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Summary: Beautiful artwork, and a very Pagan deck...
Review: There are people who collect Tarot decks for the artwork, and people who only buy decks to use. I tend to do both, and have a colection of over 30 decks. The Robin Wood Tarot is one of the few in my collection that is both admired for its artwork, and in regular use as a reading deck.This deck is overtly Pagan, and will probably not suit anyone who likes Christian imagery in their deck. All of the images are close enough to the "standard" of the Rider-Waite Tarot, to be read without difficulty for anyone familiar with that deck. This deck uses swords=air, wands=fire symbology. The best book on tarot reading in general to go with the deck is "Tarot, Plain and Simple", which uses illustrations from this deck. Robin Wood's own book, "The Robin Wood Tarot, The Book" is a better choice for finding out the details behind why certain cards are depicted the way they are, and is very interesting reading in its own right, but is not as clear on basic divinatory meanings, or basic Tarot reading. Some of the notable card imagery in this deck: The Magician: The Magician is depicted as a Wiccan High Priest, wearing a crown of antlers, but still wearing the traditional red and white and with all the familiar symbology. The High Priestess: Unquestionably a Wiccan priestess, with her Dianic crown and pentacle necklace, she is depicted in a familiar way, with much the same symbols as would be expected, but outdoors. The Heirophant: Robin Wood's disatisfaction with organized religion shows clearly in this card (for more details, please read her book) and is unusually negatively aspected. All of the minor arcana are fully illustrated, and very clear. Note to the modest, there is some realistically depicted nudity in this deck, although very tasteful. No one deck will ever suit all people. The deck that speaks to you, may not speak to me and vice versa. I can only say that I have found it of use *to ME* as a good deck to read from, and hope you find it likewise. If you like Robin Woods artwork, then this deck is worth collecting for the art alone, and I can also highly recomend going to her website, to see and buy more of her prints. She now offers machine embroidery patterns, as well as doing a great deal of work on computer graphics, and fonts, and sells disks of these ready to use. Blessings and Peace
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Summary: Great, but not perfect
Review: There is a lot to like about this deck. The illustrations are colorful and clear, and Robin Wood has kept the symbolism of traditional Tarot decks while still managing to make her deck unique. I particularly appreciate her interpretation of the Death card, which I feel more strongly represents the true meaning of the card as one of change and renewal while still reminding the reader that there can be no rebirth without death. This is a deck that speaks pretty well to me; however, I have noticed that after time, my connection to these cards isn't as strong as it used to be. For some time, I haven't been able to put my finger on the reason, but after reading the reviews on the deck, I think it has to do with the main negative that I've noticed: the faces in the deck, despite its pagan leanings, do look overwhelmingly WASP-y. And, as one reviewer put it, the deck has a distinctive "shiny, happy people" look. To me, it's a mistake to play up only the positive aspects of paganism/Wicca, as these cards do. To do so ignores an important fact: Nature does indeed nurture, but she also destroys. For that reason, more mature readers and collectors may find this deck rather weak, as I have discovered I do. Not to say that it still doesn't speak to me; it just doesn't do so with the power of other decks.
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Summary: Beautiful Cards
Review: These cards are just beautiful. I'm new to tarot cards, but I only gave it four star
s out of five because the instruction booklet really isn't that detailed about the cards itself. It has the basic three spreads and really no explanation behind the spread.
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Summary: Very good deck for everyday use
Review: This deck is my long time favorite. I have always appreciated the contents of Rider-Waite cards, but the style of Pamela Coleman-Smith drawings was too old-fashioned for me and was a disturbing factor during readings. Robin Wood deck is what I was looking for: same ideas, but with modern rendition. I cannot say that I love every single card (I still haven't found my 'ideal' deck) but there are no cards in this deck my subconsciousness rejects. My first Robin Wood deck was in everyday use for the last couple of years (I own around 20 decks, but use only a couple of them) and finally it is so worn out that I will have to replace it with a new copy... Usual warning for the beginners: try to see the deck before you buy it, especially if you are going to work with it, not only add it to your collection. No matter how good reviews you have read - if you don't like it, if you don't 'feel the vibes' - DON'T BUY THE DECK, because it will do you more harm than good.
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Summary: This is the best deck I've found for pagan tarot readers.
Review: This is definitely my favorite deck. The artwork is excellent, colorful, and expresses the meanings very well. Wood has done a good job of adapting the deck for use by Pagans. Let me voice my one complaint first though; for some reason she has kept the Pope as the image on the Hierophant card. This has negative connotations for many Pagans and is not in harmony with the rest of the deck. As a result it stresses the negative rather than the positive aspects of the card. A High Priest or Elders card would have better expressed the positive aspects of the Hierophant. That aside though, the rest of the deck is very good. Some of the cards are virtually the same as the Rider-Waite deck (such as the Hermit and the Sun card) while others are completely different but express the same meaning in a better way. Among the best original cards is the Devil. No ugly, horned, goatish embodiment of evil here, just a very vivid and easily understandable expression of bondage to material things and feeling trapped. The Magician is another favorite, showing a mature and self-confident man wearing a stag antlered headdress and magically controlling physical manifestation (he holds the Cosmic Lemniscate in his hand). The Judgment card deserves special mention since it does away with the tired imagery of Gabriel blowing his trumpet and souls rising from the grave. Instead we see a cauldron of fire from which arises a perfected spiritual body, while a phoenix rises in the background. This perfectly expresses the true meaning of the card in terms of pagan imagery (probably derived from alchemy, but we are also reminded of the Cauldron of Cerridwen). The Minor Arcana are equally well done; most are similar to the Rider-Waite deck but are more elaborately drawn than Pamela Coleman Smith's images. The court cards are especially good and in many cases the figures are portrayed in more active poses than in some other decks. In summary, I'd say this is an excellent deck for beginners since it corresponds very well to the Rider-Waite meanings which appear in so many books. Yet the deck remains very useful for more advanced readers due to a wealth of symbolic imagery and colorful, expressive artwork. An excellent companion book for this deck is Tarot Plain and Simple by Anthony Louis which uses this deck to illustrate the cards.
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Summary: Perfect
Review: This is THE best deck for Pagans in the World!. Highly Recomended
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Summary: My favorite tarot deck!
Review: This is the best Tarot deck I own, the art is exquisite, and it is easy to use for interprative (this means without the little book!) fortune telling. Wonderful!
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Summary: Robin Wood Tarot Deck
Review: This tarot deck is absolutely beautiful. As a Pagan, I found the symbolism of these cards especially meaningful to me. They are comfortable to hold and shuffle. I have small hands and it is hard to find cards that I can hold easily, this deck is just perfect. The pictures are bright and colorful. I can't keep my hands off this deck.
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Summary: One of my favorite Tarot Decks
Review: This Tarot is one of my favorite because its insightful pictures that helps develop intuition and tells a story about Tarot. It's one of the most useful por beginners and a beautiful new one for collectors and practitioners.
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Summary: lovely deck
Review: Unlike an earlier reviewer, one of the things I like best about Robin Wood's deck is that all the people have personality, and not all of them are young and beautiful. Troubling cards have troubled people and some of the cards have slightly disturbing pictures. Some of the people are old, some young, some happy, some sad, some greedy, some triumphant...one thing that I love is that each person has a distinctive expression, and you can tell what they are thinking just by looking at them. This deck is also a lot more interesting to look at than the Rider-Waite Deck--Robin Wood, although she sticks mostly to that traditional style, has made each card distinctively her own. What I love in a Tarot deck is when you can look at a card and have an idea of what it means without looking in a book to help you, and you definitely can do that with this deck.
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