Dreams of Gaia Tarot

[Marina]

Hi everyone!

 

Does anyone here owns/uses/had used The Dreams of Gaia Tarot by Ravynne Phelan? What is your opinion on it?

 

I really love Phelan’s art, and recently I came across this deck. I find the art gorgeous, but for some reason I’m not really feeling it when trying to use it for readings.

 

I don’t wanna give up on it just yet so I figured other people’s views and experiences might help me envision different aspects of this deck.

 

Thank you~ 

[gregory]

I have it - and as you say the art is lovely. But the cards don't say tarot to me, not at all. That said - I wouldn't get rid of it - if I ever considered such a thing  for a while - it may speak in the end. Loads of people have put a deck away for a while and when they took it out again found it felt quite different.

[Marina]

7 minutes ago, gregory said:

I have it - and as you say the art is lovely. But the cards don't say tarot to me, not at all. 

 
Yes, that might be it! I think this deck feels too much like an oracle, perhaps I should consider it that way. 

 

The art is gorgeous and overall quality of the set is impressive (Blue Angel stuff usually is!). Also, the book is VERY detailed, each card gets a very thorough explanation.
 

@gregory did you ever try to read with it? Or it is more of an “art deck” to you? 

[gregory]

I haven't; I will get to it - I do try to read at least once with everything I get, but somehow it hasn't happened yet.

[Rodney]

On 2/13/2024 at 2:14 PM, gregory said:

I have it - and as you say the art is lovely. But the cards don't say tarot to me, not at all. That said - I wouldn't get rid of it - if I ever considered such a thing  for a while - it may speak in the end. Loads of people have put a deck away for a while and when they took it out again found it felt quite different.

Unsurprisingly (to me), what @gregory said. I haven't tried to read with it yet, but only because I realize that I need to study it first because it's its own system of tarot, and not one that I'm already familiar with. I have decks I can just use right out of the box, and decks that require study first. This deck is one of the latter. And it has been added to my ever-growing list of decks that need to be studied first. I believe that everything happens at a particular time for a particular reason. When the time is right, that deck will call to me, and I will begin my deep dive into it. Until then it sits quietly on the shelf biding its time...