Madrigal
I thought it was like the Tarot of the Spirit but that was a bit of an initial, superficial knee-jerk response based on hues and mood because - with use - it is infinitely more intuitive for me. It feels like a deck from a truly creative mind and makes the Tarot of the Spirit look a little formulaic.
I absolutely adore this deck. It feels that bit more ahead of many decks currently published in terms of artwork and vision. Jaded as I am, I never really expect many new decks to really hold my attention beyond a few months in the way that this deck has.
I keep going back to it, and the artwork is so refined and clever and - yes - subconscious, that it really is a powerful reading deck. It has a floatiness, an airiness and anchorlessness that can only really come from the subconscious mind, which is where tarot really should come from (does that sound unhinged?) I know nothing about the artist but I have tremendous admiration for her (and for U.S Games for spotting it).
The only odd thing about it is that when I do draws - daily draws, three card draws - I get an inordinate number of Courts coming up. I have no idea why, but it seems to happen so often that I have almost come to expect it. I don't think I have ever done a spread of more than one card in which I didn't get a Court card.
But it's a great reading deck and I love it's refined, ethereal air. Any questions, fire away but I have nothing but praise for this deck. And I do read with it, not just wallow in its hothouse, art-deck atmosphere.
Merci, le Fanu. I trust my Muse enough to feel that readings from this deck would be rich, atmospheric and full of quirky synchronistic details. However looking again at the cards individually I will say that some of them gave me pause. Would you be willing to pick a card and share extemporaneously your impressions? I'm curious to see whether this kind of trajectory would resonate for me with this deck.