posted August 28, 2003 01:46 PM         

The one time I did find them, I was happy I rushed to the counter, bought them & hurried home to open the pack. But I ended up disapointed to find a regular traditional deck of cards with maybe a few extra cards I had never seen before with 'scenes' on them (like dancing or walking etc...) but no high priestess, no hierorphant, no fool to be found!

posted September 05, 2003 03:32 PM         

There is a store near where I live that carries tarot cards. If you want, take a look at the below website for which deck you want and I will walk to the store and get them. I've also posted a link for how much postage would be, depending on what kind of service you want. You can mail me an international money order for the deck and shipping, and I will mail you the merchandise.

Tarot Cards: http://www.pebooks.com/shop/tarotcards1.html

Shipping: http://ircalc.usps.gov/speed.asp?Country=France&Pounds=1&Ounces=0&cmdSubmit=Continue&Contents=1

posted September 05, 2003 04:18 PM         

A traditional deck does have those Major Arcana cards you mention -- the Tarot de Marseilles has that (I never resonated to that one, very punitive it seemed to me), and the Waite or Rider deck does. Some of the newer, and New Age decks do not.

Have you posted your question in Aselzion's tarot etc. forum, called Through the Looking Glass?

posted September 05, 2003 11:26 PM         

A couple decks I've used:

Celtic Dragon deck: Beautiful, silver background with a bit of celtic scenery.. as well as dragons. Good if you feel like dragons are close to you and/or are your animal spirit the back image is a pentacle. (I think?)

Haindl: My personal favorite. Done mostly in browns and yellows, it doesn't look like much, but it conveys a lot of ideas and the artist truly took time on each and every card. The deck is rooted in nature, and gives me very positive vibes, considering the traumas the artist has survived (and risen above of) in his lifetime. You should also buy an accompanying book called "The haindl tarot" by Rachel Pollack if you're going to get this deck, since I find it important to understand the imagery.
The back image is an eye, to convey inner sight, I do believe.

The dragon tarot: A little bit simpler in imagery than the previous two decks, it's a great favorite for dragon lovers. I do not recall the back of the cards.

The merlin tarot: I find this deck overwhelming, since I'm not great at meditation. The cards are beautiful and definitely have direct connections to each other, but I seem to miss them, and I have no patience to spend hours meditating upon them in different forms/groups and in singles. A beautiful deck; the back image is a sun with a father-face on it.

The Scapini Tarot: Has golds and more of a gothic rider/waite theme. I didn't feel a connection to this deck, but it might be something someone else would. All cards are human-based and much like the traditional decks.