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Summary: The Most Beautiful Cards you will ever hold
Review: The Hanson-Roberts deck was my very first deck. I still have it and love it. The artwork is incredible. The colors are appealing and the cards are not over sized so they are easy to handle and easy to shuffle. There is a little booklet that comes with the deck that is quite helpful to the beginner. The deck is based on the Rider-Wait deck so is easy to learn with but much more appealing. Looking at these cards, one can tell that Mary Hanson-Roberts put a great deal of effort into her artwork for these cards and it shows. I now own over a dozen decks and I have not yet found card whose artwork is as beautiful as this one deck. I recommend it for beginners, those more experienced with the Tarot, and for children--whose minds need lots of color and whose hands need smaller cards. Enjoy!
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Summary: An ideal deck for the beginner or experienced reader
Review: The Hanson-Roberts Tarot deck is a lovely deck which draws on the traditional imagery of the Rider-Waite deck, yet still has its own unique look and feel. The images are done in pastels, and are drawn beautifully with attention to detail from the expressions on the faces of the people in the cards, to the small details in the backgrounds which only assist in conveying the meaning and message of each card. If you read cards in an image-based method, rather than straight from a book or memory, this is an excellent deck. The cards themselves are smaller than what you would often find in a Tarot deck, and I find the smaller size (of about the size of a playing card) to be easy to handle.
My first Tarot deck was a Hanson-Roberts more than ten years ago, and when I lost that deck after two years, I went through several different kinds, thinking I should try one of the more `unique' decks out there. However, when I obtained another Hanson-Roberts deck, I found it felt just right.
The Five of cups, for instance, conveys the sadness and loss associated in the spilling of the three cups in the forefront, yet the two remaining full cups are in a prominent place just behind the saddened figure in the card. The clear meaning of the regret of loss, and the message that there is still yet something to cherish is clear. A deeper look shows peaceful skies and a beautiful castle in the background...further evidence that the situation is not as dire as it may seem to the questioner.
The Eight of Pentacles displays a workman, an expression of satisfaction on his face as he polishes a pentacle, evidence of his labours lay on the worktable before him. His clothing is that of a middle-class person, well fitting and in good shape, evidence of his hard work bringing his prosperity.
The traditional imagery makes this an ideal deck for a beginner tarot reader, and the beautiful images and comfortable size may make this deck a favourite even after many years of experience with reading the Tarot.
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Summary: My Favorite "Traditional" Tarot Deck
Review: The HANSON-ROBERTS tarot deck is by far my favorite of all the traditional tarot decks, because it has a "lightness of being," fairy-like or angelic quality to it, while at the same time maintaining the integrity of the original Tarot symbols. People (especially children and psychic/sensitives) will likely find themselves instantly attracted to this deck because of the feeling of purity its illustrations are imbued with. Colorful and cartoonlike, each card's illustration still manages to convey even the most somber of moods, such as the lifeless solemnity of the knight's effigy resting atop a marble tomb on the Four of Swords. Other cards, such as Temperence and The Star shine with such radiance that one feels uplifted just to gaze upon their beauty. This is a Tarot deck to cherish forever as both a work of art and a divination tool to share with others -- especially those with sensitive natures.
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Summary: Wonderful to look at and hold.
Review: This deck absolutely deserves the kudos other reviewers have given it. Being an unshamedly faithful Rider-Waite clone, any complaint about its lack of originality is moot. Anyway, once you behold its plethora of delicately colored pictures, you will not bemoan the cash you paid for this little beauty. Hanson-Robert's artwork may be sweet and simple, but it is surprisingly resilient too, in that her tarot images stand up well to repeated use --- so complementary and responsive to your intuition they are. I have never understood the accusations of "childish" or "cutesy" levelled at this deck by some professional reviewers. Hanson-Roberts certainly never minimized any of the darker imageries from the Waite-prototype. Her deck is definitely not for meant for use by young kids. It is a very competent Waite-clone; whose art-style just happens to mimic that found in children's fairy-tale books. This deck is a pleasure to use or look at, even if you aren't a die-hard follower of Waite-ian tarot symbology. One for the collection.
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Summary: Beautiful
Review: This deck is the most beautiful you will ever find.
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Summary: Nice Deck for the Younger Crowd
Review: This is a very beautiful deck, but I would recommend it more for the younger crowd, and maybe even for children. I bought this deck, and noticed how child like and the feel of the tarot had a Fairy Tale feel to it. The deck was very beautiful, but for a 32-year-old father, it just did not feel write, so I let my pre-teen 11-year-old twin daughters look at them and see what they thought. They absolutely loved them. If you are trying to teach your child how to read the tarot, then this surely is the deck. There is no Nudity what so ever; every one is fully clothed. The only disturbing cards are nine of swords and ten of swords, which are clones of the Rider Waite. The Nine of Swords depicts a woman crying in bed, while the ten of swords shows the traditional man lying on the ground with the ten swords within his back. Besides those two cards, the rest of the cards are easy enough for children to grasp. Even the Major Arcana card number15 which is the Devil card, reminds me of one of those monsters fought on Children's cartoons like Dragon Ball Z, or Batman. The Art is soft; the cards are small enough and comfortable for smaller hands, about the size of playing cards. Everyone in the deck, with the exception of a selected few, is very young looking. One of my 11-year-old daughters really loves this deck.
I have read various reviews on this deck, mixture between positive and negative. Though these cards are not meant for children, buy looking at its Fairy Tale feel of it, one could tell that children would be drawn to it, and it would be a good choice for parents looking for a starter deck for their children.
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Summary: my primary deck, great images,
Review: This is the deck I use all the time. Its images are blanced and easy to look at.
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Summary: Beautiful Deck
Review: This is the first deck I ever bought, and I'm still using it a few years later. The main reason I bought it was that I was looking for a deck with traditional imagery, but I was uncomfortable with the Universal Waite and similar decks because they seemed very dark and unfriendly to me (I'm not into wicca, so maybe there's something there that I'm not seeing). I don't think that this deck is necessarily just a beginner's deck, but for me it was a great one to start with. The images are friendly, and at the same time filled with meaning. It's easy to learn what each card means by looking at them. Overall, I really like this deck and I'll be using it for a long time to come.
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Summary: A wonderful deck
Review: This was my first tarot deck, and will always be my favorite. As a novice, I found the images to be very descriptive and easy to interpret. However, as I progressed and became more adept at reading the tarot, I saw more meanings in the cards. They seemed to advance with me. Before buying any deck, I highly recommend checking out the images to see if it 'speaks' to you. But please don't gloss over this deck because it's believed to be a "beginner's" deck. The Hanson-Roberts Tarot Deck is a wonderful deck, for novice and professional alike.
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Summary: A wonderful deck
Review: This was my first tarot deck, and will always be my favorite. As a novice, I found the images to be very descriptive and easy to interpret. However, as I progressed and became more adept at reading the tarot, I saw more meanings in the cards. They seemed to advance with me. Before buying any deck, I highly recommend checking out the images to see if it 'speaks' to you. But please don't gloss over this deck because it's believed to be a "beginner's" deck. The Hanson-Roberts Tarot Deck is a wonderful deck, for novice and professional alike.
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