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The Wheel of Change Tarot

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Genetti has created a wonderful new deck for students of Tarot. This is not another "theme" version of the Waite deck, rather, Genetti has taken a fresh look at the philosophy of Tarot to produce her deck. Vibrant colors draw the user in, and the cards are full of details which will generate new interpretations for many readings to come. The images are very diverse, drawing on many cultural, geographical, and spiritual correspondences. To allow the user more possibilities of interpretation, the pip (Ace-10's) cards have no humans in them. Court cards are identified as Prince, Princess, Knight, and Queen. For once, we have a book written by the designer of a deck which is concise rather than written in "mystic-speak". She describes her thoughts on the images, but leaves much to be intuited by the user. Genetti's deck reflects a reverence for the whole of Creation and challenges us to rediscover our connections to the natural world. . .before it's too late.

I saw the paintings five years ago. My knees became weak - this deck MUST have been painted "just for me!" The colors! The images! With *every* sexuality, race, and spiritual discipline included!

Three *impatient* years later, the deck & excellent book were finally printed! Immediately, my readings took-on an almost surreal depth that consistantly (and utterly) blows me - and everyone for whom I read - away.

These cards are Art, with a capital "A" ... with a depth and humor that often brings joyful tears to my eyes.

Alexandra is a sweet, good-hearted, talented, knowledgeful genius! I am honored by her presence (through this deck) in my life.

Namaste, Alexandra Genetti!

Initially I was a little ambivalent about buying this deck. The artist's style is much different than the styles that normally appeal to me, and I will warn that some of the human figures are annoyingly cartoonish. However, after working with the deck only a short time I'm already enjoying it tremendously. The illustrations are extremely complex visually and symbolically. Although the deck is for the most part bright and inviting, Genetti does not gloss over darker aspects of the cards. The perspective is vaguely Pagan, but Genetti draws her inspiration from a very eclectic mix of sources. The deck contains motifs from cultures all over the globe, both past and present. The majors are for the most part traditional, but there are some unique interpretations. The Devil is a Pan figure, and Genetti's take on the Chariot is very unusual. She took more liberties with the pip cards. Many have traditional or near-traditional meanings, but others have been significantly reinterpreted. The pip cards contain no humans, a convention I often find difficult deal with in a reading. However, Genetti's choice of symbols, such as halved-apples for the 4 of Disks or an oil refinery for the 6 of Wands, are so intuitive I'm finding them easy to work with. I also love the court cards. She uses the traditional titles of Prince, Princess, Knight, and Queen, but none of Genetti's court figures are the usual throned monarchs or horse-mounted warriors. Each one has a unique personality which is readily apparent by the context. The Knight of Swords is a scientist in his laboratory. The Queen of Disks is a basket weaver seated among a bounty of produce and farm animals. The Knight of Cups plays a saxophone outside a department store to collect money for the homeless. I would recommend the Wheel of Change to anyone looking for deck that utilizes a lot of modern or multicultural symbolism.

This is quite simply the nicest deck I have ever seen. And I've seen many many decks. I'm a professional card reader and this is the only deck I have in which every card speaks to me. In other decks you have a couple "uglies" or some cards that just are unpleasant. The "dark" cards in this deck like death and the tower still have power but they are beautifully rendered.
The pips are the strength of this deck. Aside from the court cards, the pips have no people pictured. There are sea shells, dijeridoos, shards of glass, apples and assorted other objects to represents cups, swords, staffs and disks.
If the style of artwork appeals to you, then get this deck. You won't be dissappointed.

I am a certified professional tarot reader, and I use these cards in my practice, regularly. They are one of my favorite decks. The art work is astounding! There is so much detail in each card, that you have to look at it for awhile to take it all in. At first it was overwhelming, but when I started to use them in readings, I realized how specific they can be for answers. My clients love the cards. There is such a variety of different cultures represented, that provides so much more material to add to a reading. I love that she chose to join together and unify all cultures/people. Yes, the card stock quality is poor, due to the publisher, but I don't love them any less. I looked at the book a little, and it seemed like she put a lot of time and passion into the writing of it, in addition to the already mentioned artwork of the deck. Give this deck a chance, and I guarantee it will grow on you. Btw, this is the only deck that I have, in which I love every single card, and my favorite is the Death card!

I have had these cards for about two years and I continue to find new intuitive insights in them each time I read with them. The first nifty feature of this deck that I wish more artists employed is the color-coded borders so that one may see instantly how many Majors, Disks, Cups, etc. one has in a particular spread. Second, the art of the Majors and Court cards appears simple and almost primitive, but each card contains a wealth of symbolism, and I like the fact that the people represented on the cards are varied and interesting, rather than vapid Ken and Barbie clones. Many important images, such as the sea of stars veiling The Fool, recur throughout the Major Arcana, providing a consistent "narrative" thread to the Majors. Third - and by far the most striking feature of this deck - the pips are illustrated, but for the most part, contain no people, featuring instead pictures of bowls of grain, ants, crockery, toolsheds, wind mills, even a slain deer amongst an array of flint arrowheads. It's as if one looks through a window into an endlessly-varied landscape of interesting images to trigger a deeper reading than can be had simply by combining number and suit - yet they are not so limiting as fully-illustrated RWS-style pip card illustrations can be.

