huge symbolic reference available to me, that I have worked on for a long time, instilling it into my subconcious musings!

For instance when I draw the card for...oh say, the Black Cat, a lot of different ideas, and images will spring to mind that I can choose from...
The obvious of course, on the card refers to luck changing...and the book speaks of the symbolism of superstition....but the image on the card is so Egyptian and brings to mind the Goddess Bast, who is a protective guardian of things unknown as well as of marriage,sensuality and sexuality...and cats also are sacred to Venus both the Godess of Love, and the planet that rules over those in creative fields, the Visual Arts, and aesthetic pursuits...and cats can be psychic, mysterious, comforting, independent, domestic, devious...they can refer to the home and hearth as well as the seers of unknown forces...hunters as well as companions...

Phew! and that's just some of the things that came to mind right away! Each card has just as many meanings among the symbolic reference that I have assembled.

This deck seems like one of thos rthat would benefit well from a study group!

 

[Alta]

Chronata, thanks for this thread. I have the deck but do not think that I was using it very well. I found it rather baffling. Thanks to your comments I will take it out and work with it a bit more. Your comments on the black cat and your associations were helpful. I do not think I was using the deck in the right spirit.

 

[Chronata]

I am glad I could help Marion!

I am actually not sure if the artist intended it to be used the way I
do...but I know these cards resonate with me on a high level.
my thought is to use the deck in whatever way it speaks to you.

This deck is so pretty, I think it deserves more than a casual read...
And the symbols in it are actually very diverse...there could be many layers of meaning.

The only symbol I do not have a good basis for is the Wyvern, but I am doing some research on how this creature appears in heraldry, mythology anf folktales, to get a better understanding of how I can use this card!

 

[Wisp Wings]

Wyvern info

For those (like me) that were clueless as to what this was, Wyvern -

"Appearing quite often in heraldry, the wyvern is a serpent-like dragon with wings. It has two legs on which talons that look like an eagles talons. It has a tail that ends in a barb. the wyvern symbolizes war, pestilence, envy and viciousness."

I just did a search on this. It is usually referenced as being evil. In addition to the lore of it, the D&D role playing game had it, it seems and a "Harry Potter" book does too. Skipping over the software, game, etc. and getting to the creature's meaning and the art of it, here is some sites:

http://www.orderofthewhitelion.com/theelements@/Dragons/Wyvern.html

http://www.archetypal.com/gallery/cry_wyvern.htm

http://www.eaudrey.com/myth/wyvern.htm

http://www.blackmoor.ca/wyvern.htm

http://arcanum.sierra.com/world/world-creatures-lethe.html

http://www.owlsdottir.com/dragons/wyvern.htm

http://www.callofthenightwalker.com/wyvern.htm


Maybe you've seen these, maybe not. Hope this helps.

 

[Chronata]

Thanks for the links, wisp wings! These have been very helpful!
Just after posting about wyverns, my husband surprised me with a book on dragons that included a little paragraph...

"It appears as an emblem of envy, insignia of war, personification of pestilence, representation of non-transmutted matter in alchemy, disguise of the devil, and a prevalent device in Heraldry"

From...Dragons-A Natural History...by Dr. Karl Shuker

Some more to add to my symbolic references!

 

[Myrrha]

I keep looking at this deck and wanting to buy it, but am not sure how it would be to actually read with. Some of the meanings given for the symbols seem rather shallow, like the Medusa meaning jealousy. She is a symbol of the deep chaotic unconscious, the hidden self we are not supposed to show anyone lest they be turned to stone. Perseus (I think it was him) slays her with the help of Athene to illustrate the daylight, conscious, rational side triumphing over the nightside, unconscious self. Interesting that the Moon in the Nigel Jackson deck has Medusa's face on it.

On the other hand it might be useful to work with a deck that gives solid concrete meanings for things. If anyone was willing to post a sample reading done with this deck I would love to see it!

Myrrha