Waldherr, Kris

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A must have
Excellent deck
An interesting, untraditional deck
Great addition to my tarot collection!

Goddess Tarot Deck

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ASIN: 1572810661

Product Description

By Kris Waldherr. Drawing inspiration from goddesses honored throughout history, award-winning author and artist Kris Waldherr has created an essential tool of empowerment and transformation for women everywhere. The Goddess Tarot uses goddess stories and imagery to update traditional tarot symbolism, addressing women's contemporary needs.

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Tarot Cards.......2007-06-08

The Tarot Card set came with a book informing you of each character and minor characters as well. It explained different card layouts with another little book to help interpret what the meaning of each card is. It also comes with a poster to look at for refrence. I think if your just getting into the idea of reading tarot cards this would be the set to start out with. It has all the information needed to get know what your doing. It also goes in depth so you can apply your knowledge and become more advenced with your readings. Since your constantly looking at the meaning of the cards you get know what your talking about pretty quick. It's fun to have around for parties and hanging out. Good times!

A must have.......2007-05-21

This is one of the best decks available. It's well thought out with beautiful artwork, and that is enough to make it a worthy purchase. But it gets better: this deck resonates very well with women, and I often notice that readings with this deck move women more deeply and powerfully than the same reading with another deck. I believe there is also a workbook for this deck, which I've heard good things about.

Excellent deck.......2007-05-18

This is a beautiful deck. I love how it portrays the goddesses of different regions and focuses the minor arcana on the paths of four specific goddesses (Freya for Wands/Staves, Venus for Cups, Isis for Swords, Lakshmi for Pentacles). One slight complaint that the Venus Cup cards look too Medieval for the Roman goddess of beauty and love, but this is beautifully illustrated and easy to use. One of my favorite decks! :D

An interesting, untraditional deck.......2007-02-01

I picked up the goddess tarot some years ago mostly on a lark and a wish to see something new. While I hardly regret adding it to my collection; the deck sadly remains just that for me...a collector's item.

The stock of the cards is good- it is neither too stiff nor too delicate. This would make it very easy to work with if the cards were not nearly perfectly square and oversized in their width. Larger than the average hand, their nearly square shape can make handling them tricky for shuffling or holding steady if you prefer to lay your cards out by holding the deck to concentrate, rather than setting it down and doing so.

The art in this deck is very lovely- but do not expect the Major Arcana to make much sense to you right off if you go by traditional tarot. The majority of them have had their titles and some of their meanings as well changed.

Also if you are one who prefers balance in male and female in their decks, this one will feel very unbalanced to you. True to it's word, this deck is pretty much all about the goddesses in the world. Thus many of the cards traditionally identified with male energies are lacking the according symbolism or have been removed entirely among the major arcana and new ones invented in their place.

If you are a collector or a reader looking for a deck to get a feminine view on matters: the goddess tarot is for you. If you're new to tarot or seeking a traditional deck- it's suggested you look elsewhere.

Great addition to my tarot collection!.......2006-11-20

The Goddess Tarot is by far my favorite tarot deck. This pocket-sized version is a must have for lovers of the full-sized cards! I found the original deck is a little too large to fit comfortably in my purse, but this smaller deck is just right and now can be carried with me everywhere.

The artwork is a little less richly colored but still just as detailed. The cards are just the right size; not too small to shuffle comfortably/effectively but compact enough to travel with daily.

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Captivating, delightful, and enriching: a book to treasure
Celestially life enhancing!
no title
Buy two -- one for you, one for a friend!
Wonderful Experiences

The Book of Goddesses
Kris Waldherr
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ASIN: 0810970546

Book Description

The Book of Goddesses draws inspiration from the many goddesses honored throughout history in various cultures around the globe. This lavishly illustrated, greatly expanded 10th Anniversary Edition of Kris Waldherr's beloved classic pays homage to 100 of these revered women (74 more than the original edition), and is structured around the feminine rites of passage: Beginnings, Love, Motherhood, Creativity, Strength, and Transformation. These goddess stories tell of women's innate divinity, dignity, and potency—their ability to create life from their bodies, their strength of character, their magic. <BR><BR>This visually stunning book, by an author/illustrator with an enormous fan base, is a testament to the power, passion, wisdom, and beauty of women everywhere, in all stages of life.

