Customer Reviews

Old English Tarot

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This is the tarot set that I love most. Not only beautiful but also you can feel the young soul in it. The front and the back of the cards are perfectly drawn and when you use that lovely deck your soul becomes peaceful. Try to imagine that you are just one of the characters of the story of the cards. This is highly recommanded for people who have young and beautiful soul.

This is a beautiful deck, as a history buff I really appreciate its imagery and style. In my personal readings, I get the best readings of my entire deck collection. The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is because the imagery of the minors, while largely not straying from the Rider Waite Smith system, is from a source that is very obscure, at least here in America we aren't really taught much about the Lutrell Psalter, this is my first exposure to that book specifially. I wish Maggie Kneen would write a more thorough book than the Little White Book included, not only would that mean more business (hint!), but also a deeper understanding for people like me! Other than that, this really is a great deck, but unless a real book surfaces, I can't recommend it to anyone who isn't pretty familiar with the Rider Waite Smith minors.

This wonderful "pastelly" deck inspires you to dream and meditate. It is easy to lose yourself amongst the Knights and farmers of this deck! As a sucker for medieval things, this deck was the natural choice for me once I saw it. And it way works better for me than my old, too-modern-feel "Cosmic Tarot" deck. Buy it and dream on.

This deck has beautiful illustrations that are old-fashioned but not slavishly so. You can tell a lot of thought and work went into creating each card. You may not want to share this deck with others!

This is the tarot set that I love most. Not only beautiful but also you can feel the young soul in it. The front and the back of the cards are perfectly drawn and when you use that lovely deck your soul becomes peaceful. Try to imagine that you are just one of the characters of the story of the cards. This is highly recommanded for people who have young and beautiful soul.

This is one of the most beautiful tarot decks in the world,that affords wonderfuly accurate and enlightening readings....

There seems to be nothing short of a warm summer afternoon to describe this deck. I particularly like this Tarot in that regard. It is true, there are not a lot of occult, mystical references here but it is very user friendly by client standards.

Many decks scream at clients as the cards are turned. This is not one of them. The subtle tones and warm colors lend to this calm feel-a big plus for many who have had customers squirm at various decks. I would recommend this for kids as well. The images are obvious, but not threatening. Ms Kneen illustrates for childrens books as well.

I use this deck for folks who have stressful issues facing them. The colors are soothing, yet the images are not too soft. This deck has a very agrarian feel to it. Many of the minor trumps depict pastoral scenes, which could be used for folks asking about gardening or farming. Do not feel limited to this purpose alone! In skilled hands, this deck can be consulted on all issues.

Many reviewers here and elsewhere had said this Tarot lacks something. Occult references, I believe, were left out on purpose. The overall feel of the deck becons one back to the Middle ages. I could see this as being as an intermediate deck for someone who has had some experience with this particular system of divination. The Tarot is not for everyone to read. It is a fine art, that needs many years of practice to perfect.

I gave this deck to my friend for Christmas, and I really like it. Some of the human figures seem to be just slightly out of proportion, but overall, I like the colors and the symbolism which is reflective of Rider-Waite-Smith. The minors are mostly pips, with a tiny scene at the bottom of each card. It is a really interesting way to illustrate them, which I haven't seen ain any other decks. The Little White Book that comes with the deck is pretty limited, so if you are a beginner, I would suggest a standard Tarot handbook to go with it, like Tarot, Your Everyday Guide by Janina Renee or 78 Degrees of Wisdom.

The classic Tarot of Marseilles may be just that -- a historical classic -- but it bores the heck out of many people with its rigid woodcut images. This tarot deck captures the historical aura of the Marseilles, but features much better art. The artist has gently captured the feeling of the Old English countryside in these images, researched from primary documents. Although none of the cards strike home the way decks with more modern artwork approaches do, it still gives you a sense of the history of the deck and discards most of the "magickal" detritus the decks picked up in the twentieth century. As in Brian Williams' excellent Renaissance Tarot, the cards have here returned to their true origin in the archetypes of European medieval and renaissance culture.

This warmly wonderful deck has been a personal favourite for over a decade!

Think of homemade bread....baking in the oven on warm summer afternoon. This deck has an aura and feel of comfort, serenity, warmth and poetic sweetness.

It feels a very summer deck with the rich colours and dreamy style of art. The images do speak to you in a very intimate way. The minors are very "moody" minors in that there not fully illustrated scenes, but do depict a general feel and mood of the cards.

This is the sort of deck that would calm you, bring you soothing vibes in your readings or just looking through the cards. The backs are charming and very pretty.

The Old English is still a classic after 12 years and I am sure shall be one for a very long time. A favourite among many.