Terrapin
Earlier in this thread I gushed a bit about this deck. Now after having it for a couple of months I'm more reserved in my celebrating it. It's a very confusing deck. In fact, officially the hardest deck I own to actually read with. The majors are straight forward, but the minors just seem kind of nutty. I find multiple cards that imply the idea of strength against all that's being thrown at you in life, a la the 9 of wands in the RWS system. Ideas of *victory* and *self defense* come up over and over for me when looking at these various cards. Also, ideas of *defeat* seem to abound or *blinded by circumstances*. The cards radiate upheaval and craziness to me. I like this deck because it really makes you think and encourages meditation, stretching you tarot muscles. It feels chaotic and a bit neurotic to me though. I don't know. I'm not a big LWB guy nor do I feel I want to read a book about every tarot I own, but I feel like I do need something to read on this one. I want to see that it's indeed a balanced deck running the gamut of human emotion and experience, but right now I can't ignore the disorder and also the sameness of sentiment that I see in so many of the cards. Challenging and fun on my better days.
It makes the LOS Fire Tarot seem quite straightforward and easy by comparison. Probably not fair to compare the two, but the LOS does seem balanced to me even though it too deals heavily with the fire element.
It makes the LOS Fire Tarot seem quite straightforward and easy by comparison. Probably not fair to compare the two, but the LOS does seem balanced to me even though it too deals heavily with the fire element.