Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Llewellyn, 2011 (Deck Only Version)
EDIT: Gifted to a good home, 2011
I pre-ordered the deck only version of this and then forgot about it. I received an email from Amazon that it had shipped. This lapse was prophetic, I think.
The deck came in a nice box - the kind that opens length wise. The card stock is typical - not too laminated, but still protected with some sort of chemical brew. The colors were soft and beautiful. In fact, I cannot say enough good things about the beauty of this deck. The colors, the images, the animals, the interplay between parts of the images and their backgrounds, etc. She is a very good artist. The cards are like 78 pieces of art.
However, I couldn't read with it. Not at all. I tried. Readings were forced. I couldn't wait for the week to end. I liked looking at the cards I drew, but they didn't say anything to me. I have heard that the books tell the story of each card, but I wonder if the story is so personal to the artist that I just can't see it without the artists help? But then, I know that is not true as others have no problems reading with it without reading the books. So, it must just be me. And that is okay. I am not going to "click" with every deck. Even one with a Happy Squirrel card!!
I passed it along to somebody who seemed to want it very much. I have received so many little gifts from various people on Aeclectic Tarot, that it just seemed that this deck needed to move on as a gift rather than as a trade. For some reason, it just DEMANDED it. And I am glad I listened as the new custodian of this deck really likes it. I am happy that it brings this person joy and it drives home the point that just because I don't like something, it doesn't need to languish in my collection. It needs to move up and out to spread whatever magic that it can.
Rating: Lovely deck, but sent on to another.
