This is quite simply the nicest deck I have ever seen. And I've seen many many decks. I'm a professional card reader and this is the only deck I have in which every card speaks to me. In other decks you have a couple "uglies" or some cards that just are unpleasant. The "dark" cards in this deck like death and the tower still have power but they are beautifully rendered.
The pips are the strength of this deck. Aside from the court cards, the pips have no people pictured. There are sea shells, dijeridoos, shards of glass, apples and assorted other objects to represents cups, swords, staffs and disks.
If the style of artwork appeals to you, then get this deck. You won't be dissappointed.

I read Natalie Goldberg's Wild Mind in 1992 and it changed the way I wrote. Since I was an impressionable 17 she has had a huge influence in my writing and I have made sure to purchase each of her books as they come out. I ordered this book without really knowing that it was for novel writers (I'm a poet) and I found it dissapointing. Natalie sounds tired and unhappy throughout the book. She starts out with a warning about how writing will not bring happiness to your life. Gone is the voice that told us that through writing we could connect with our world differently and digest our lives and make ourselves whole. We don't hear about the energy in writing practice and in being awake and aware. In short, the whole thing was a real downer. Also, the book is 218 pages instead of the 384 that amazon says it is. A short book for the price. On the good side, writers of novels and stories may benefit from this book. It has some good info on character development and dealing with editors. I would recommend getting it from a library even if you are a big Goldberg fan like myself.