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Aquarian Tarot Deck (French Edition)

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Suitable for beginning Tarot users, the Aquarian deck is a different presentation of the traditional card symbols and suits of Rods, Cups, Swords and Pentacles.

What makes the Aquarian so powerful and enduring is the symbolism embodied in the artwork - a symbolism that evokes profound responses from the Unconscious mind.

One of those touches is the way the faces of characters in the cards tend to be somewhat ethereal, showing less of the underlying personality than the Rider-Waite.

For me, I like the system of the Aquarian, because of the responses they evoke from the Unconscious.

Many years ago. I had this deck when I was first in college, and at the time, I'd have to admit, it didn't quite strike my fancy. Part of that though was that I just didn't like the backs :)
Over the years, looking at different decks, this has always been one of my favorites. Traditional images in a non-traditional style. The simplicity, the faces that waited for you to fill them with your own, and at the same time the utter clarity of the meanings that the deck can evoke due to it's open nature. It has the traditional stories on the cards, something that due to it's lack has turned me away from many beautifully designed decks.
I lost this deck when moving four times in three months, and was very happy when I found it again.

Still not the Thoth deck though :)

This was my first tarot deck, purchased about 20 years ago, and it remains my one and only. I've tried several decks over the years, but this one works best for me, and I've used it for hundreds of readings. I love Art Nouveau and Alphonse Mucha, and these cards are very similar to that style. Yes, the deck can seem melancholy, but that suits my temperament. And it is heavy on the muted grays and purples, but I happen to love grays and purples, like twilight. Yes, it has a lot of wide open space and is spare in its symbolism. But this is good, because it allows me to receive feelings and images on my own rather than to simply interpret the printed symbols. I have to say that I prefer my solid blue reverse sides, though. Last time I looked at the new printings of this deck, it had a busy white design over the blue background on the back of each card, which doesn't really fit the spirit of these cards, being as they are wide open and good for scrying (seeing or getting psychic images, as people do with crystals or mirrors or polished surfaces).

This was actually my first deck. I used it about 3 times before putting it in the closet. The cards itself seem to lack colour which is why I had trouble trying to interpret it. The style is very simplistic and medieval like. I wouldn't recommend this to a beginner as they might have trouble grasping at interpreting them. The Instant Tarot is a much better choice for beginners.