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Title: The Robin Wood Tarot by Robin Wood, Michael Short ISBN: 0-87542-894-0 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: July, 1991 Format: Cards Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (48 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great, but not perfect
Comment: There is a lot to like about this deck. The illustrations are colorful and clear, and Robin Wood has kept the symbolism of traditional Tarot decks while still managing to make her deck unique. I particularly appreciate her interpretation of the Death card, which I feel more strongly represents the true meaning of the card as one of change and renewal while still reminding the reader that there can be no rebirth without death.
This is a deck that speaks pretty well to me; however, I have noticed that after time, my connection to these cards isn't as strong as it used to be. For some time, I haven't been able to put my finger on the reason, but after reading the reviews on the deck, I think it has to do with the main negative that I've noticed: the faces in the deck, despite its pagan leanings, do look overwhelmingly WASP-y. And, as one reviewer put it, the deck has a distinctive "shiny, happy people" look. To me, it's a mistake to play up only the positive aspects of paganism/Wicca, as these cards do. To do so ignores an important fact: Nature does indeed nurture, but she also destroys. For that reason, more mature readers and collectors may find this deck rather weak, as I have discovered I do. Not to say that it still doesn't speak to me; it just doesn't do so with the power of other decks.
Rating: 5
Summary: lovely deck
Comment: Unlike an earlier reviewer, one of the things I like best about Robin Wood's deck is that all the people have personality, and not all of them are young and beautiful. Troubling cards have troubled people and some of the cards have slightly disturbing pictures. Some of the people are old, some young, some happy, some sad, some greedy, some triumphant...one thing that I love is that each person has a distinctive expression, and you can tell what they are thinking just by looking at them. This deck is also a lot more interesting to look at than the Rider-Waite Deck--Robin Wood, although she sticks mostly to that traditional style, has made each card distinctively her own. What I love in a Tarot deck is when you can look at a card and have an idea of what it means without looking in a book to help you, and you definitely can do that with this deck.
Rating: 5
Summary: The deck I use most
Comment: I initially bought this deck because of Robin Wood's art, which I was introduced to through her illustrations of Anne McCaffrey's Pern characters. The artwork on the cards is wonderful, but I also found that I instantly connected with this deck--fascinating given my Christian spiritual path and the deck's pagan symbolism. I find it easier to do readings with this deck than with any other deck I own, primarily because I find it heightens my intuitive sense of the cards and of the reading.
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Title: Robin Wood Tarot: The Book by Robin Wood ISBN: 0965298418 Publisher: Livingtree Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Tarot Plain and Simple by Anthony Louis, Robin Wood ISBN: 1567184006 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: November, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Seventy-Eight Degrees of Wisdom: A Book of Tarot by Rachel Pollack ISBN: 0722535724 Publisher: Thorsons Pub Pub. Date: April, 1998 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Learning the Tarot: A Tarot Book for Beginners by Joan Bunning ISBN: 1578630487 Publisher: Red Wheel/Weiser Pub. Date: October, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Tarot Spells (Llewellyn's New Age Tarot Series) by Janina Renee ISBN: 0875426700 Publisher: Llewellyn Publications Pub. Date: 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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