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Summary: Gorgeous Beginner's Deck
Review: (10 for artwork, 5 for originality!) This deck is stunning, fantastic, and aesthetically nearly perfect. The artwork reached right up and grabbed me by the throat. The only problem I saw with it is that it's really a general rehash of the Rider-Waite deck. If you know a younger person who is interested in the tarot, and has never read it before, by all means, send this one their way. If you've been reading the tarot for awhile, and have a R-W deck, skip it. There's enough originality in the art to make it pretty, but not enough new symbolism to make it worth your money.
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Summary: amazing!
Review: i absolutely loved this deck, i found it through a site that a friend of mine pointed out, there were litterally hundreds of different decks reviewed and this one got raved about! of course i had seen it all before but when i looked at the photo she had included of about six of the cards from this deck i absolutely fell in love! and it just got better when i bought it. this deck is a must for anyone who prefers the traditional style of tarot deck, the illustrations truly do help to show off the meaning of the cards to their fullest extent, and it is easy to work with as well. the cards are easy to shuffle and the back design is completely reversible, and i love the way that the illustrator uses the traditional two extra cards as well, i had the "title card" blown up and made into a poster for my wall, the artwork is exquisite while staying well within the original tarot design
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Summary: Hanson Roberts
Review: I absolutely loved this deck. It is very easy to learn, especially when you get the book that comes in the set. The pictures are very eye catching. I would suggest this deck to anyone
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Summary: great starter book
Review: I have a friend who reads tarot and that is how I became interested in tarot cards. I had asked her if it was possible to be able to learn to read. She had given me the Hanson-Roberts deck and told me to look at each card and write down the first thing that comes to my head about the cards. For instance the "Ace of Cups" shows a large gold cup overflowing with water. This to me symbolizes an abundance of love in a relationship. This was a wonderful way for me to learn the meaning of each card, the pictures are so rich and colorful and they jump out at you and really make you understand tarot better.
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Summary: The Best By Far!
Review: I have a number of different tarot decks (I collect them for the artwork) but this is the one that I use. The artwork is wonderful, the deck is a comfortable fit in your hands, being the dimensions of an ordinary deck of playing cards, so they are easy to shuffle and to deal. Some other decks are just too large to use. I've tried others, but I keep going back to this one.
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Summary: The Best By Far!
Review: I have a number of different tarot decks (I collect them for the artwork) but this is the one that I use. The artwork is wonderful, the deck is a comfortable fit in your hands, being the dimensions of an ordinary deck of playing cards, so they are easy to shuffle and to deal. Some other decks are just too large to use. I've tried others, but I keep going back to this one.
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Summary: I love this deck!
Review: I have this deck, and it is by far my favourite. The artwork is gorgeous in splendid coloured pencils, the images are almost from out of a story book, making this deck a good one for young people who are interested in Tarot. The titles are in 5 languages, giving it a universal literary value and last but not least; by far the characters themselvse are some of the most enchanting and emotional I've seen on Tarot decks. Right up there with Rider-Waite, an appealing must have deck! :)
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Summary: Good for beginners
Review: I really loved this deck when I first got it, but as I learned more about the tarot, it got a little to fluffy for my taste. It is a good deck for begginers as some of the others get pretty grim in their artwork. I could also see it as a good deck for pros with skiddish customers.
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Summary: Don't be hasty in judging this deck.
Review: My friends and I jokingly dubbed the Hanson-Roberts "Happy Fun Deck". Indeed, the soft pastels and grinning cherubic faces on most cards are off-putting to folks who feel divining with tarot should be a very serious endeavour (my deck was a gift from a wonderful woman who was eager to be rid of it). I thought I would hate reading with it, but I was wrong. Instead of outgrowing it, I grew into it... and many years later, it's still my favorite by far.Don't assume that the friendly, approachable Hanson-Roberts cards are lacking in depth. Look closer. This Ten of Swords features a limp figure, facedown in a large pool of his or her own blood, with ten large swords sticking out of his or her back and dark storm clouds boiling above. It's a grim, gruesome card which doesn't merely suggest "utter ruin"... it's in your face about it. Happy Fun Utter Ruin? I don't think so. The images of the Three of Swords, Four of Pentacles, Five of Wands, Nine of Swords, Hierophant and Devil all convey the darkness and/or complexity of those cards in a way that should spark any reader's imagination and intuition. And when I turned over The Sun as a friend's "final outcome" card recently, I felt like it lit up the whole room. That's what The Sun card should do. Granted, this deck is pretty much a straight re-illustration of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck's symbolism, so if you're looking for bold originality or strict traditionalism, this might not be the deck for you. Also granted, deck selection is a terribly personal thing, and the Hanson-Roberts and Rider-Waite-Smith-based decks won't be for everyone. However, I would never have imagined that I'd love a deck like this. Be prepared to let the Hanson-Roberts surprise you, because it might.
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Summary: Don't be hasty in judging this deck.
Review: My friends and I jokingly dubbed the Hanson-Roberts "Happy Fun Deck". Indeed, the soft pastels and grinning cherubic faces on most cards are off-putting to folks who feel divining with tarot should be a very serious endeavour (my deck was a gift from a wonderful woman who was eager to be rid of it). I thought I would hate reading with it, but I was wrong. Instead of outgrowing it, I grew into it... and many years later, it's still my favorite by far. Don't assume that the friendly, approachable Hanson-Roberts cards are lacking in depth. Look closer. This Ten of Swords features a limp figure, facedown in a large pool of his or her own blood, with ten large swords sticking out of his or her back and dark storm clouds boiling above. It's a grim, gruesome card which doesn't merely suggest "utter ruin"... it's in your face about it. Happy Fun Utter Ruin? I don't think so. The images of the Three of Swords, Four of Pentacles, Five of Wands, Nine of Swords, Hierophant and Devil all convey the darkness and/or complexity of those cards in a way that should spark any reader's imagination and intuition. And when I turned over The Sun as a friend's "final outcome" card recently, I felt like it lit up the whole room. That's what The Sun card should do. Granted, this deck is pretty much a straight re-illustration of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck's symbolism, so if you're looking for bold originality or strict traditionalism, this might not be the deck for you. Also granted, deck selection is a terribly personal thing, and the Hanson-Roberts and Rider-Waite-Smith-based decks won't be for everyone. However, I would never have imagined that I'd love a deck like this. Be prepared to let the Hanson-Roberts surprise you, because it might.
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