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Tarot of the Elves (English and Spanish Edition)

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I always hesitate to write a review because I know that everyone enjoys different things. But, for my own personal taste, I was disappointed in these cards. When I first saw them, I could hardly wait to order. I love working with Fairy tarots, but I have always dreamed of someone doing a tarot based only on the Elves.

I had tried to order the complete kit for this tarot which is supposed to include a book that will 'explain' the stories behind the meanings of these cards. After waiting nearly a month, and then being told it would be at least another month before the entire kit was available, I canceled the first order and simply got the cards. Would I have been happier waiting for the kit? I'm not sure.

I am not an advanced tarot reader, but I have made several sets of tarot cards of my own. When I read through the meanings assigned to the Tarot of the Elves, I was confused. The card meanings are based on stories that I don't know. I quickly realized that, without the story behind the pictures, I was lost.

Also, the pictures were a bit disconcerting to me. There is a lot of blood and death shown in the pictures. Sometimes, as in the suit of Cups, I have a difficult time telling whether the elves on the cards are male or female. Facial expressions on many of the cards seemed frightening or 'creepy'. There were several times when a chill ran up my back while examining the pictures for the first time. All in all, this was not what I had expected to see in an Elven land and I have to admit that it made me sad.

I did try to work with the cards. At first I tried simply drawing one card every morning and using the meaning to help guide my day, but the cards had such depressing meanings that I was uncomfortable doing that. Next I thought I might use the cards from this tarot and simply substitute the meanings that I was more familiar with when reading tarot. But the pictures were so foreign to what I was used to believing about tarot cards that I quickly stopped trying to do that, too!

I think for now I'll put these cards away. They don't 'feel' right to me, but others may really enjoy them. Maybe I'm just not as 'Elvish' as I thought. Maybe that is my problem. I guess I wanted an 'Elven Tarot', not a 'Tarot for Elves'. After having seen these cards, I would not buy them for myself again.

I like to purchase tarot decks more because I see them as art than because I work with them in divination. I purchased this one as a gift for a friend and I am very satisfied my purchase. I don't know how it will work as a divination tool but I am sure that my friend will be very satisfied from the beautiful imagery and the strong energy this deck radiates when touched.

Very nice deck but not your traditional tarot deck. Love the artwork but I have not used them too much yet. Vendor was wonderful and the product arrived in excellent condition.