This Is The All-singing, All-dancing Tarot Enabling Thread!

[Niobium]

Dreamkeepers is a GREAT deck, I honestly like it a lot more than Tarot of Mystical Moments which is similar in some ways but ultimately feels a little more empty than Dreamkeepers.

• Cosmos Tarot and Oracle - nah. Imagery is too much like adverts. It could be used as margin illustrations in Cosmopolitan....

This is literally how I feel about it too. I gave this one to a friend who loves Astronomy; she'll probably use it for writing prompts or meditation. 

[RunningWild]

Great, now DreamKeepers is on my "gotta have it" list.  🤨😅 

[Raggydoll]

1 minute ago, RunningWild said:

Great, now DreamKeepers is on my "gotta have it" list.  🤨😅 

Just head over to the de-enable thread and we’ll try to rectify that promptly 😁

[gregory]

I was there for you..... Here I can tell the truth - well, I told the truth there, but  - well, you know.

[RunningWild]

I think I knew ahead of time that I couldn't be talked out of it because it's too-well liked by others.

[gregory]

You really put me on the spot over there...

[BrightEye]

I'm thinking of getting a couple of Oswald Wirth based decks, in addition to the Oswald Wirth with the Marseille-style minors I already have. The ones I'm thinking of getting:

 

Symbolic Tarot of Wirth

Universal Wirth

 

Enablers, please work your magic!

[gregory]

WELL - if I were to pick one of those, I'd go with the Symbolic (yes of course I have both.) I don't have them with me just now, but the Universal one bugs me a bit - it's fine, but as I'm a slight purist at times, the LOOK of the cards is - just not quite RIGHT for Wirth. Too jazzy and the fonts are wrong. Then again for variety it's a nice one to have.

[BrightEye]

8 minutes ago, gregory said:

WELL - if I were to pick one of those, I'd go with the Symbolic (yes of course I have both.) I don't have them with me just now, but the Universal one bugs me a bit - it's fine, but as I'm a slight purist at times, the LOOK of the cards is - just not quite RIGHT for Wirth. Too jazzy and the fonts are wrong. Then again for variety it's a nice one to have.

Thank you! I had a similar feeling about the art of the Universal. It doesn't quite look right. But the symbolism of the images looks interesting...

 

[Therese]

Would someone be so kind to enable me regarding the Madhouse Tarot? I'm on the fence and asked for de-enabling too. Completely undecided. 

[gregory]

Sure. Buy it.

 

Will that do ?

 

(I love Vinitski's stuff, and this is no exception.)

 

It's slightly freaky, a bit scary and very thought-provoking. You want it..... here's some help.

 

 

The kickstarter campaign had lots of lovely information about it.

 

But just buy it !

[RunningWild]

Phew!  Here I was getting ready to do a little tarot-baiting to get @gregory to gush based on what was said in that other place.  😂  Alas, I was too late to the party again.

 

I don't have it.  Yet.  But so far I adore the Emperor. 

 

Buy it.  Hurry! 

[Therese]

@gregory and @RunningWild 

 

Aww, thank you very much, dear friends! 

 

Yes, interesting, atmospheric, well drawn images. I can relate, that it is thought-provoking. 

 

Before I looked here, I read in the de-enabling thread. And had already decided. 

 

Sorry, but thanks a lot! 🤗

[gregory]

Go look at what I said afterwards .... !

[Therese]

On 8/2/2022 at 6:05 PM, gregory said:

Go look at what I said afterwards .... !

Hi @gregory ! Nice!! I like it! I'll keep it in mind. I think there will be not so nice shipping costs and taxes? Same problem as most... But I really like it, hmm. Thinking about. 

[MichaelH]

I've caught the bug....

 

Today I ordered two new decks from Amazon - the Robin Wood and the Gilded Tarot Royale. Should be with me on Monday 12th.

 

I spent time going through the decks listed A-Z on the aeclectic tarot site and noted down some that appealed. 

 

Can't wait to get my hands on them....

[Quinn]

I haven't bought Tarot in so long and my 78 animal pocket edition arrived and suddenly is was in the Tarot buying mood.

 

I was going to post here to get enabled in to buying the Cthulhu Dark Arts Tarot (I really love the Kings) when I read back and someone mentioned Dreamkeepers, and I remembered how I'd always wanted it. So now both are on the way to me along with the Anima Antiqua Vacchetta and Steinberger.

 

Now I can't buy anymore for ages again.

[NightOwl]

I sometimes use Truth Seekers Tarot instead of the Raider-Waite as I think its getting a bit tired now. I do need to find another deck that uses the traditional images but is a little fresher looking!

 

I'm curious to know if anyone else uses the Truth Seeker though or what you think of it?

[gregory]

I have that - of the two I prefer Rider Waite,. (Also shows up  as the Pathfinder's Tarot, by the way. I mention this as I didn't know and now have both !) I find Truthseekers' a little twee.

 

There's always the Radiant Rider Waite ?

[DanielJUK]

If you like the RWS but want it different, my fave version is the Pamela Coleman RWS by Lo Scarabeo, it has the most beautiful colouring and backgrounds. I think it does it better than the Radiant RWS

 

here is one of my readings with it.....

 

 

 

 

[Niobium]

There's also the new one, the Weiser Tarot, which has some images in the Unboxing thread, and Jamie Sawyer of Sawyer's Path/Lenormand is releasing an RWS which has some updated line drawing and fresher colors and backgrounds.

[RunningWild]

This is for the Black Tarot seeker over in the other place:  https://dabrigh.com/products/the-black-tarot

 

It looks easy enough to shuffle.  The specs are down the page a bit on the righthand side.  The artwork looks interesting and come on, it's always fun to explore new artwork and tarot.

[gregory]

And according to reviews from people who now own it,  the print quality is appalling; the ink comes off on your hands. If you can link to here from de-enabling, I can say that ! Because it's true and is a genuine and very Superior flaw for any would be buyer. However good a deck is - and I have no view on this) even encouraging posts should mention something that serious.

[gregory]

On 9/18/2022 at 10:01 PM, Niobium said:

There's also the new one, the Weiser Tarot, which has some images in the Unboxing thread, and Jamie Sawyer of Sawyer's Path/Lenormand is releasing an RWS which has some updated line drawing and fresher colors and backgrounds.

 

OOH pretty ! Thank you.....

[RunningWild]

On 9/18/2022 at 3:32 PM, DanielJUK said:

If you like the RWS but want it different, my fave version is the Pamela Coleman RWS by Lo Scarabeo, it has the most beautiful colouring and backgrounds. I think it does it better than the Radiant RWS

 

There are so many copies/clones/remakes of the RWS it can be a chore trying to find the one that works for a person.  Plus, online photos never seem to do a deck justice with regard to the coloring.