tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83244452012-02-05T00:39:30.449Z<i>A daily tarot diary predicting the day ahead and reporting back with results the following day.<br>Free readings are available for readers and interaction is welcome. </i>Witty Womanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889123321459470395noreply@blogger.comBlogger141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8324445.post-1097367641197339262004-10-10T00:57:00.000Z2004-10-10T00:44:28.953Z

This deck is based on the Rider-Waite, but has far more appealing imagery. The colours are bright and cheerful and the deck is ideal for beginners. It is also a good deck for young readers, or for readers who like their subjects to interact with the deck, as the cards are small and easy to handle. There is a happy quality about this deck and the characters in particular have plenty of 'life'

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The Goddess Tarot is illustrated in golden shades with appealing imagery. Each Major Arcana card has a different border that coincides with the Goddess depicted upon it, illustrated with scenes that depict each goddess's way of life, rather like a separate story from that shown on the main part of the card. The Minor Arcana are also nicely illustrated, and each suit corresponds to a different

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This card is taken from the Zerner-Farber deck, which is ideal for people with small hands or those who find shuffling larger decks difficult. The imagery is beautiful and the colours particularly appealing. Most of the cards show figures drawn on a fabric background, including lace, border trim, satin and brocade. The deck is not a 'frilly, feminine' deck, however - it has a strong Pagan

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The Sacred Rose Tarot is a deck you either love or hate. The images are in vivid colour and have been described as 'strange', particularly the faces. There is Qabbalistic symbolism on some of the cards and quite a few of them are similar to those of the Rider Waite deck. The pictures invoke nature in terms of woods and flowers and are somewhat reminscent of stained glass. This deck would

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This card is taken from the Gendron deck, which uses a more modern name for the Knight, namely "Prince". This is one of my favourite decks, as I find the imagery (which is beautiful) particularly inspiring. I also find the colours very appealing. It is ideal as a second deck, but will also suit beginners with some knowledge of the cards. It is essentially a feminine deck, very much Goddess/Earth

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This image is taken from the Cosmic Tarot, which was designed by a German artist. It is a very popular deck with a wide appeal. The images are both informative and contemporary and are likely to appeal particularly to young and modern-minded readers. The deck also has a very attractive back: a field of stars containing an elaborate pentagram with a rising sun and moon and white rose in the

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When I chose my card for Monday it was the Page of Pentacles, which I received only the other day, so obviously whatever that card was trying to tell me is being repeated. When this happens, it is a sure sign that we need to take heed of whatever message the card is trying to put across to us. I tried choosing some more cards and oddly enough chose the Queen of Pentacles, the King of Wands

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This card is taken from the mystical and spiritual Haindl Tarot deck, which has influences from various sources, including Native American, Egyptian, Hindu and Celtic. It isn't really suitable as a first deck, as it doesn't include descriptive pictures on the Minor Arcana cards, although there is a single word description (in this case, "swiftness"). The artwork is unusual and compelling, using

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The Rider-Waite version of this card depicts its meaning exactly, as you will see when you read the description below. Look at this card for a moment. Which of these characters do you associate with - the giver or the receiver? Which position would you prefer to be in? Which says the most about your outlook on life, your relationships, your character? This card is all about charity and

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In the Whimsical Tarot, which uses fairytale characters, the Death card is known by its traditional name, although it is certainly not a menacing card and suggests that death is akin to sleeping, hence it being represented by the character 'Sleeping Beauty'. In other decks it can be known as "Transformation" or "Transition". Nothing strikes more fear and terror into the hearts of those

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This is the Spiral deck, which is full of beautiful imagery, including quite a few Celtic references. In this deck, as in many modern decks, the Page is known as the Princess. Similarly, the Knight is known as the Prince. This card is all about taking a realistic approach to life and making the best of what you have available. You need to stop day-dreaming about what might have been or

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The Queen of Cups relates primarily to family and close friends and usually promises a pleasurable experience involving loved ones. It is a particularly lucky card to draw if there is concern about someone close, either as a result of their behaviour, occurrences in their life, or because there has been a lack of contact with them for a while. This card could indicate the solving of such a

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This illustration shows the King of Pentacles as he appears in the Rider-Waite tarot, which is the most popular deck for beginners and the first one I ever used. It is available in all sizes from miniature to giant and was the first deck to use imagery on all 78 cards. Amongst other things, the King of Pentacles can represent someone who is fond of giving to charity, or in a position to do

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Every evening I will choose a tarot card at random, in the hope that this card will indicate what will occur in my life on the following day. At the end of that day, or the following morning, I will report on the day's happenings and see how well they correlate with what the card indicated. If they do not seem to match-up, I will try to work out why. The idea is that the cards looked at will

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