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Captivating, delightful, and enriching: a book to treasure.......2007-03-01

Prepare to be beguiled. This is not an ordinary book.

Finding it was a happy accident while I was researching artistic responses to the myth of Persephone and Demeter. I knew Kris Waldherr had written a children's book about Persephone ('Persephone and the Pomegranate'), but it was out of print and had become a hard-to-find collector's item. So I turned to this more recent book of hers instead, and was captivated by it.

The book is designed as a complete whole, from its richly coloured endpapers with their jewel-like illustrations through to the lovely organic patterns of flowers, leaves, shells, rocks, birds and trees that run along the outer border of every page. Open it anywhere, and you'll see straight away that each double-page spread has been arranged with great care and sensitivity. Pictures are creatively balanced with text in a deeply satisfying way, from the evocative little vignettes inserted among the letterpress that give the words space to breathe, to the large richly coloured full-page illustrations. It doesn't matter if you think you're not interested in goddesses, and you don't have to be a woman to enjoy it; the book is so lovely that it will entice you in. Before you know where you are, you'll be immersed in the world of divine feminine archetypes that Kris Waldherr has laid before you.

This book is a wonderful demonstration of what can be achieved when an author/artist/designer has the inspiration, talent and vision to understand the potential of modern book production techniques, and take full advantage of them. 'Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful', advised William Morris. The Book of Goddesses fits both criteria, and here's the wonder: anyone can afford to buy one.

Celestially life enhancing!.......2005-09-08

Love everything Kris Waldherr does! Her artistic abilities shine in this loveliest of presentations. A dramatic and heartfelt sense of timing from those whose stories have deeply touched all of our lives through the mediums. It has become my first favorite deck, the second being the Goddesses.

no title.......2003-02-05

I've never been much of a mythology fan, but after bringing this book home from the library to do research on Aphrodite/Venus for a school project, I found myself reading every godess's story over and over again. The paintings are gorgeous and the written part is actually interesting. I never thought Diana, Athena, and Chang O could actually capture my imagination, but they did. Each godess is beautiful and unique in her own way. Kris Waldherr makes them each become the perfect role model for every type of girl. :-) -Willow

Buy two -- one for you, one for a friend!.......2001-12-18

This book is a lovely work of art! A perfect "coffee table" book or as an introduction for young people to different cultures and ways of seeing the world, The Book of Goddesses will open your mind and expand your consciousness. "My house is full of many mansions," and "many roads, one journey," come to mind as a way to describe the concepts that unfold as the beautiful artwork and simple text in two pages describes each goddess, where she is from, and what she represents. We cannot understand the world we live in if we continue to dismiss or minimize the cultures in which it is rooted. This may be a "radical" concept, but it is an important concept to understand.

This book would make a great gift.

Wonderful Experiences.......2001-11-13

I've had this book for about 4 years and I have just adored it! I love the many cross-cultured goddesses it introduces into our world and the lovely illustrations that symbolize these beings. It's just gorgeous and enlightening! I'm sure this will be a hand-me-down book for my daughter.

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Lover's Path Review

The Lover's Path Tarot premier edition
Kris Waldherr
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Lover's Path Review.......2007-01-31

The packaging is very appealing to me, I like the spread sheet being included, the cards are very good quality in my opinion with the designs appealing to me. The accompanying booklet details the story very well behind the Major Cards & gives a good one of the Minor Cards. Overall I would highly recommend this deck to others but also want to mention that someone totally new to Tarot may find it a bit hard to understand.
I rated this a 5 because I don't find anything about this set that would indicate less mind you the cards are a bit oversized but I don't find it difficult to shuffle them, someone with small hands could. I feel it also important to mention that it will sometime advertise it's hardcover but it is not always hardcover, again I didn't feel this worth rating it less... It's a 5 in my opinion...

