Kan Steventon, Brian Clark
US Games, Inc
2006
My husband bought this for me for Christmas 2010. He went to a New Age store, all by himself, and picked it out. I believe he picked it out because there was an image of a horse on the box! No matter.
The deck is really very blue. Seriously, the main color scheme is blue. Luckily, I like the color blue, but it is just so much. The artwork is well done. Each card is chock full of esoteric symbols and astrological references. Unfortunately, astrology is NOT my strong suit. However, given my study of the Golden Dawn System for tarot, it might actually be helpful in the long run.
The book is very well written and detailed in its discussions of symbols and astrology. I can see it becoming a reference book for astrological influences for tarot in general. The card stock is the usual laminated sort, not too stiff, but not flimsy, either.
As a reading deck it was a serious challenge. The deck just did not "speak" to me at all. I had no clue as to the astrological references. And the Tree of Life references were equally difficult. But that is because of ME and not because of the deck. For someone who is well versed in these topics, I believe it could be a really great deck. But for me at my current level, it is a very complicated and frustrating experience to read with it.
Rating: Keeper-
