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- The Deck of the Bastard
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- The Romantic Russian Lenormands
- The Wild Unknown
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Divination by Drapery; The Virtuoso Unreality of The Tarot Illuminati
Tarot ecstacy. I feel as though I have waited so long for this deck and when it finally arrived, like a pageant firework display in miniature, I was not disappointed. The escalating anticipation was almost more than I could bear. … Continue reading
The Deck of the Bastard
Oh heavenly, blissful gift to the fickle world of tarot! This is exactly the deck that so many of us have been thirsting for. I resisted for so long – I don’t need it, surely I don’t need it, I … Continue reading
Posted in Tarot Cards
Tagged Antique tarot cards, Deck of the Bastard, Etteilla, Seven Stars, tarot
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On Learning
I have been thinking a lot recently about the subject of learning Lenormand. This came about after having read a book that was supposed to help me become a better card reader and which resulted in me feeling hopelessly confused and … Continue reading
Posted in cards, Random Reflections
Tagged Fabbri, Learning Lenormand, lenormand, Lenormand cards, Modiano, Modiano Nuova Cartomanzia, Oracles, Orbis Oraculos, sibilla
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Fairy Lights Tarot
Where oh where do I stand on fairy tarot decks? Or faerie tarot decks. Or maybe even fae tarot decks. I just never know. As a working male who ventures out into the real world every day in suit and … Continue reading
Tarot 3D
Yesterday I called in at my local tarot suppliers (Esoteric Shop? Magic Shop? New Age Shop? Metaphysical Shop? I never know) idly wondering whether any of the new Lo Scarabeo titles might be in stock or whether there would be … Continue reading
Lost and Found; what the cards said
I lost my iPhone this week. It then found its way back to me in an astonishing stroke of luck, though that didn’t prevent me from suffering 12 hours of acute anguish while the drama unfolded, during which time I … Continue reading
The Romantic Russian Lenormands
I love these decks. I didn’t realise quite how much I loved them until I recently received the final installment, the twin-set Lilac & Cherry Twilight Lenormands and was able to think of them – with their predecessors – as … Continue reading
The Wild Unknown
Many are the decks which as soon as I receive and open them I want to review, immediately analyse and describe. Sometimes I cannot contain myself. I want to put into words what I feel emanating from a deck, what … Continue reading
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