Extispex: Tarot and Tarot Readings

The Lunatic Tarot by Evan Yi Feng comes in two editions: a large portfolio edition (about 5×10), which lacks borders or titles - the corresponding Rider-Waite card is pictured on the back - and a smaller edition which is set up more like a standard tarot deck.

Anna asks: I recently broke up with my partner of seven years, and have spent a lot of time putting my life back together. We often spoke of having a baby, but our busy lifestyles always seemed to postpone having children. Now I seem to be thinking about having children a lot. I definitely want [...]

I love the artwork of Klimt, and I’ve been wanting this deck since it was released. I received it in the mail yesterday, a surprise gift from a friend. I couldn’t be more pleased with it.

The Golden Tarot of Klimt was designed by Bulgarian artist A A Atanassov, who also designed the Golden Tarot [...]

Paul asks: I am in love with a guy (we are both American) who, two years ago, moved to Eastern Europe. He was only meant to be gone a few months, and told me when he got back, we would live together. He is still gone. We keep in contact, and he says he loves [...]

I expected to hate this tarot deck. I assumed the illustrations would be cheesy and the imagery banal and meaningless. From everything I’d seen of it online, it looked more like a gothic fashion accessory than a usable, attractive tarot deck. I’m happy to say that I was wrong, wrong, wrong.

For me to love a deck, it has to be consistent in the quality of artwork, and in the evocative nature of the symbols and imagery. A few bad, unattractive, or meaningless cards can spoil the whole deck for me.  Its hard to find a deck that is consistent enough for me to want to [...]

It seems every day some idiot out there does or says something stupid to remind me why I am a hermit, why I’ve pretty much withdrawn from society to walk a more solitary path. I love humanity as an abstract concept, but individually there are very few people I actually like.