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Motherpeace: A Way to the Goddess Through Myth, Art, and Tarot

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I've been using the Motherpeace Tarot cards with the original version of this book for almost twenty years. The cards have a wonderful matriarchal/woman/goddess focus, and the book uses gender-nuetral language, so the cards can be used easily by both men and women. I continue to gain new insight and inspiration from this deck even after all these years! The detailed symbolism in the artwork is incredible, and the book is well organized to either read about the card in detail or get a quick summary. I don't usually use the cards in the suggested layout because it can take a long time to go through each position. I usually spend a little time centering myself and form a question or situation clearly in my mind, then shuffle and cut the cards and lay out one to three cards (one for just the situation, or three for past-present-future interpretations). I then spend some time looking at the cards to see what jumps out at me, then read about them in the book. Sometimes I'll keep a card from a reading out on my nightstand for a few days to continue contemplation of the image, or to remind me of an affirmation or message that came to me from the card. I don't necessarily use the cards for "telling the future", but rather as a tool to help me clarify and focus my intuition and thinking. Every now and then, for really key situations, I'll use the layout described in the book. It's very comprehensive and can be useful to help think about things in many different ways (atmosphere, hopes, fears, obstacles, conscious and unconscious impressions, etc.). I also use the Motherpeace Tarot Playbook by Vicki Noble and Jonathan Tenney, which goes into more detail on how to interpret cards that are leaning in one direction or the other, or are reversed (upside down). The Playbook also has more information about the recommended layout, and about using the cards with astrology and the chakras. I would recommend that anyone who plans to use these cards frequently get both of these books to use together. I've used other tarot decks, but have always come back to my Motherpeace cards!

I've used this book and matching Tarot deck for 7 years or so. (I go through phases where I consult it regularly and then periods when I don't use it at all.)

The book is easy to understand, explains in detail a lot of symbolism you might not know, and also offers a quick "if you get this card in a reading" section if you just want to zoom into your current reading. It importantly also encourages users to use the book for general understanding of symbols in the cards, and the larger context of the cards, and to trust in one's own intuition for readings.

One thing I really liked about the book is how the 22 Major Arcana cards tell a story of the history of the world--one that has not yet been completed. It is all a big cycle, with many little currents running through.

This is a tarot focused on the goddess, a panorama of earth-based and matrifocal cultures. But I am a man and have never felt astranged or put off by this focus... quite to the contrary it has been helpful.

I actually bought this book several months before I bought the Motherpeace cards--I liked the card interpretations better than the art. The book was useful for reading any deck--the meanings correspond most closely, of course, with the Motherpeace deck, but they can also add a different flavor to a reading with any deck. Motherpeace, as you probably already know, is a deck that focuses on ancient matriarchal culture and its contact with patriarchy. History doesn't tell us much, but a woman angry at the world can find some comfort in the theory anyway. The Motherpeace book will add a slant to your reading that will give you a sense of power--whether you possess worldly power or not. And it may give you a sense of hope about the kind of society we could build if we'd stop fighting. And, politics aside, it's a pretty solid tarot book in general.

This book is a great companion for the MotherPeace cards. The cards themselves come with a small booklet that doesn't offer much information, but this book really has a lot of information, and is very well laid out.
I would recommend it highly!

If you order or have the Motherpeace tarot deck, you must have this book to go along with them. It describes what each card means and it's layed out in a way to easily access the card definition you are seeking. It gives one a lot to think about while reading your cards. You will also learn a lot about women's herstory.

I have been using this book for at least 8 years and have found it to be extremely helpful in my process of spiritual growth. This is a wonderful book for anyone who wants to remember their connection to Mother Earth, the Divine Feminine or for that matter their Inner Being. Extensive research had to have been done to make this book. It is so rich with meaning. I highly recommend it to anyone who is working to discover themselves.

No, this Tarot book and its accompanying cards are not something new, but they are totally awesome! And I don't mean that in a mundane way. Vicki has great insight and clarty about archetypal imagery and influence - and I have found this deck to be spot on every single time I select a card. So much so, that I can shuffle and re-select and get the very same card when that message is what is meant for me at that particular tiime.

This book, along with its complement, the Tarot Cards, is a tool that helps you design your life (your relationships, career, family, money, etc.) in the moment and for the future. It clearly states the meaning in the cards that are drawn making it easy for a beginner. Buy it now and get into action.

it is a most have book.with easy to read for beginners.you will not regret purchase

I had high hopes for this deck and book - I liked the drawings on the deck, albeit rather simplistic, but still - I liked them anyway.


what disappointed me was to learn how much these cards are based on the A.E. Waite deck; the reason why I got these was because I wanted something NOT based on the Rider-Waite deck! I already have a so-called 'traditional' deck, the Thoth deck, which I love and wouldn't trade for anything.

But I also wanted a Goddess type oracle, not another tarot deck. As I read this book, I was surprised not only to find how much she studied the Waite deck, and how much her deck is based on it, but her ignorant remark regarding the Thoth deck:

"While the images in this deck are magically potent and in some ways beautiful, they are tainted by Crowley's 'satanic' approach to the magical arts and embody a disturbing negativity"

Say WHAT?? Ok, I understand everyone has her or his own opinion, but my Goddess, to actually use the word 'satanic'???

sigh....to have that kind of ignorance, to fear something and to simply dub it 'satanic' (because, why - did she perhaps see something in a reading she didn't like?) just....like I said, a major disappointment; I really lost my hopes for your book, Ms. Noble...and your deck. If you're more comfortable with an old, outdated, INCORRECT deck like Waite, and base your own deck (however loosely) on it, I have absolutely no use for it.


So can anyone recommend a GOOD Goddess-oriented oracle??