Customer Reviews

Spiral Tarot Deck

5 star:		(16)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

The Spiral Tarot is my primary reading deck. Based primarily on Rider-Waite-Smith, it's eclectic and easy to learn. The Majors, especially, are heavily derived from Smith's artwork, but Steventon's style is much more elaborate and magical. I can't describe it very well; check out a tarot review site for pictures. While she draws heavily on Smith, Steventon makes several of the cards unmistakably her own. The Devil is one innovation--old Beelzebub is holding up a mirror, and the woman in the mirror blocks her reflection from her own sight. The Minors are done in a 19th-century style; some of the cards are clearly based on Impressionistic, Romantic, and Pre-Raphaelite works. For example, the 3 of Pentacles pictures a ballet dancer and reminds one of Degas's art, while the 8 of Cups is reminiscent of Rossetti's "Proserpina". Most of the cards are beautiful and evocative. The deck is not overly religious or political, and so is useful for any question and any querent. I recommend it to anyone; a beginner and an advanced reader could probably both enjoy this deck.

I'm a tarot newbie, and this is only the second deck I've bought (the first was the Sacred Circle Tarot). I've found it to be an excellent "starter deck" for beginners like me. The images are amazingly intuitive. It's nice to be able to do a spread without constantly referring to the handbook that gives the interpretation of each card! I never thought I'd be able to do that so quickly, but this deck is so easy to read! The artwork is very nice as well. Very highly recommended!

This deck is awesome. The symbolism is close to the standard Waite type, but the artwork has been improved a great deal. The Major Arcana cards are the nicest I've come across. The Minor Arcana are simpler, and look like the artist didn't spend as much time on them, but they are still very good. I found it very easy to read these cards; in fact I'd recommend not using the little interpretation booklet at all. The cards are that intuitive. If you like this one, you might also like the Robin Wood deck, which is similar but with a different style of drawing. Both are easy to read and have beautiful artwork.

My husband bought me this deck as a present and I immediately fell in love with it. I have other decks that I use but since receiving this Spiral deck, I find that I'm drawn more to it and have gained a new understanding of the cards. The images for the minor arcana are insightful and I find that interpretation has come much more readily and I don't always have to consult a book for meaning. It's also nice to compare and contrast this deck with others to see how the images are portrayed. I recommend this to beginners, collectors or almost anyone interested in Tarot.

The visual side of this deck is amazing, each card an oil painting that has been meticulously beaded.
The images are big visual memory prompts, teaching you what each card represents. I also, being a student of history, love the celtic and Arthurian themes that run through the arcanas.

I am a beginner to astrology and do not understand a lot of the symbols on the cards, but I find this deck easy to use and really helpful, as just using it improves your knowledge of symbology and the art of tarot.

I definately recommend it, its a brilliant buy and well worth the money.

I became a deck collector sort of by accident (how did that drawer get full of Tarot decks??)... but THIS deck is the one I use constantly. This deck is the one I bought a spare deck of..just in case. It is lovely, yet not that pretty/fluffy look of some of the fantasy type decks. Each card has unique symbolism built into it which really assists with doing a reading without constantly 'looking it up'. I also highly recommend the book that was written for this deck. Very well done.

I agree with the other reviewer who gave 5 stars. The artwork is beautiful and the book accompany this deck will explain the imagaes, which will help you as an aide-memoire to figure out the meanings of the cards if you are a beginner. This is a great deck for beginners as it was my very first deck and I learned tarot using this deck. The images are very classic and look like paintings. There are also images that are hints in the background of the cards relating the numerology and jewish mysticism (tree of life) aspect of tarot to the pictures. one note: this deck uses pentacles for a suit instead of coins or discs, but it's hard to know that from the outside of the box--just in case you have a preference for the name of the suit or if you don't like to look at pentacles (which give an occult look) to the deck--even though in tarot that is not what pentacles stand for. I enjoy this deck very much even today.

It wasn't easy to find that just right deck. Being that this was to be my first tarot deck, I wanted just the right deck. The spiral tarot offers mind-blowing artwork and an easy to read format that even seasoned divinors can enjoy. Even if you do not read buy this deck for the artwork alone and I promise, you will not be disappointed.

The "Bubble Gum" reader from CA in 2002 must have been having a bad day. I was cautious about buying this deck after that review, but the beauty of the cards won me over. And isn't that the way it's supposed to be? The cards should speak to the reader; so go to a site with illustrations of these cards and see what you think. I find the Major Arcana cards totally evocative and multi-dimensional; similar to the Waite so you're not trying to figure out where they fit, but with a clarity of their own. I don't mind the purple border; purple is the color of spirituality. My main worry was the Minor Arcana cards; I was expecting some tawdy Victorian cartoon drawings or something. But I find the Minor Arcana of this deck to be very people-oriented; one review at another site mentioned it hits the "details". Their setting has a mythology of its own. The one drawback I've found so far is with the Court Cards; personally I prefer the Robin Wood version. But I'm sure the court cards will prove their own worth, as well.

I received this deck as a gift from a friend nearly a year ago now, and since then, I don't think I've parted from it for more than a few days at a time, it's constantly with me. I'm not some fanatic, but this deck is great. Amazingly in-depth. My friends keep trying to steal it from me, so usually I have to keep it hidden or on me, it's so popular. Definitely something I'd recommend. I don't like the artwork of the Minor Arcana very much, but that's the only setback in my opinion.