The Book of Goddesses 2007 Wall Calendar

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The Goddess Within

The Book of Goddesses 2007 Wall Calendar
Kris Waldherr
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The Goddess Within.......2006-09-25

I am an ardent fan of Kris Waldherr's "Goddess Tarot", and am just becoming happily acquainted with her work "The Book of Goddesses". As an artist, and as an author, she is an eloquent spokesperson for the divine feminine within each of us.

"The Book of Goddesses" 2007 Calendar transfers the illustrations from her exquisite book into calendar format. The goddesses are from diverse cultures, and through image and story they bring the Divine Feminine to life.

At 12 inches by 12 inches, this is a fairly good sized calendar. It is formatted into two parts: the upper half shows a vibrant, full color graphic of the Goddess, while the lower half shows the Goddess on the left handside of the page, with the monthly calender on the remaining three-quarters of the page. At the bottom of the lower page is a precis about the Goddess and her history.

The calender pages include US and religious holidays, and the new and full moons.

The first page of the calendar shows the last four months of the year 2006, under the auspices of the Goddess Isis. the story reads:

"From before 3000 BCE to the second century CE, Isis was worshiped in Egypt as teh great mother goddess of the universe. She was present every day at sunrise, and at the time of the new and full moons. Responsible for everything to do with wetness adn moisture, her milk nourished all living beings. Her traditional headdress, a sun disk between two cow horns, symbolizes her varied duties."

The goddesses represented include Isis, Venus, Benzai-ten, Lakshmi, Gwenhywfar, Kwan Yin, Psyche, Chang O, Xochiquetzal, Oya, Athena, adn Freyja.

Such beautiful illustrations and well written text make this calendar a joy to have on the wall, and a "keeper" when the year is over.

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A book fit for kings and queens
To truly love another ...
Beautiful in more ways than one
A Beautiful Book
Nice combination of a pretty story and beautiful art

The Lover's Path: An Illustrated Novel
Kris Waldherr
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Book Description

Bestselling and illustrator Kris Waldherr's calendar features famous loves and their stories, including Dante and Beatrice, Tristan and Isolde, and Cupid and Psyche. This 16-month calendar includes 12 romantic postcards.

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A book fit for kings and queens.......2007-02-19

You may have seen images from The Lover's Path, and read descriptions of it, but that won't prepare you for the impact of holding and opening this astonishing object for the first time. I've never seen anything like this book before. It's so much more than the sum of its parts - and heaven knows, the parts are absorbing enough in themselves. Far more than an illustrated book, it offers its reader an experience that's not just literary, not just visual, but tactile as well. Reading the book involves not only attending to the words and images on the page, but physically unfolding a letter inserted among the pages, or removing Tarot cards from an envelope. And these things feel so right in their context. As I read, I'm conscious of the feel of the pages and the curiously solid, comforting weight of the book, in a way that isn't distracting but seems an integral part of the process - an imaginative extension of the reading experience. It's intensely personal. I know that this is a commercially produced book; but it feels like a hand-crafted private press book feels. It sings quietly in the hands.

I found the book invited me to linger over the illustrations and the beautifully designed pages, rather than rush through the story. I read it slowly, only a chapter at each sitting, immersing myself not only in the world of 16th century Venice, but in the luxurious physical presence of the book and its contents. To own this book is the kind of privilege that once only kings and queens could have known. Here, today, it can be had by anyone for a few dollars.

To truly love another ..........2006-11-19

Artist/author Kris Waldherr has gifted her readers with a world of mythic proportions in this work. You will feel that you are in sixteenth century Venice, walking along side the famous courtesan Tullia Ziani, and her talented younger sister Filomena - the Nightengale.

Woven into this feminist tale are the romantic myths of Beatrice and Dante, Danae and Zeus, Tristan and Isolde, the swan maiden, Psyche and Cupid, Orpheus and Eurydice, and Isis and Osiris.

