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Infinite Visions Tarot – A Review of Gloria Jean’s Handmade Deck

Jul 22, 2010 15 Comments by Valerie Sylvester

Review by Valerie Sylvester Infinite Visions Tarot by Gloria Jean When I was in college I took several art history classes. These involved sitting in a darkened lecture hall as a clicking, whirring projector beamed representations of masterpieces of (mostly) American and European art onto a large screen. Image after lovely image drifted by on [...]

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The Transparent Tarot – A Review of Emily Carding’s Tarot Deck

May 19, 2010 13 Comments by Annastacia Simon

by Annastacia Simon The Transparent Tarot – Clearly not your mother’s deck Well, not my mother’s deck anyway. Her’s was a trusty traditional Thoth deck which was the very first Tarot I ever experienced. To be honest, it was because of that first deck that I actually put away Tarot for most of my life. [...]

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The Hezicos Tarot – A Review of Mary Griffin’s Self-Published Deck

Apr 28, 2010 8 Comments

Created and self-published by Mary Griffin, this stunning deck took 3 years to complete and is the most wonderfully colourful deck I have seen in a very long time. I was surprised to discover that the Hezics Tarot is painted in watercolours, I never knew watercolours could be so vivd. The shades of pink and [...]

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Free Online Tarot Readings – Do They Work?

Feb 28, 2010 31 Comments

You betcha! I haven’t used a free online Tarot reading service for quite some time. As I progressed along my own Tarot journey, and got better at reading the cards, I had no need to. There are some good services out there, Lotus Tarot, Llewellyn and Tarot.com all have excellent services, some free, some paid, [...]

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The Illuminated Tarot – A Review of Carol Herzer’s Handmade Deck

Oct 23, 2009 44 Comments

Review by Valerie Sylvester The first deck most beginning tarot readers encounter when starting out on their tarot journey is the Rider-Waite-Smith deck, (which I’ll refer to as “RWS” after this initial mention). It’s often the “default deck”, the one that people learn the basic meanings of the cards from. It also serves to illustrate [...]

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The Gaian Tarot – A Review of Joanna Powell Colbert’s Tarot Deck

Sep 10, 2009 14 Comments

Like many others, I have been watching the progress of the creation of the wonderful Gaian Tarot from Joanna Powell Colbert. Nine years is a long time to work on a single project, but the cards themselves are so visually stunning they have definitely been worth the effort and definitely worth the wait. You May [...]

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The Gaian Tarot – An Interview With Joanna Powell Colbert

Sep 08, 2009 30 Comments

I recently began writing a review of the wonderful Gaian Tarot, created by Joanna Powell Colbert. Communication with Joanna regarding permission to use the artwork on my Tarot blog quickly became chatty and as luck would have it, she kindly agreed to a short interview based on the Gaian Tarot. This post is that interview, [...]

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She’s A Rainbow

Jun 29, 2009 10 Comments

The Wonderful World of Quirkeries In a quiet corner of the blogosphere lies a wonderful, unspoilt land of beauty, uniqueness, directness and independence. This little corner belongs to Sharyn, owner and creator of Quirkeries – one of my favourite tarot blogs. You May Also Enjoy:Brand New Forum For Astrology And Tarot Lovers – Astrocreeps And [...]

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Found An Angel

Jun 22, 2009 10 Comments

Every once in a while you find something so unique that you have no doubt that there is some kind of divinity involved; something so truly wonderful that you feel in awe of its beauty and simplicity; and wonder why on earth you didn’t think of it yourself! You May Also Enjoy:The Gaian Tarot – [...]

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