Customer Reviews

The Saint Deck and The Saint Deck Book

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The Saint Deck is a fifty card divination deck-and-book set. (Although, I only purchased the deck not knowing there was a book available at the time, but included with the deck are nine extra cards; five double-sided cards with shorthand info on the saint, their traditional patronage, the intuitive interpretation, and its relation to Tarot; and four with an introduction to the deck, history of the saints, and the `traditional method of card reading' with a ten card spread.)

Each card is linked with a different Christian saint, and is illustrated with the saint's emblems surrounded by a grey border containing keywords. While not a Tarot deck, some of the cards correlate with the 22 major arcana.

I find it to be an interesting deck. The only card I found strange was the card for St. Anne (Mother of of the Virgin Mary). Pictured on this card is the head and neck of a brown horse. Usually this saint is sought for infertility and to aid in conception of a child. So, I did not understand why they chose a horse to represent this saint. Any relations to horses and this saint would be distant if any.

The book is described as: A deck of saints, but not just for Catholics, the Saint Deck it is intended to `give everyone the opportunity to experience the protective shield of these wonderful guides'.

Although Karen Prioletti & Ann Trump claim to have grown-up Catholic, they do not seem to know their faith very well. Making a deck of saint cards, for meditation and prayer would be OK, except this one includes elements of the Tarot and mixes the two concepts, which the church does not permit.