Robin Wood
Llewellyn, 1991
I purchased this deck in 2000 in Salem, Oregon. It was actually my second tarot deck of the RWS variety. I thought it was going to be all awesome and Pagan-y. Oh, I had great plans for this deck. And then I opened the pack and started using it. I wasn’t immediately impressed. I bought the book and found it helpful. But still...I just sort of stuck it in a drawer and used my Mythic Tarot exclusively.
This deck has been cleansed by the moon, charged by the moon, splattered with holy water and sandalwood oil. It has been incensed and sprinkled with salt. Didn’t work. Still don’t have any magi(c)(k)al connection with the deck. Of course, that doesn’t mean it isn’t any good. It is just too much for me - like it is a RW clone from the 70s - it lost inhibitions, got naked and discovered sex. I have given great thought to why I don’t really use this deck. And I think that it is because I never rebelled. I didn’t become liberated from the Church - throwing off the blatant Judeo-Christian flavor of the RWS in favor of the Pagan / Wiccan flavor of the Robin Wood.
I have used it and it does give decent readings. I do think that I would prefer to just use the Rider Waite instead. It just is too close and as such I might as well as just use the original.
Rating: Keeper-
