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Summary: Nicely done
Review: Robin Wood's tarot deck was one of my first decks. I still use and enjoy the deck, however after a few years I suddenly started having a problem with her over use of yellow. Some of the cards, could really use some variation in their color. The only deck I like better is Universal Waite. As another reviewer mentioned, I also like "Tarot, Plain and Simple" as a companion book to this deck. Everything else about the deck is great. A wonderful first deck for a beginner, the images are clear and easy to interpret.
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Summary: an exquisite deck
Review: Robin Wood's tarot was my first deck, and I have loved it. It's been there for me for several years, now, and I can't thank her enough for it. When I read or teach the tarot, I always use her deck. It's rare to find a deck so clear and itimate in its imagery that absolutely anyone can work with it on the first try.
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Summary: A Masterpiece
Review: Stunning achievements deserve the recognition and popularity that "The Robin Wood Tarot" has acheived in the highly competitive Tarot Market. The illustrations, symbols, colors, and the simple feel of these cards is sure to please novice and advanced divinator alike! Ms. Wood is able to retain the traditional images (for the most part) and infuse them with her own ideas and prinicples, creating a new mileu of divination, contemplation, meditation, and interpretation. Any good reference book on Tarot meanings can be applied to Ms. Wood's cards with very little deviation (although I would recommend Louis's "TAROT Plain and Simple," available from amazon.com, for a beginner). Yet the cards are so vibrant, so alive, that anyone can use them at once, and with success. For divination, medition, spell or ritual work, The Robin Wood Tarot is "The" deck for all levels of experience or practice.
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Summary: The Best Tarot Deck, For Art, Beauty, And Easy Of Interprati
Review: The moment I saw this deck three years ago I knew I found the one for me. Beautiful, colorful, and easy to interprate, were only a few of the aspects of this deck. Robin Wood struck a cord in all Pagans, Wiccians, Witches, Chirstians, Jews, anyone that sees this deck will see what I mean. Enough symbols for anyone to use anywhere. I also suggest her book as well, Tarot: Plain and Simple. What can I say, the tilte says it all for both deck and book.
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Summary: if you don't have this one....buy it!
Review: the robin wood deck is magnificent: vivid, easy to interprete,pagan in tone, but usable by anyone. this deck is featured in Tarot, Plain and Simple; Tarot Spells; and robin woods new book on the deck.
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Summary: A nice beginner's deck
Review: The Robin Wood deck is my first and so far only set of Tarot cards (these things are expensive!). Although I have outpaced its illustrations, I can still recommend it. In particular, I like the black and white candles behind the Magician, and the non-traditional presentation of the Devil and Judgement cards. This set is also far more detailed than the Rider-Waite deck, which I have seen in books and which left me rather cold. On the flip side, the Hierophant is portrayed as an archbishop or pope -- blatantly Christian in an otherwise Pagan deck. I also found the accompanying booklet unhelpful to a beginner. However, the Robin Wood deck, when properly paired with an explanitory book of your choosing, is an excellent introduction to the Tarot.
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Summary: The Very Best Beginners Deck.
Review: The Robin Wood is a very popular deck and rightly so, it is a fully realized Tarot. The drawing has a very high level of technical skill, a quality I appreciate. Personally I think it outshines both the Waite and the Thoth in this area. At the same time it is a rather pretty deck with a decidedly feminine voice.One should be careful however not to overlook the depth of the symbolism, at first I did. Take the Queen of Swords, The Mail of her helm, speaks to a guarded figure. While her extended left hand is open to accept intuitive knowledge. Her veil, her cloak, the flowers at her feet, and the clouds all have symbolic significance. My point is this is not a deck someone just sat down and drew up. Every aspect of the drawing, the details, the color, the juxtaposition, has been considered and executed. All these details are explained in Robins book on the deck. Ultimately Robin has gifted us readers with a deck as rich in symbolic meaning as any you could hope to study, and its a joy to behold. The Rider Waite has basically become the Standard Tarot if you look at the literature. Nearly every book on reading uses this deck as the touchstone. Unfortunately its just bug ugly. What Robin has done is give us a beautiful deck that is in every important way true to the Rider Waite. The 6 of Swords represents life's rites of passage. The King of Swords is life's Tax Collector. The art however is far more beautiful than the Waite deck, and in most all instances deeper in its meaning. A very nice deck for beginners, that will not go stale as you become a more advanced reader. Believe me you want this deck.