Through well written words, stunning graphics, maps and letters - we enter another world, one of beauty and grace, but one that is also inhabited by sorrow and tragedy. As for those letters - in a very unique device, Waldherr presents us with several envelopes containing the letters referred to in her story, as part of the book. The reader is also gifted with the cards drawn for Filomena in a Tarot reading.

From the superb quality of the illustrations, to the gilt edged pages, the wonder maps, and the depth of thought presented here - this is a "must have" book for all who would follow the Lover's Path!

Beautiful in more ways than one.......2006-09-28

This is one of the most beautiful books I've ever seen, one of the most romantic, and at the same time contains strong female characters and historical accuracy. As a visual artist myself I know what went into this--years of meticulous research, endless revisions, and a huge wallop of talent. The reproduction is exquisite, leather-bound, gold stamping, and amazing extras like envelopes that open with separate letters that come out. In addition to the gorgeous artwork the story itself is compelling, both sad and hopeful, a moment of respite in our jaded world. Illustrated novels of this quality are hard to find. Take my advice and buy this book; you'll enjoy it and it makes a great present.

A Beautiful Book.......2006-03-30

This is one of the most beautiful, clever, and unique books it's ever been my privilege to own. It will transport you into a different world and a different way of viewing the universe.

Nice combination of a pretty story and beautiful art.......2006-01-15

I like this book. No, it's not the deepest thing you'll ever read, nor is it what I would call great literature, but it is a fun and engaging story. It is a historical romance set in sixteenth-century Venice with the kinds of exotic elements I love, like beautiful palazzos, walled gardens, and forbidden love. But what makes the book particularly enjoyable and worthwhile is its premise. There is a prologue supposedly written by the curator of a museum housed in the heroine's former palazzo. The museum is dedicated to the life of this woman and the story is put forth as a reissue of a book that was written by the protagonist in her lifetime. Now, for the fun part - the book is full of things like little letters that you can open and read, some tucked inside pretty little envelopes that are glued into the book. There are maps and supposed portraits of the book's main characters, all of which are supposed to be facsimiles of items in the museum's collection. Besides all of this, the book itself is beautiful, full of the author's illustrations. The pages have gilded edges and marbled borders. It is truly a work of art, which gives the book far more value than does the story alone. The book is a light, quick read, but it is these unique features and the lovely art that will make me treasure it.

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Super fast shipping
must have
A Great Tool For Both Initiates And Elders
Learning tarot
excellent!

The Goddess Tarot Workbook
Kris Waldherr
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Kris Waldherr has done it again! The Goddess Tarot Workbook is an essential companion tool to the popular Goddess Tarot deck. The workbook is a wonderful compilation that also includes custom spreads, and expands upon information introduced on each tarot card.

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Super fast shipping.......2005-09-20

I am very excited with my purchase, thank you soo much it is highly apprecaited. Will do business again.

must have.......2005-08-28

This is great with the deck, excellent aid for any woman seeking to understand herself and her feminity.

A Great Tool For Both Initiates And Elders.......2005-08-17

I've been reading tarot and runes for about ten years. I have changed decks several times through the years as I mature spiritually. My readings are based more on intuitive skills than the medium/method used. I don't go "By the Book." The deck speaks to me and will communicate traditional meanings as they apply. The Goddess Tarot resonated with me immediately. I planned to read with this deck at an event a month from the time I acquired it and ordered the workbook to help familiarize myself with the author's intent and interpretation. I like the simplicity of the workbook. It can be used to learn tarot or this particular deck as well as a meditation tool or journal. The thought-provoking questions prompt inner reflection and can help develop intuitive skills. The reader can do the work in order or as cards come up. I haven't written in my copy because I have a feeling I may want to go through it once a year or so. Highly recommended.

