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3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting concept deck, Jul 20 2003
This Native American based deck is a standard 78 card Tarot with the 8 = Strength, 11 = Justice configuration. The Major Arcana cards retain their traditional names. That is pretty much where the "standard" Tarot ceases.The suites are renamed: Wands are Thunderbirds, Cups are Frogs, Swords are Butterflies and Pentacles are Turtles. She holds to the Wands equating fire and Swords equating air thought form. Additionally, the deck is round. However, unlike many of the other round decks, this one is not so large (about 4.5 inches across) making it much easier to shuffle and handle. The card backs are decorated with an eight pointed star in the center, so you cannot tell inverted cards by the back. According to the 200 pages book which accompanies the deck, this deck is meant to be read not only upright, but also in the "waxing" and "waning" to show the phases of the situation. I would not advise reading with this deck until one has read the companion book. I also do not feel this is a deck for a beginning Tarot student to use. The illustrations for each card take up about 2/3 of the surface of the card. A budding branch acts as a divider between the art and the written title/number of the card. The artwork is very simplistic, drawn by the deck's creator with colored pencils. The pictures depict Native Americans and Native American themes. Do not expect to be able to identify the cards without reading their titles; very often there is no symbolism of the suit in the pips. The card stock is fairly light weight with a laminate coating. For me, it is a deck that will spend its time on my shelf of collectible decks and not in my basket of working decks.
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