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The Everyday Enchantment Tarot: Finding Magic in the Midst of Life
Profound wisdom is made accessible with this contemporary 78-card deck and expansive guidebook, which demystifies the traditional Tarot without losing its essential magic or structure. This down-to-earth yet captivating Tarot reveals the extraordinary in the ordinary, reminding you that there's nothing humdrum about everyday life! The distinctive cards depict recognizable characters of all ages, appearances, and abilities, providing insights and inspiration from people just like you. The comprehensive book allows each familiar character to communicate directly, combining their story with keywords and clear descriptions that invite your intuitive interpretation. This warmly inclusive Tarot celebrates all life, embracing nature and the non-human beings that share our world - our unseen companions and our creature-kin. Here wild spirits and animals, car mechanics and busy parents are all equally vital, and each has something meaningful to share. These engaging individuals support and encourage you on your journey, making every day more enchanted.
- GenresTarot
176 pages, Paperback
First published February 28, 2018
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December 30, 2018
I'm a long-time fan of Poppy Palin, and was eagerly awaiting her deck. This deck is sacred and beautiful, with an intention to allow us to remember that we are all One, and to align with that Oneness. The World card is my very favorite, with women from different cultures around the world knitting together a landscape. The book does not offer sample readings, but describes each card with key words, the card's relationship and comparison with the traditional Raider-Waite card (very helpful), description of all the imagery, story from the point of view of the main character of each card, and additional divinatory meanings. The cards read easily, and may not be perfect for beginners but for those who are early-intermediate to advanced. I adore this deck and consider it one of my favorites already. Worth it.
April 8, 2021
I'm conflicted about The Everyday Enchantment Tarot, so I'll just break it all down here.
Pros:
1) At under $30, this deck is a great bargain for all that's contained in the box.
2) The LWB is anything but "little". It's a bonified book containing so much goodness, with mostly fresh perspectives on tarot and life in general.
3) The cardstock is really nice. It's not at all fancy, but the cards glide without being glossy. They have a smooth eggshell-like appearance and would shuffle easily if not for their size.
Cons:
1) The cards are HUGE! I would be very skeptical if anyone claimed their hands are large enough to shuffle these comfortably.
2) The artwork isn't my favorite. At first glance, I was intrigued by the artist's depictions of multicultural, down-to-earth average humans. The further into the deck/book I got, however, the more that enchantment wore off. The art is technically good, for the most part, although several visual perspectives of the human characters seems off, but it's just not my style. Faces are often twisted in strange expressions or else, in the case of children, just plain creepy.
3) I must not have understood the essence of the deck before I bought it. As nice as "finding magic in the midst of life" sounds, what it entails is viewing mythical fae-type creatures on every card, with a book insisting these "helpers" set the mood and change the outcome. First, fine. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, certainly where it comes to spirituality. However, I just can't shrug the feeling that these spirit-entities are being given credit for people's actions - good and bad. With this kind of outlook, we absolve ourselves and others of responsibilities. If we're subtly influenced by something like a metaphysical breeze and it "causes" us to be rude and mean to someone else, we're still the ones who acted on it and the ones responsible. Even if you believe in ever-constant creatures who can influence us, you should still believe in personal responsibility for one's own actions. I think this is what bothers me the most about this deck/book. Many occult/new age sources place extreme value on so-called personal responsibility. Why is this so different and why does that bother me so much? There's a balance between the two viewpoints that I don't often see writers reach. We are influenced by others (I'm talking about other humans) and by many subtle and not-so-subtle systems (like oppression, racism, classism, etc) but we are still responsible for any crimes we commit or people we hurt along the way. You don't get a free pass for murder because you were abused by someone in the past, etc.
Summary:
If you're not super picky and you're a collector of tarot decks, you may enjoy this one. It's different enough while staying true to the Rider-Waite-Smith format that you should feel mostly familiar with it. I don't think this is a great deck for beginners because it's nowhere near an RWS clone. I think this deck is aimed more at the "colorblind" boomer group than it is people of the millennial and Gen Z age groups. If you're an art critic or an artist, you may be irked by the art style. And, if you're either a new age spiritual person or a Pagan, you may be troubled by the implication that we owe our moods and actions to invisible forces with their own agendas. But, then again, maybe not. Maybe I'm just super picky when it comes to tarot decks. Maybe a deck has to be super special for me to bond with it.
