Customer Reviews

Tarot of a Moon Garden

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I use this deck almost every day, and I just love the colors and the imagery. It is a very friendly and positive deck. The book is really great, it has a good paragraph or two for every card and it does give reversals. It also has an activity for each card too, something I've never seen in a basic deck-based-book. Some activities are spells, meditations, etc. It's really well done. The cards are a good size for smaller hands, and they are plastic coated and very glossy. I spilled water on my deck, and the water just beaded up and rolled off- the cards were fine! Not many decks are made this way. I do not find the deck too sweet and fantastical, although it has faries on some cards. I love all the vegetation (ferns and such) that seems to grow right out of the cards. The colors are rich and relaxing. Overall, I really like this deck. ...

This was the first tarot deck I ever owned and in fact, these were the first tarot cards I ever encountered. A friend of mine gave them to me as a Christams gift. He was an expert tarot reader and somehow saw in me a budding intuitive full of potential (way before I had that realization myself). he gave me this deck as he thought that it would be an excellent starting point for a beginner: the cards are beautiful, very feminine, very "lunar" (obviously) and very fairylike. I had never encountered the Tarot before, so these cards were the doorway through which that initiation occured, in some ways my very first step into the intuitive world. Because of these reasons, I am very fond of these cards, even if I moved on to other , probably better decks a long time ago.

The major limitation in these cards is that the symbolism present in most tarot cards is not as clearly drawn out. They are not as precise symbolically as decks such as the Raider-Waite tarot or the Morgan-Greer deck. However, since I experienced using these as a beginner, I found that they were excellent for trigering psychic ability. I found that each time I sat with these cards, I felt as if I could walk through them into another world. Some of the "symbolic" details in the cards were so vague that I was forced to rely much more on my inner "sight", than on traditional interpretation. I am not sure that that was such a bad thing. I personally benefited from the process.

So, if you are looking for a very "traditional" and symbolically explicit deck, this one will not do. But if you a looking for a very beautiful feminine dreamy set of cards to help you tune into the subtle realms of reality, you might find great satisfaction in these tarot cards. I personally enjoyed them very much.

Someone said this deck hasn't Christian symbols.In fact,though the author is Wiccan,she has incorporated the symbols of the Rider-Waite in this deck,though you sometimes need the descriptions from the book to notice this(I'm Christian myself).
I love this deck.It was the first deck I ordered,and it's still one of my top favourites.Because it's almost R-W,only so much more fantastical,I rather use this deck than the ones less traditional.
The Moon Garden is not shallow.A new world will open to you if you explore this deck.

I am currently using this deck (as I need to replace my Quest deck), and while the artwork is cute, fanciful, and dreamlike...

I find this deck somewhat difficult to read with, because the images lack a good symbolic foundation. As someone who is still learning Tarot (I've been reading just over 2 years now), I haven't 'memorized' each and every single card meaning, and therefore still rely on the image on the cards before me to get the intuitive juices flowing (since I also don't use any books in my readings anymore), and this deck, while at first stirring the imagination (upon simply seeing the cards for the first time) doesn't really lead to any definite interpretation when used in readings (the real point of the cards).

On one hand, I'd like to say this could be a good deck for children interested in Tarot, but on the other, I think that might be a bad idea, since it's unlikely they'll actually learn anything about the meanings of the Tarot and just end up having a pretty deck of cards...

I know there are many fans of this deck out there, and perhaps in time I will be able to become one of them, after all, the main reason I ended up with this deck to begin with is I had a couple of different friends telling me how much they loved it!

About the book: Even though I'm not crazy about the deck itself, I do really like the book! For each card there is a meditation, ritual, spell, and/or recipe related to that specific card, and this is the only Tarot deck companion book I've seen with this particular feature, thus far. Also, the author's insights into how she came up with the ideas for the artwork, style, and theme of the cards (which is all her own, she created the deck, did the artwork, and wrote the book, another rare find in Tarot decks) is very nice, particularly because it all started with a beautiful poem (included in the book) and I like a lot of her interpretations for the cards...

I really want to like this deck, and hope some day I will, but for now, I just want some cards I can successfully do READINGS with!

As a dealer of occult merchandise I have had the opportunity to view many decks and this deck, while not the best, is certainly one of the better ones available. The esoteric imagery of the major arcana is largely preserved - we see the High Priestess seated between the black and white columns, holding the tora with the moon at her feet. The artist also incorporates her own interpretations - the Empress depicted as fairy. Larger liberties are taken with the minor arcana, but I find this to be of little consequence, as many highly regarded traditional decks leave these cards without any pictorial illustration. Whether you like or dislike these interpretations depends entirely on individual preference; some decks resonate more strongly with certain personalities than others. If you have an opportunity to see the actual cards before buying I recommend that you do; the finer enchanting aspects of the paint colors that bleed into each other at the edges (water-color I imagine), make the cards visually more striking than photographic images portray. Of course, that may not be to you're liking either, which is all the more reason to view them before buying.

I love the Tarot of a Moon Garden deck! The artwork is just gorgeous and gives a very mystical, magical "feel." The only thing that brings the quality down a little for me is the paper the cards are printed on. I wish the cards were a little thicker and coated a little more. I can see using this deck many times, and the cards will show some wear rather quickly.
But otherwise, I think it's a gorgeous, special deck!!

There is something tremendously likeable and attractive about these images -- the garden in moonlight is a fantastic concept and these cards really do take one back to a time of childish delight. While I can see how the term "whimsical" could be used to describe this deck -- I much prefer ENCHANTING -- like an enchanted forest. I also much prefer these to the Hansen-Roberts and even the Revelations Tarot although there is a similarity in feel with the latter. (The design on the card back is also one of the more beautiful/interesting designs I've seen.)

I just have the cards, not the book [wishing for it], but the cards are beautiful, especially the colorful flora. Colors are magnificent and the images help connect you with the intuitive side. I have formed a deep connection with these cards.

People who are not into 'cute' probably would do better looking elsewhere.. but, I really enjoy this deck. I love fairies, mermaids, unicorns, etc. This is a fantasy / mythical deck. It just gives me that "feel good" feeling when I look at it. It is said to be a great deck to read for children bc the negative images are quite subdued (which I personally like even as an adult.).. Worth checking out!!

The imagery of this deck is similar to the Rider-Waite deck, which is what I learned on. However the coloring and tone of the deck are too happy. Not all Tarot cards have a positive meaning, and this deck is full of balloons, butterflies and rainbows. I found myself, especially with the minor arcana, trying to pull up in my mind what the Rider-Waite card had looked like to complete readings. I did like some of the cards; the Wheel of Fortune card was a carousel with dragons, unicorns and other exotic animals. The Death card was a purple and red dragon. In general, I liked the Major Arcana best. And while the Major Arcana are the most significant cards in a deck, they make up less than a third of it. I had a lot of trouble intuitively understanding the minor arcana. I felt like this deck didn't have any depth to it, and I have found several decks I like much better, especially the Robin Wood Tarot.