The deck is slightly frightening, but so is the power of the Magician, and that doesn’t scare me away from wanting to draw that card sometimes.
Read MoreWhen I first saw this deck, I was struck by the fantastical whimsy of the figures and landscapes with stark lines and soft colors, like deco lithographs tailored to elf-loving Sinophiles.
Read MoreI bought the deck because I wanted to learn the Thoth style of reading and to force myself to learn some of those associations by heart through use.
Read MoreWhen I do a reading, I ask the deck a certain set of questions for which the deck provides me a certain set of cards in response. Once I have finished drawing the cards, the deck has “spoken.”
Read MoreRecognizing that this deck is not simply an update to the Smith-Waite/Rider deck is an important part of working with it.
Read MoreI was struck by its luxurious imagery when I ordered it, and I fell in love with its liquid mercury edge, but it’s proved itself to be so valuable to my tarot reading.
Read MoreLet me serve as my own bad-pun spoiler here: shadow work can be very enlightening.
Read MoreOne of the other reasons why I bought this deck with the Linestrider was that it had something new to teach me: how to read a Tarot de Marseille style deck.
Read MoreI got the sense of the deck’s dual nature, of softness and sharp edge, from my initial interview, and it has only been confirmed in the many readings since.
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