Size-wise they are not the large ones so easier to hold and shuffle and the card quality is good - my first set still has no corner separation after a lot of use. The first card represents the past, providing insight into the experiences and influences that have shaped the present situation. It is suitable for beginners; has wide appeal to querents with its attractive images and lack of nudity or frightening cards; and it is eminently worth collecting for the pleasure of the artwork. They’re beautiful you won’t be disappointed 😀 Love the artwork on these cards however they are mini and if your eyesight isn’t great go for the bigger ones. The Relationship Spread helps uncover dynamics, strengths, and areas for improvement within relationships, offering valuable insights and guidance for fostering healthier and more fulfilling connections.

Air may indicate intellectual pursuits, communication, and mental clarity, while earth symbolizes practicality, stability, and material abundance. For example, the owl in the Nine of Swords is there to help you ask questions, as well as (according to Marchetti) to reinforce the card’s night scene.In addition to teaching tarot classes and providing personal readings, I currently work as a consultant for tarot publishers Llewellyn Worldwide and Lo Scarabeo. The positions in this spread are defined as Works (whatever you are accomplishing throughout the day, either at work or at home), Home (the people and activities surrounding the home), Unexpected (literally, the unexpected things that happen during the day) ), Your Role (your moods, actions, and reactions), and Outcome (the outcome of the day, and the spiritual lesson(s) learned). The book that accompanies the deck is well written, with an introduction to the suits, the meaning of the numbers, the sequence of the Major Arcana, how to pose a question, how to choose a significator and such.

Enter the magical world of The Gilded Tarot, where you’ll discover answers to life’s greatest questions!

This richly coloured, easy-to-use deck also features standard symbols for the card suits swords, cups, wands, and pentacles which provide universal appeal. With the Minor Arcana, the oval is colored, to represent each individual suit: Red for Wands, Orange for Cups, Blue for Swords, and Green for Pentacles. Combining the Rider-Waite tarot system’s familiar imagery with Ciro Marchetti’s exquisite artwork, this stand-alone deck is a valuable tool for any reader.

Rather than magical or living wands, the Gilded Tarot has a unique baton that appears more like a fountain pen with a metal ring attached to one end. Tarot, psychic, or other divination readings must include a tangible good, such as photos of the tarot spread, audio/video of a reading, or text of the reading. However I will get kit version and Keely the deck unopened and read the big book for nuance of meaning. Very basic (read incomplete) black and white scans accompany the presentation for the Major Arcana, and there are no scans for the Minor Arcana or the court cards. One of Llewellyn's bestselling tarot decks has been updated with brilliantly refreshed art and an updated guidebook.The Gilded Tarot Deck, with its rich symbolism and imagery, draws upon archetypal themes that resonate with universal human experiences. Any card that has for example, the moon is casting shadows and the available information is short of making informed decisions. A good investment and just for flicking through them, getting to know the cards, is a pleasure in itself. The Gilded Tarot isn’t one to use for its comparative historical symbolism or occult and esoteric depth, but the card images are unique and beautiful, feeling more like a beautiful fantasy or the inhabiting of a hyper-real dream-world than the Rider-Waite ever did.

The earliest surviving tarot decks, such as the Tarot de Marseille, featured the traditional suits of swords, cups, coins, and batons, which later transformed into the familiar swords, cups, pentacles, and wands in contemporary tarot decks. While I don't resonate with it as well as I do a few other decks, and I don't tend to intuit as much with it, that's just a personal reaction. Turning off the personalised advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive.Please note that "Gilded" in the name of the deck does not indicate that the cards have gold foil or gold paint on the sides of the cards. Ciro’s art is a sophisticated blend of digital paintings drawn by hand on a graphics tablet, and some pasted elements (mostly faces).