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Deck Reviews: Sights of the Southwest Lenormand and The Tudor Lenormand

  

Sights of the Southwest Lenormand (book and deck)

Companion Book details listed below

  • Paperback: 102 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (July 20, 2017)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1517759471
  • ISBN-13: 978-1517759476
  • Product Dimensions6 x 0.2 x 9 inches

The Tudor Lenormand (book and deck)

Companion Book details listed below

  • Paperback: 140 pages
  • Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (October 14, 2015)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1517593174
  • ISBN-13: 978-1517593179
  • Product Dimensions6 x 0.3 x 9 inches

Both created by Eva M. Sawyer

Please note that review copies of the decks and companion books were provided from the creator.

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2 Samhains and a Survey

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This year was the year of 2 Samhains for me: my coven celebrated a small private gathering, and then the next weekend I traveled to NYC and helped facilitate our sister coven’s public celebration in Midtown Manhattan.

Only in retrospect am I realizing that this was a lot for me. Maybe too much, with this being the first Samhain since my father passed away unexpectedly last year.

I was expecting to not hear from him. That’s the reason why I took on two Samhains: there was no way he’d make his presence known, besides the song that has been following me and my sister around in the months since his passing… the only communication from the other side from him that we have both experienced, that we can agree on.

I was wrong. I heard from him. I heard from him A LOT. Things that I hadn’t thought about in years came flooding back, memories of Toblerone and backgammon and happier times, and beating him at chess and knowing I had truly beaten him on my own merits (he would never let me win; never intentionally throw a match).

Samhain can be hard if you’ve lost someone. To many people, Halloween is a fun holiday of candy and costumes and harmless scares. To the grieving… it’s something different. It’s real, as Megan Devine of Refuge in Grief writes. And to the witch that is grieving AND knows the veil between the living and the dead is pretty darn thin… it can be something different and overwhelming on a whole other level.

If you’re a tarot reader at this time of year, you’ll get those questions about deceased relatives, as many people assume that if you can read tarot you can also talk to the dead. Sometimes that’s true. Sometimes it’s not.

It can be hard getting messages for others but not hearing messages for yourself, the little comfort you can give in being the messenger not available when it comes to your own losses.

Yes. Two Samhains was one Samhain too much. Hindsight is always 20/20.Continue Reading

The Simple Tarot: 7 Questions with Angie Green

This interview is a part of the “7 Questions” series. I will be posing 7 questions to people within the tarot community; whether they are bloggers, authors, deck creators, or fellow readers (or sometimes, all of the above!).


Today’s edition of 7 Questions finds me talking with Angie Green, creator of The Simple Tarot. I was delighted to receive the Simple Tarot Beginner Deck, with keywords on it. If you are looking for a cleaner deck sans keywords, the Classic Version of this deck is for you.

Below are some pictures I took when I first unboxed the deck.

Holy moly, what a treasure trove of resources you get with this deck: a companion guidebook, a cheat sheet, and keywords DIRECTLY on the face of each card, whether it’s Major or Minor. Seriously, the Simple Tarot, where were you when I was first learning tarot???

As I lovingly perused this deck, I thought that a deck review was simply not enough: I needed answers! Here’s the questions that came to mind as I worked through The Simple Tarot, and answers from its creator Angie Green:


Question: There are so many tarot readers out there that want to make their own tarot deck, but find it daunting. What inspired you to create The Simple Tarot, rather than make yet another RWS clone?Continue Reading

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