Learning tarot.......2005-08-13

This book is very well explained,It is nice to read and practical to use.It helped me to understand better the meanings of the tarot cards.

excellent!.......2003-02-11

I AM AN EXPERIENCED TAROT READER.I FOUND THIS DECK REFRESHING AND BEAUTIFULLY ILLUSTRATED.AND IT'S NOT JUST FOR WOMEN.I'VE USED IT WITH GENTLEMEN CLIENTS AND IT WORKS JUST AS WELL.I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT FOR PEOPLE WHO SEE THE TAROT NOT AS A DARK WAY OF FORTUNE TELLING BUT AS A MYSTICAL AND ILLUMINATING GUIDE.

Embracing the Goddess Within: A Creative Guide for Women

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Nice introduction to Goddesses around the world
skimming the surface
A wonderful Goddess book!

Embracing the Goddess Within: A Creative Guide for Women
Kris Waldherr
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Nice introduction to Goddesses around the world.......2003-01-16

My scholarly devotion to paganism had once followed a decidely Celtic path. That is until I picked up this book shortly after seeing Waldherr's Goddess Tarot. While it does not give an in-depth treatment of the selected goddesses, it gives you a taste of other traditions. The cultural diversity of this book is responsible for piquing my interest in Tara, Sarasvati, Kali Ma and Quan Yin - goddesses I now hold dear. I also think this would be a lovely book to give to your non-pagan girlfriends who you wish to gently introduce to your beliefs. Worth checking out.

skimming the surface.......2000-08-22

I was very disappointed in the lack of depth of Embracing the Goddess Within. There is approxamately a paragraph stating the history or outline of the story concerning each goddess, then another page devoted to a "ritual" to connect with that goddess. I was aching for more substance... to use a familiar goddess, Aphrodite, as an example, Waldherr basically says that she's a greek goddess of romantic love, unwilling wife of Vulcan, etc. Then the "ritual" is to take a bath in rosepetals. I expected to gain some deeper understanding behind the culture of each goddess, but it's little more than what you would find in a "mythological encyclopedia."

A wonderful Goddess book!.......2000-05-06

This is a wonderfully written and illustrated book which would be wonderful for long time followers of the Goddess or would serve as an excellent introduction for newcomers. There are different sections in the book devoted to Goddesses focusing on specific areas of life. The meditations are simple, but profound. Just reading them immediately gives you a feeling of deeper understanding and connection with the Goddess in all her many guises. A very empowering book! I believe it would make a wonderful gift for anyone, but most especially any woman who is facing times of change or struggle, or one who maybe just needs to be reminded how amazing she is because of the simple fact that she is a woman.

Bless the Beasts: Children's Prayers and Poems About Animals

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An enjoyable and inspirational children's picture book
Honoring Connections
OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS

Bless the Beasts: Children's Prayers and Poems About Animals
June Cotner
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ASIN: 1587171767

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Children love animals, their connection with animals fosters respect for creation and humanity. These inspirational prayers and poems offer graceful words of personal observation, joy, and concern about their favorite creatures, from the cuddliest pets to the wildest beasts.

Filled with over 30 lavishly illustrated reflections to suit any mood, this interfaith collection includes thoughtful, funny, and profound poems and prayers by such beloved writers as Carl Sandburg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jane Yolen, and Rudyard Kipling—along with fresh offerings from newer poets and a sprinkling of heartfelt prayers written by children themselves. Together they provide an accessible door to a child’s spiritual life and development of compassionate values.

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An enjoyable and inspirational children's picture book.......2002-11-15

Bless The Beasts: Children's Prayers And Poems About Animals is an enjoyable and inspirational children's picture book, illustrated with gentle full color artwork illustrating a series of prayers to God on behalf of humble animals. Bless The Beasts is highly recommended as a delightful, gentle and emotionally moving anthology of spiritual verse for young readers. "Dear God,/You protected the lamb following Mary to school/the mouse running up and down the clock/even the cow jumping over the moon."

