Waking the Wild Spirit Tarot: Discover the Magic in Nature [Paperback]

 

 

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Ms. Palin's opening lines to the accompanying book gives us the essence of what her deck and her book reflects 'With an understanding of the seasons of Life and the natural enchantment of the Wild Realm, we can gain spiritual guidance.
The cards, like Ms. Palin's book, reflect her exuberance for the 'Wild Realm' with bright primary colors, bold designs and free interpretation of the Journey of the Tarot.
Looking at the obverse of the cards is a quartet of what appear to be two fairy folk reflected across the card.  This is much different from the usual abstract designs or monotones that usually are printed on decks.
The layout of the deck is similar to the Rider-Waite deck, with four suits and 21 trump cards.  The focus of this deck is nature, so the suites are not magic oriented, they are nature oriented, being earth, air, fire and water.  The trump cards also reflect the nature theme, and we have the 'Cunning Man' rather than the magician, and 'Mother Nature' rather than the Empress and 'Lord of the Wild' rather than the Emperor, and so on. 
The colors are bold primary, the designs range from well done 'children's illustration' in feeling, as in the 'Wandering Minstrel' or the fool, to very surrealistic, as all her 'fairy folk'. 
To wander through her cards is to understand her feelings for the natural world and to appreciate her talent for the arts.  I feel it is a beautiful deck and working with it is a joy, as the symbolisms are clearly stated.
The books starts with Ms. Palin's intention for the cards, how to use them and the care of any kind of tarot deck.  She then explores each card, giving very clear and almost poetic explanations of how she devised each card and its meaning.  For example, her meaning of 'Hunter' - Spirit of Clarity opens "Focus.  This moment...strung, drawn, aimed... is all that there is.  As the Hunter, I cannot allow myself to become distracted, for I must achieve what I set out to do here, or I shall not eat tonight."  A wonderful clarity of vision for this card, which shows a hunters face focusing on the draw of a bow. 
Overall, this deck presents itself as a connection to nature through the use of the tarot.  The experience is being drawn into this deck through the illustrations.  The similarity to the standard deck allows ease of use and understanding when augmented with the book. 
This is an addition worth having if you collect decks and a good choice for those looking for a deck to express and grow their inner 'wild spirit'. boudica

I just started working with this deck,and I have learnt so much already.At first,I didn't feel like reading the book,but doing that is most important to understand the deck.It has been accurate,but takes some time to get to know.You cannot use the ordinairy meanings for the tarot,but it reads wonderfully as a divination deck.
It's playful,and friendly.

The pictures are beautiful, but the cards are a bit too big and the actualy meanings of the cards stray too far from the traditional meanings of tarot too much for my own liking. On the whole, I love this deck for collection purposes.

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4.0 out of 5 stars beautiful deck
This was my first deck and I was delighted with it...at first. Although it is beautiful and a joy to handle, I found myself getting confused and wanting a more traditional... Read more

Published on Sep 1 2002

4.0 out of 5 stars WOW!!
Many of the tarot reviews on this deck are really negative. From a "tarot" perspective, this deck strays quite a bit from the traditional.. Read more

Published on May 14 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Take a Walk on the Wild Side
The main emphasis on Poppy Palin's Wild Spirit Tarot should be on the word spirit. It is a wonderfully spiritual collection of drawings and stories produced and written with a... Read more

Published on May 13 2002 by D. Kendall

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazingly Wonderful Meditative Deck
What an amazing deck!! I have been searching for a deck with depth and soul for meditation. Its a truly spiritual deck that speaks directly to my soul. Read more

Published on May 11 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars Unique, magical & beautiful
As a fellow Llewellyn author, I was lucky enough to be given this deck to read from at the London Bookfair this March. Read more

Published on May 3 2002 by Elen Hawke

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting concept.
As a tarot collector, reader and lover, I bought this deck set because of the eye catching tarot graphics and with an open tarot reviewing mind. Read more

Published on April 7 2002

5.0 out of 5 stars A journey into beauty
Waking The Wild Spirit is the most beautiful tarot deck I have seen. Poppy Palin's extraordinary paintings conjure up images of the richly storied aspects of ourselves, and enable... Read more

Published on Mar 31 2002 by L. J. Tenzin-dolma

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