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Summary: A wonderful Tarot deck.
Review: The Robin Wood Tarot deck is one of the easiest for beginners to use. Its vivid natural imagery fosters an intuitive awareness that aids with interpreting the cards. It is one of my favorite decks and the one I chose to illustrate my book TAROT PLAIN AND SIMPLE (Llewellyn, 1996) -- Anthony Louis.
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Summary: beginner friendly
Review: There are good sides and downsides to this deck. Let's start with the positive first. - Based on Rider-Waite imagery, which is what most books explaining tarot are based on. The basic format is the same, but the artist put her own version and twist on it. This makes this deck very beginner friendly. - Tastefully conceived. There is nudity, but tasteful. - More 'artistic' than Rider-Waite decks, in my opinion, because you see more emotion on the figures' faces. Sometimes the Rider-Waite deck comes across as pictures of stick people, and at times, like rough sketches. The Robin Wood deck is more emotive, colorful, and clean. It seems more professional and 3-D. Now, onto the downsides. - Almost every person depicted is blonde. Not to say I have anything against blondes, but it gets redundant. - There's a "Ken-and-Barbie" feel to it. Sometimes, it just seems 'cartoony.' Like other reviewers have cited, it's very happy-happy. - The imagery is very defined, so those seeking more abstract imagery would do well to pass this deck up. I would suggest this deck to those who are beginners at tarot because this is a very friendly, Rider-Waite based deck. I used this deck along with the Goddess Tarot deck when I first started out and it was very helpful. I needed the imagery to be approachable and friendly enough to sort of 'hold my hand' as I learned the tarot. I would not, however, suggest this deck to those seeking more abstract or "impressionist" images. For those looking for something different, this is just a cleaned up, more vibrant version of Rider-Waite. As of now, I am using the Margarete Peterson deck, but my Robin Wood deck still sits fondly on the shelf, and I do go back to it from time to time, because the images are very clear in their intent and depiction.
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Summary: beginner friendly
Review: There are good sides and downsides to this deck. Let's start with the positive first. - Based on Rider-Waite imagery, which is what most books explaining tarot are based on. The basic format is the same, but the artist put her own version and twist on it. This makes this deck very beginner friendly. - Tastefully conceived. There is nudity, but tasteful. - More 'artistic' than Rider-Waite decks, in my opinion, because you see more emotion on the figures' faces. Sometimes the Rider-Waite deck comes across as pictures of stick people, and at times, like rough sketches. The Robin Wood deck is more emotive, colorful, and clean. It seems more professional and 3-D. Now, onto the downsides. - Almost every person depicted is blonde. Not to say I have anything against blondes, but it gets redundant. - There's a "Ken-and-Barbie" feel to it. Sometimes, it just seems 'cartoony.' Like other reviewers have cited, it's very happy-happy. - The imagery is very defined, so those seeking more abstract imagery would do well to pass this deck up. I would suggest this deck to those who are beginners at tarot because this is a very friendly, Rider-Waite based deck. I used this deck along with the Goddess Tarot deck when I first started out and it was very helpful. I needed the imagery to be approachable and friendly enough to sort of 'hold my hand' as I learned the tarot. I would not, however, suggest this deck to those seeking more abstract or "impressionist" images. For those looking for something different, this is just a cleaned up, more vibrant version of Rider-Waite. As of now, I am using the Margarete Peterson deck, but my Robin Wood deck still sits fondly on the shelf, and I do go back to it from time to time, because the images are very clear in their intent and depiction.
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