(Some super special decks I wholeheartedly recommend? The Light Seer's Tarot The Light Seer's Tarot: A Journey of Shadows and Sunshine, The Gentle Tarot by Mari in the Sky, Crystal Unicorn Tarot by Pamela Chen, The This Might Hurt Tarot The This Might Hurt Tarot Guidebook, and most of all, the Luna Sol Tarot The Luna Sol Tarot, which is about to be reprinted in better quality than the first version that's out of print!! If you live in the US, you can find the Luna Sol - my favorite and most radically inclusive deck - on Amazon for a great price.)
Pros:
1) At under $30, this deck is a great bargain for all that's contained in the box.
2) The LWB is anything but "little". It's a bonified book containing so much goodness, with mostly fresh perspectives on tarot and life in general.
3) The cardstock is really nice. It's not at all fancy, but the cards glide without being glossy. They have a smooth eggshell-like appearance and would shuffle easily if not for their size.
Cons:
1) The cards are HUGE! I would be very skeptical if anyone claimed their hands are large enough to shuffle these comfortably.
2) The artwork isn't my favorite. At first glance, I was intrigued by the artist's depictions of multicultural, down-to-earth average humans. The further into the deck/book I got, however, the more that enchantment wore off. The art is technically good, for the most part, although several visual perspectives of the human characters seems off, but it's just not my style. Faces are often twisted in strange expressions or else, in the case of children, just plain creepy.
3) I must not have understood the essence of the deck before I bought it. As nice as "finding magic in the midst of life" sounds, what it entails is viewing mythical fae-type creatures on every card, with a book insisting these "helpers" set the mood and change the outcome. First, fine. Everyone's entitled to their own opinion, certainly where it comes to spirituality. However, I just can't shrug the feeling that these spirit-entities are being given credit for people's actions - good and bad. With this kind of outlook, we absolve ourselves and others of responsibilities. If we're subtly influenced by something like a metaphysical breeze and it "causes" us to be rude and mean to someone else, we're still the ones who acted on it and the ones responsible. Even if you believe in ever-constant creatures who can influence us, you should still believe in personal responsibility for one's own actions. I think this is what bothers me the most about this deck/book. Many occult/new age sources place extreme value on so-called personal responsibility. Why is this so different and why does that bother me so much? There's a balance between the two viewpoints that I don't often see writers reach. We are influenced by others (I'm talking about other humans) and by many subtle and not-so-subtle systems (like oppression, racism, classism, etc) but we are still responsible for any crimes we commit or people we hurt along the way. You don't get a free pass for murder because you were abused by someone in the past, etc.
Summary:
If you're not super picky and you're a collector of tarot decks, you may enjoy this one. It's different enough while staying true to the Rider-Waite-Smith format that you should feel mostly familiar with it. I don't think this is a great deck for beginners because it's nowhere near an RWS clone. I think this deck is aimed more at the "colorblind" boomer group than it is people of the millennial and Gen Z age groups. If you're an art critic or an artist, you may be irked by the art style. And, if you're either a new age spiritual person or a Pagan, you may be troubled by the implication that we owe our moods and actions to invisible forces with their own agendas. But, then again, maybe not. Maybe I'm just super picky when it comes to tarot decks. Maybe a deck has to be super special for me to bond with it.
(Some super special decks I wholeheartedly recommend? The Light Seer's Tarot The Light Seer's Tarot: A Journey of Shadows and Sunshine, The Gentle Tarot by Mari in the Sky, Crystal Unicorn Tarot by Pamela Chen, The This Might Hurt Tarot The This Might Hurt Tarot Guidebook, and most of all, the Luna Sol Tarot The Luna Sol Tarot, which is about to be reprinted in better quality than the first version that's out of print!! If you live in the US, you can find the Luna Sol - my favorite and most radically inclusive deck - on Amazon for a great price.)
July 11, 2020
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