If there's a weakness to this deck, for me, it's simply that I could not connect with the book or the author's interpretations, but your mileage may vary, as they say. Furthermore, it's a testament to the artist's talent and inspiration that she created a deck that could be used with great depth and success even by someone whose interpretations differ from hers as deeply as mine do. These images truly have a life of their own, drawing from a vein of meaning far deeper than one's political ideology.

All in all, a wonderful deck, one that many readers will be able to "live with" over many years, all the while deriving more and more insight and better readings.

Genetti has created a wonderful new deck for students of Tarot. This is not another "theme" version of the Waite deck, rather, Genetti has taken a fresh look at the philosophy of Tarot to produce her deck. Vibrant colors draw the user in, and the cards are full of details which will generate new interpretations for many readings to come. The images are very diverse, drawing on many cultural, geographical, and spiritual correspondences. To allow the user more possibilities of interpretation, the pip (Ace-10's) cards have no humans in them. Court cards are identified as Prince, Princess, Knight, and Queen. For once, we have a book written by the designer of a deck which is concise rather than written in "mystic-speak". She describes her thoughts on the images, but leaves much to be intuited by the user. Genetti's deck reflects a reverence for the whole of Creation and challenges us to rediscover our connections to the natural world. . .before it's too late.

Genetti has created a wonderful new deck for students of Tarot. This is not another "theme" version of the Waite deck, rather, Genetti has taken a fresh look at the philosophy of Tarot to produce her deck. Vibrant colors draw the user in, and the cards are full of details which will generate new interpretations for many readings to come. The images are very diverse, drawing on many cultural, geographical, and spiritual correspondences. To allow the user more possibilities of interpretation, the pip (Ace-10's) cards have no humans in them. Court cards are identified as Prince, Princess, Knight, and Queen. For once, we have a book written by the designer of a deck which is concise rather than written in "mystic-speak". She describes her thoughts on the images, but leaves much to be intuited by the user. Genetti's deck reflects a reverence for the whole of Creation and challenges us to rediscover our connections to the natural world. . .before it's too late.

I got this deck about 2 years ago and was attracted to it due to the multi-color images and a lot of details to the cards imagery. When I got the deck I was overwhelmed by the 300 plus pages in its instruction book, but at the same time that was the sole reason why I bought it.

I really couldn't read with this deck out of the box and it told me stuff I didn't find to really resonate. I did find Genetti's card meanings very useful even when using other decks. If there was a meaning to a card that the traditional Rider Waite wasn't covering, I found this book to be an excellent resource to fill in the void.

The images on the cards were a little tooo crowded to the point it was intuition overload and that's due to the artwork itself and maybe some more editing needed within the process. I do enjoy the very multicultural aspects of the cards and how it applies to the card meanings. Like Princess of Pents and Queen of Pents, where the Queen is a member of an African village tribe of which she singlehandedly holds down the task of feeding and cooking and minding the children of the village using the bare resources of the land.

After putting the deck down for 2 years, I've recently picked up this deck and changed my approach to readings. I no longer use reversals- this has improved the accuracy of this deck by miles. I've been able to use this deck really well for spiritual readings with extreme accuracy and insight into a situation. For example I asked about work and I got 10 of wands of which this card is described as a situation of battle where others may have the chance to work together to create a common goal/good, but instead the environment is one of subterfuge where people don't let their work speak for itself but that they demean the work of others in order to allow themself to shine. This card was soooo accurate as to the mentality of my coworkers.

For spiritual guidance on romance I got 6 of cups which speaks of someone holding onto a relationship that no longer serves its purpose. This was very accurate also.

Though her explanation for each card is long and sometimes arduous, they make total sense with this deck and to not read the meanings would do your reading a disservice. I do admire the fact she spends equal amount of time on describing each card in the deck so it feels like you've really gotten an education.

Excellent deck if you are intuned with her type of artwork and understand the pagan culture. Even if you're not a pagan (like I'm not) you will still find deep insights within this deck.

Genetti's meanings for the cards are different the RW standard, but don't let that keep you from using this deck.

I really like this deck. The artwork is beautiful. I really like the way the cards are portrayed with vivid color. The images give you a lot to work with and feature modern symbols. The card stock is a little funny, but the awesome images on every card make up for it.

However the book is lacking and I don't think I will ever use it.