Honoring Connections.......2002-10-17

The innate attraction of children for what is true, kind and beautiful can be seen in their love of the natural world. On the exquisitely illustrated pages of BLESS THE BEASTS intriguing insects, family pets, farm animals, artic dwellers and creatures of the sea and skies fill young minds with curiosity, awe, laughter and an enhanced understanding of their humanity. Anyone wishing to encourage and honor the connection between humans and God's creatures whether they splash, creep, crawl, prance, hop or flutter will find a treasure in this creatively collected anthology. Surley many of these accessible yet thought provoking poems and prayers will find a permanent home in the hearts of children and adults who share the joy of reading them again and again.

OUR ANIMAL FRIENDS.......2002-09-12

From poems about birds by Carl Sandburg and Victor Hugo to a poem about horses dancing by Paula Timpson, BLESS THE BEASTS is a feast for animal lovers. Other famous authors, such as Robert Louis Stevenson and Jane Yolen, and many not-so-famous adults and children have shared their love for pets or their admiration for wild creatures in this beautiful collection by June Cotner. Illustrations by Kris Waldherr are so lifelike you will want to stroke the fur or feathers.

If you've ever been owned and loved by an animal or you have a strong empathy with wild animals or birds, this book is a must for your library. Take your cat onto you lap and curl up with it....

Sacred Animals
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Sacred Animals
Kris Waldherr
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Binding: Hardcover

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From The Beginning Of Time, people have watched and wondered at the animals with which they share the earth. Over the centuries thousandsof stories have sprung up around animals, many based in truth, others the products of pure imagination, but all of them celebrating the magic and mystery of the natural world.As she did in the best-selling The Book Of Goddesses, Kris Waldherr has combed the world's major mythologies to create a stunning multicultural collection of images and information. Dazzling full-color portraits of legendary creatures and mythical beasts are accompanied by lively, well-researched commentaries that explore each of sixteen animals' special significance in the traditions of diverse cultures and religions. A work of both art and scholarship, Sacred Animals is a magnificent gift for animals lovers of all ages.

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Lovely and Different
Classic Love Stories and Myths Provide Basis for this Lovely Tarot Deck
A Wonderful Tarot Deck
If you thought you were going to like it, still you'll be surprised.
Another Winner from Waldherr

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Kris Waldherr
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Lovely and Different.......2006-06-20

The artwork for this set if beautiful, and it also has some of the finest packaging I've seen for a normally priced tarot set. (Rather than high-priced collectables.)

I think that the retitling of the cards gives them a great deal of freedom with the selection of appropriate images for each of the Majors.

I like this deck, but I could do with just a bit more analysis of each card; yes, I'm an intermediate reader who likes their hand held a little bit.

Classic Love Stories and Myths Provide Basis for this Lovely Tarot Deck.......2006-02-16

After purchasing this deck to help a friend tool out her relationship difficulty, I quickly became mesmerized by not only the beautiful artwork depicted on each of the "Lover's Path Tarot", but the extremely satisfying manner in which creator Kris Waldherr has interspersed important legendary love stories from history, myth and literature with important emotional markers to mirror our own inner relationships to underline and further illuminate the Tarot's traditional archetypical connotation.

Each of the 22 Major Arcana represents a famous pair of lovers. Instead of the usual tarot name of the card, the actual emotion corresponding to the traditional tarot symbolism or story of progressive life lessons simplifies and at the same time helps one to remember the actual meaning of the card by remembering the moral of the story signified by the featured couple. For example, Major Arcana card number XIII Death, usually perceived as a frightening card in a reading, is denoted in this deck as the emotion Transformation and embodied by the relationship between Persephone and the god of the Underworld Pluto, The significance of something having to die in order for change to occur becomes poignantly realistic while recalling that Persephone had to allow herself to transform through her 6 months in Hades with Pluto in order to be reborn each Spring. Equally compelling is Waldherr's number XXI World card. Entitled "Triumph" it utilizes the story of Ariadne and Dionysus to elucidate the meaning of the card. Ariadne, abandoned by Theseus after helping him through the Labyrinth, finds greater fulfillment with the god of wine on Naxos. One truly gets the feeling of expansion, hope and a triumph over difficulties that the traditional card represents.

