The Halloween Tarot

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Summary: Love It!
Review: Basically a rider waite clone, this deck would be excellent for a beginner. The imagery is fun and would also be excellent when reading for those not familiar with tarot. I don't think this deck would be good as a main deck, I find it hard to relate with the cartoon characters used in the illustrations. But it is beautiful, and for those who love halloween as much as I do, it's a great pick.

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Summary: Irresistible!
Review: I have to admit, although Halloween is my favorite holiday, I held off on this deck for a long time. Now I wonder why! It is so fun, and so full of energy. The artist has done a fabulous job celebrating all of the best parts of Halloween while presenting a deck that is surprisingly serious under the surface. Since it's based on the Rider-Waite, beginners as well as those who prefer to use the RWS system will feel right at home with it. But rather than just offering the same stale images that many RWS clones do, this deck has some delightful reworkings of the cards. Among my favorites are Temperance: a witch mixing her brew while a black cat looks on, and the Lovers which shows Dracula climbing into Mina Murray's room, letters and pictures from Jonathan Harker are spilled across her bedspread. In this deck pumpkins have been chosen to represent pentacles because of their connection to the earth, ghosts for cups because of their watery and dreamlike nature, bats for air because these winged creatures often strike fear in the hearts of individuals, and imps for wands because of their fiery energy. This easy to read deck, chock full of images of broomsticks, ghouls, tricks and treats will make you laugh out loud. And the best part is you don't have to wait all year to celebrate Halloween!

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Summary: More fun that you thought the Tarot could be
Review: I thought I was the only adult Halloween "nut" but the creator of this deck must be a soul mate. Bright colors, correct, if whimsical, symbology and easy to intrepret action and meanings make this a deck you can't put down until you've looked (again) at every card. I've read the Tarot for over twenty years and have collected several good decks, and I can heartily recommend this one for divination with a truly fun twist. Become the black cat in these cards and begin your journey through the trumps and characters of Halloween, past and present. Happy Halloween, and thank you Kipling West.

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Summary: LOVELY TO LOOK AT
Review: I would have given this deck 5 stars just for the artwork, which is superb. The deck is really fun to look at, especially if you love Halloween & all of it's images. It's also very easy to remember what each card means, because they are so striking. However, this deck gives you a very sugar-coated reading; none of the negative or dark cards are very negative or dark. Unlike life, this deck is all happy readings; even if you get the Devil, the Tower & Death all in a row, the interpretations will tell you it's no big deal. So I found the interpretation possibilities a bit limited & unrealistic. This deck is for people who really don't want ANY bad news!

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Summary: A delightful Halloween Tarot experience!
Review: This deck is a total delight for anyone who like myself loves Halloween. The symbolism is marvelous in it's own whimsical setting. A Rider-Waite clone yet unique. There's not a scary sight in this deck, great to read with for people who get easily put off by morbid tarot imagery. Suits are Ghosts/Cups, Bats/Swords, Pumpkins/Pentacles and Imps/Wands. Comes with the little booklet with meanings, two spreads, introduction and some other fun information. Not to miss the cute black cat that witnesses each scene in the deck. I give it 5 stars!

Rating:
Summary: A delightful Halloween Tarot experience!
Review: This deck is a total delight for anyone who like myself loves Halloween. The symbolism is marvelous in it's own whimsical setting. A Rider-Waite clone yet unique. There's not a scary sight in this deck, great to read with for people who get easily put off by morbid tarot imagery. Suits are Ghosts/Cups, Bats/Swords, Pumpkins/Pentacles and Imps/Wands. Comes with the little booklet with meanings, two spreads, introduction and some other fun information. Not to miss the cute black cat that witnesses each scene in the deck. I give it 5 stars!

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Summary: Meow!
Review: This deck is lovely. The artwork is nostalgic wiithout becoming sickening. At first glance, this deck seems like a cute novelty but it actually reads very well. And it is very non-threatening for parties and other places where those not familiar with tarot might be. West is knowledgable about Tarot and a highly competant artist.

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Summary: great halloween fun
Review: This has been one of my favorite decks for many years. I only use this for personal readings, however dont hesitate using it professionally! It is especially fun during Halloween. The standard Rider Waite system is used so I would refer beginners as well as advanced readers. It is simply charming. I love the colors. I just wished the artistry were a bit more deep. Not that this hurts this deck in any way. By all means GET A COPY!!!

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Summary: Pure Halloween Delight
Review: This is a real Tarot deck with carefully thought out imagery based on the familiar Rider-Waite pack. It has been delightfully "twisted, turned, and tweaked" to create a colorful, humorous, and fun-filled Halloween deck. The brief little pamphlet that comes inside the box with the "deck only" set explains that the imagery chosen by artist Kipling West encorporates not only old-tome Halloween archetypes but characters from old horror movies, circus images and from the German-made Vegetable People that were popular decorations in America in the 1920s and can be seen on vintage Halloween postcards. Mixed in with the Halloween symbols is a blend of ancient Greek, Egyptian, Hindu, Chaldean and biblical imagery. Kipling West knows her Tarot and she clearly loves Halloween as I do. This deck is so much fun, the illustrations so bright and colorful and detailed that I think most any Tarot lover will find it enjoyable. It is perfect for light-hearted, less serious readings that might be done at parties but can also be used by the serious student to broaden one's understanding of the traditional Tarot symbols.
The black cat that appears on each card is so true to life that a cat-lover will spot their own cat's behavior right away. The suits are Bats for Swords, Imps for Wands, Pumpkins for Pentacles, and Ghosts for Cups. While the symbolism on the Court cards and the Major Arcana is very faithful to the Rider-Waite vision it is at the same time enormously creative in working the Halloween symbolism into the cards. The images are all fun and so they are useful for working with people that are merely curious because they do not frighten, however, an experienced reader can easily transpose their own deeper knowledge of the cards onto these loosely veiled images and the deck is satisfactory for serious divination.
If you love the fun-filled and slightly freaky American holiday of Halloween with it's orange and black cornucopia of characters and symbols you will adore this deck as I do. Amazon carries the deck separately or sold as part of a set that includes a detailed book on The Halloween Tarot. Both are excellent depending on your needs. Don't miss this. It's so much fun.

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Summary: Humorous and complex!
Review: This is a wonderful Rider-Waite-style deck which combines wit and fun with serious symbolism and a deep understanding of the Tarot. I see something new (either a joke or a piece of esoteric symbolism) every time I use my copy. It might not be the best deck for absolute beginners, since it is actually very complex, and be sure not to use it around the Tarot/Occult-nervous people in your life (the suit of Imps will have people of that sort running from the room screaming "Satan worship!" in a heartbeat). Also, the very fact that so many images *are* humorous may make people unfamiliar with the Tarot disrespect the deck without understanding that something can be funny *and* serious at the same time. Still, for someone (like me) who loves Halloween, black cats, the Tarot, and humor combining all three will love this deck. What's not to like about a Major Arcana where The Devil really *is* wearing a blue dress?