by Ann Moura

This is a lovely witchy deck for pagan practitioners especially.  The companion book is 239 pages with black & white images of each card, extensive descriptions and meanings for each card, and a lined page for notes for each card.

The Major Arcana follows the rider waite loosely.  The cards themselves represent various themes and beings associated with witchcraft.

People on the court cards are represented visually by age.  I feel this deck has done an especially good job of that – in many decks the people all look to be within just a decade or two of life.

The Minors have individual artwork – if you like pip decks this one won’t be for you.

Each card in this deck has a narrative style story to go with it, so you won’t be left wondering what the author intended by the art.  If you just want to get straight to the simple keywords and meanings, each card also has Meanings, Reversed, and Prompt words.

I would recommend this without hesitation to anyone coming from a Wiccan type practice.

Green Witch Tarot by Ann Moura

 

This is going to be a very basic review, as the intricacies of the Ordo Templi Orientis are outside of my personal practice.  While it has the Rider-Waite as a framework, the esoteric aspects are layered in multiplicity throughout.

The tuckbox version comes with a Little White Book that surprisingly helpful given the lack of volume.  Each of the cards helpfully has the name of the card printed upon it, as well as where it fits in the deck as a shadow behind that (ie trumps, cups, disks, wands, swords).  This will help the reader when using the deck as a basic tarot deck for sure.

This deck utilizes the Tree of Life, so a knowledge of the kabbalah will help the reader get the most out of readings.  An understanding of the Golden Dawn would also be beneficial.  As you can see in the cards I’ve highlighted, there is a rich symbolism at work here.

I would not recommend this for a beginner simply because there is so much going on to learn – tarot, kabbalah, esoteric studies.  But at the same time, I do not recommend people accept arbitrary limitations – if this deck speaks to you, by all means get a copy.

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