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When I was younger my favorite tarot cards were the Hermit (my life card), Death, and the Star. I was quite existentialist and mental and thought if I thought through it enough my mind could overcome anything. I was like a floating brain reluctantly bound to a body. I was also super into psychology and was always pushing myself to change and grow, through analyzing myself and my past. After repeatedly digging myself into mental holes and existential loops and suffering mental health crises, I’ve come to respect other form of intelligences, pacing myself, and my body as my home. I still appreciate these cards though. I think now my favorite cards are the Star, the Hierophant, and Strength. The Star because after the tower, you reencounter your spiritual and hopeful self and find the inner compass within that directs you to where you see you truly need to be. Your spirit is revitalized by her life giving waters. You feel your connection to everything. The Hierophant because it’s the card I know best. Learning from the past can help you build a better future. Also as a pagan it makes me think of becoming my own spiritual authority and creating my own traditions and learning from religions/cultures to create my own path. Also community. There’s problems with the card, but I respect it. And Strength because it makes me think of mind-body connection, taming yourself and your animal impulses through mindfulness and gentle reparenting and physical techniques like yoga or qi gong. It reminds me of what I learned in therapy groups.

My collection is pretty eclectic. I think it says I love color, have a sense of humor, like cartoons, am analytical and like to get deep, but also that I like to be entertained. Also that I belong to certain communities. Also that I got really obsessed with tarot between 2018-2020 as that’s when most of my purchases were made (I had quit smoking and used the money I had been spending on cigarettes to buy mostly indie decks. Alas, I started up again 5 years later). I’m casually searching for a black and white deck and that Black Violet one seems cool. I have a couple contenders with a wide range of styles between them. I had a phase where life was really intense for a while and I thought it’d be nice to have one for when I’m overwhelmed with life and colors are too loud and saturated with meaning. I haven’t felt that way in a while, but just in case, it might be nice.

There are two new decks in my collection, the Jodorowsky-Camoin (I found a brand new one in a shop... I thought it was out of print), and the Millenium by Wilfried Houdouin. I also found a standard Grimaud deck. Here are all of them, with improved color fidelity (except the Dusserre, that I don't have anymore). Le Tarot Pas à Pas set, Marianne Costa, Dervy (Pierre Madenié 1709 facsimile) Le Véritable Tarot de Marseille, Kris Hadar, DeMortagne, around 2020 Tarot de Marseille, Alexandre Jodorowsky, Philippe Camoin Tarot de Marseille - Anna Morsucci, Mattia Ottolini, Lo Scarabeo (based on Conver) Le Véritable Tarot de Marseille, Kris Hadar, DeMortagne, 2025 Le Tarot de Marseille - Colette Sylvestre, Grancher (Grimaud 1930 facsimile) Tarot de François Gassmann 1840 - Yves Reynaud 2020 (facsimile) Tarot de Marseille Vintage - Anna Morsucci, Mattia Ottolini, Chiara Demagistris - Lo Scarabeo (based on Conver) Tarot de Marseille - Mary Packard, french 3rd edition - Guy Trédaniel (based on Pierre Madenié) Tarot de Marseille Edition Millenium - Wilfried Houdouin - Trajectoire, 2023 Tarot de Pierre Madenié 1709 - Yves Reynaud 2022 (facsimile with lighter colours) Tarot de Marseille - Emmanuelle Iger - Animae (Nicolas Conver facsimile, cleaned up) Ancien Tarot de Marseille - Grimaud Tarot de Marseille, Paris, 1890 CA - Lo Scarabeo / Anima Antiqua (tarot de Besançon Grimaud 1890 facsimile)

Now the same picture but with a different display size (zoom out 400 x 348 instead of 407 x 354) : And a larger crop, 1121 x 729 :

Here are some extra tests in order to see what happens to pictures of different sizes. These are all crops of the same original picture, with no zoom difference between them. 407 x 354 pixels crop : 610 x 360 crop : 202 x 725 crop :

It looks as if they redid the Gandalf-looking magician. I was wondering about how they would handle that.

On Instagram, Avalon calls herself "creator of tarot decks" (plural)... more to come? There seems to be quite the large fanbase eagerly awaiting this one's mass market release.

Um - a load of ill feeling and more. It was a nightmare. I was very surprised actually to receive it in the end... Ana Tourian made it finally happen, for all that Avalon claimed she was doing all that.