Waldherr's treatment of the 56 minor Arcana cards greatly aids the reader to a more significant understanding and recognition of the meanings behind the appearance of these cards in a reading. Each of the 14 cards in each distinct suit (here, cups represent cups, staves represent rods, arrows represent swords and coins represent pentacles) is used to milestone events in four major stories affiliated with four of the Major Arcana cards. The cups suit (water) details the story of Tristan and Isolde, two lovers definitely influenced by the cups suit traditional theme of a strong emotive influence---Desire. Each beautifully rendered depiction helps the reader to remember the part of the story that the card traditionally and archetypically characterizes. Knowing the story allows the reader to respond to the emotions evoked and to put together a mini-story that facilitates superior spiritual and emotional insight. The Stave ( Rod-fire) suit retells the action story of Sigfried and Brunnhilde--Strength. The story of Cupid and Psyche -- Awakening (the Sun) brings the intellect suit of Arrows (Swords- air) to life while demystisizing some of this suits bleaker cards. The love between Danae and Zeus (Fortune- Wheel of Fortune) exemplifies the suit of Coins (Pentacles - Earth) where the best the world can offer is shown to transform one's life.

In addition to full page and color representations of all 78 cards, the author provides a chapter in the acoompanying book where she explores different spreads designed specifically for particular queries. An addendum completes the author's text, offering a quick, easy-to-read table of both the major Arcana, complete with small photos of each card for easy remembrance and cross-reference, major themes and the paired lovers. Resources are made available for those who want to further their reading about the included paired lovers or about tarot in general.

Bottom line: This exquisite deck adds dimension to the usual Rider-Waite Smith symbolism which still lurks at the heart of each of the cards. The use of the paired lovers not only provides extra visual splendor, but enhances one's initial response to each of the cards in a reading. Well done, Ms Waldherr! Recommended to all those interested in newer Tarot decks that will link famous love relationships with our own thrust for inner growth.

A Wonderful Tarot Deck.......2006-01-31

this is an amazing tarot deck, i recomend it to anyone who is serious about it. not only is it acurate it is a beautiful tarot deck. wonderful deck.

If you thought you were going to like it, still you'll be surprised........2005-11-24

As soon as I received the Lover's Path Set I knew I had done the right thing. I expected an high quality product, but I hadn't imagined it would be so sumptuous. The elegant burgundy box has a Velcro strap closure and encloses the card reference book: a glossy, all-colour companion which will explain the tale behind each card, along with the used symbolism, the common meaning, and the omnipresent keywords. A section of the book features 7 spreads to use with the deck and a quick card reference guide. Sealed with a wine ribbon is the spread scroll, which contains the spreads you find also in the book. After drooled over the book and accessories, let's take a look to the cards. The size is a little wider than usual tarot (about 3½" by 4¾") and they are printed in a good matte stock. The rich frame around the picture carries again burgundy and gold tones, and the very drawings follow a Pre-Raphaelite style, which I'm absolutely crazy about. Historical, literary, and legendary couples are portrait in the cards, loosely playing according a Rider-Waite script. Unless you have a solid and varied knowledge of myth and literature (and even so), you surely will take good advantage from reading the companion book. This will help beginners to restore their Rider-Waite references, and will be also useful to expert readers for understanding the feeling of this deck and consulting it for love and relationship matters. If you are a collector, instead, you surely don't want to miss this piece of art, which is a real feast for your eyes.
This is one of those times when it is mandatory to buy the boxset.

Another Winner from Waldherr.......2005-09-20

I've been a fan of Waldherr since The Book of Goddesses, have all of her books and several of her prints, and eagerly awaited this deck though I did not believe I could possibly appreciate it as much as her Goddess Tarot. I was wrong; the artwork is gorgeous, the interpretation of the traditional images/archetypes is fresh and thought-provoking without straying too far to be recognizable, and the package is beautifully put together.

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