While I was browsing Amazon trying to find some other deck, this much discussed deck popped up. Preorder, release on December 8th. I remember following this discussion, watching videos on YouTube about this, it all seems a hundred years ago but the details are slowly creeping back into my mind. An international bestseller, hmm. This new edition of the international bestseller by Avalon Cameron and Ana Tourian is an invitation to explore, remember, and weave your own path of self-discovery. https://amzn.eu/d/0gv7SDv

I have it - it's perfectly fine. But for a completely different possibility - this one is on high quality card and I REALLY like it. https://www.amazon.com/Storytellers-Tarot-78-Card-Deck-Guidebook/dp/1401972446

Great that you found that out! And the kit actually is on LLewellyn for $21.99.

That’s the one. It’s a kit and includes the deck. For the price it’s worth it. ETA: On Amazon, that is.

Looks like the original deck is out of print (OOP) now, I could find it on a few book seller sites but not from the major online stores now. The book / deck set seems easy to get still.

Okay I found the deck labeled as something else. It is included with this book: Tarot Made Easy: Tarot Your Way (073874820X)

You're quoting me, but I never intended to buy this deck. I was just passing on information.

I wonder if any of you ended up buying this? I'm eyeing it on Amazon, and one reviewer complains about flimsy, low quality cardstock.

Try eBay, and websites such as Thriftbooks, Abe's Books, etc.

Welcome back @Rachelcat 😀

Hi, @fire cat pickles! Thanks as always! This week for me will be Botanica: A Tarot Deck About the Language of Flowers. I seem to keep getting flower-themed decks and not being satisfied. But I think this might be the keeper. I was attracted to the black backgrounds. It has glyphs for the card titles. And lovely black and gilded backs. Interestingly, the pips, and the crowns for the courts, are all different and are artifacts that relate to the meanings. For example, the wands in V Wands “are based on the Silver Rod of Manannan mac Lir, a Celtic hero god of the sea.” Obviously, I’ll be using the booklet a lot. So that should be interesting to explore, along with the plants/flowers, of course. Interview time! What is your most important characteristic? VI Swords, snuff box sea beans, Masai swords Seeds of the tree float from east Africa all the way to Asia and Australia. The deck is very clever and covers a lot of plants and parts of the world. What is your strength? IX Swords, poppies, Greek swords used for sacrifices The deck covers negative cards well. And is calming. Your weakness? Star, jasmine It can be intoxicating, calling attention to its beauty, taking away from its good ideas and attributions. What can you teach me? Sun, sunflower The deck can teach me all about everything good, warm, and open. How can I learn it? V Wands, thistle, silver rod of Manannan mac Lir The wands look like silver wands with gold apples attached. I shouldn’t worry if learning the deck is a bit of a struggle. It will be worth it for the sunny outcome. What will be the outcome of our work together? Q Wands, huluppu tree, crown of Inanna Inanna is the goddess who puts the hero Gilgamesh to work clearing her trees of demons. I will feel strong enough to use this unconventional deck. Sun and Star in the first reading (and the card I used as an example)? Sounds good to me!

I can't find the full sized deck new for sale, including with Google Shopping. And I can't find the full sized version on the publisher website. I see the Mini for sale everywhere, but not the full sized deck. What am I missing? BTW I did see that it's available as a separate Fool's Dog app. I still want the physical deck.

A unique version of Reading Circle for those who would like to work through their collection of decks, participants choose decks from their collections to work with for the week. Some use one deck, others use two or more. Some combine methods: Tarot, non-tarot (e.g. oracle), playing cards, or any other divinatory method is welcome. All we ask is that you use at least one tarot or oracle deck. No collection is too large or too small. The only rules we have are the Tarot, Tea & Me Rules; Be respectful of one other. Please join us! Please post with your choice of deck(s) for the week Chat away about your deck, how you're finding it (or not), etc., it's all up to you Participants may either choose to share their readings here in this discussion thread or opt to have their own journal in the Journals Forum and link it here Yet others may even have an offline journal in paper & pencil/pen form Share as often, as much, or as little as you like. You can drop in and out at any time—reality and life permitting. New to tarot? Long time reader? Come on in! Participants fire cat pickles: Tarot de Flamand 1780, Vandenborre Carta Mundi 1983 Rachelcat: Botanica: A Tarot Deck About the Language of Flowers Click here for DoW 432 (10/13 - 10/19)

Yeah, well, I've been pre-ordering them on Amazon.com since the last time (in 2022, I think?), both sets cost me twice as much because of import taxes, customs, and the conversion to Canadian dollars. It was way too expensive. I've never had a problem with Amazon and they always arrive on time.

I used riffleohdammit last night with my Tarot of Magical Correspondences deck. It’s slippery! edit: Sorry to hear about your deck! It’s great that you have a backup.

I have what I think of as the "Frog-Pond Randomizer." Whenever I try to riffle, I don't get one or two jumpers, I get a whole frog-pond of 'em, all over the floor.