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Soul Cats Tarot
Rediscover your passion for play, your sense of adventure, and your capacity for love with help from the soul cats, a divine group of felines who work in conjunction with angels. This gorgeous deck introduces you to an abundance of spiritual guides and teaches you how to apply their wisdom and strengths to your life. Featuring a guidebook by tarot expert Leeza Robertson and spectacular illustrations by Adam Oehlers, Soul Cats Tarot showcases both glamoured (ordinary in appearance) and unglamoured (divine in appearance) cats to inspire your readings.
- GenresTarot
216 pages, Cards and book
Published March 8, 2022
About the author
Leeza Robertson
25 books44 followersLeeza Robertson is the author of Tarot Court Cards for Beginners and Tarot Reversals for Beginners, and she’s the creator of two tarot decks, the Mermaid Tarot and Animal Totem Tarot. Leeza spends her days dreaming up new tarot decks and exploring new ways to introduce more people to the world of tarot. When she doesn’t have her nose in a book or her fingers running across a deck of cards, she runs an online Tarot Academy with her Business Partner Pamela Chen which can be found online at Bit.ly/uftamagic
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May 22, 2022
Hi all! You can find this review with images on my blog: https://ttarotreviews.blogspot.com/20...
My first Llewellyn deck, my first Leeza Robertson deck. I wasn't sure what to expect of them, but I'm really happy with both! Definitely a fantastic introduction to this company and author.
Llewellyn publish their decks in large, book sized boxes, made of sturdy cardboard with a magnetic closure on the right hand side. The cards sit in a well with a ribbon to help get them out. (Quick note: I've seen other reviewers talk about the smell of the cards. It's not unpleasent, but it is there, and it's already fading from simply having the cards out and using them. If it bothers you, just leave them out in the open for a couple of days and they should air out nicely.) The cards are standard Tarot size and should be easy for most people to handle; they have a nice feel, slide and shuffle easily, and so far show no signs of chipping, bending or tearing.
The book is thick, well bound, with glossy pages. It starts with an introduction; the soul cats are spirits who came to help us humans find our way forward. It moves on to talk about activating and using the cards before moving into describing the cards themselves.
Starting with the Major Arcana, each card has a whole page reproduction of the card, in full colour. This is fantastic as the image is even bigger than the cards, making it easy to pick up on symbols and small details. The facing page has some general advice, then specifics for upright (guidance) and reversed (protection) meanings. After the Majors, it goes through the Minors in similar detail.
After the cards there are spreads and a spell. I'm interested in the spell, but it involves catnip and mouse toys - I think my actual cat might interfere! I'll try it some time.
The cards have a beautiful design on the back. It's almost entirely reversible; the reflections in the eye are slightly different on each side, but you'd need to be studying them very closely to notice the difference.
The cards are borderless, with the title printed at the bottom. The Majors include the number, in Roman numerals.
The Minors don't have any kind of matching colour palette to tie them together, but each Minor is represented by a specific breed of cat. I'm taking this from the LWB as I'm not very good at cat breeds (mine have always been moggies): Cups are Bengals, Wands are Bombay, Swords are Siamese and Pentacles are Maine Coons. The Majors are all mixed breeds. Court cards show the Soul Cats as they truly appear; all the other cards are a mix of true appearances and glamoured to look like regular earth cats. Several of the cats are very cat like and some are rather unearthly - that Ace of Swords is looking straight into your soul!
The Court cards have certain similarities across suits - the Kings all have that little beard, the Knights all wear gauntlets, the Pages are all winged and wearing goggles - but each suit has its own symbol (difficult to see in some but always there!).
I've found the deck to be quite mild and friendly in its' advice. Some of the meanings given in the book are different to the 'usual' meanings; you can learn the new ones, or, if your memory is as bad as mine, use the 'usual' meanings, it will suit either. The images are close enough to RWS that it could be a first deck, but the altered meanings might confuse someone who learns on this one and then moves on to another.
I'm very fond of this deck and I look forward to performing many readings with it.
My first Llewellyn deck, my first Leeza Robertson deck. I wasn't sure what to expect of them, but I'm really happy with both! Definitely a fantastic introduction to this company and author.
Llewellyn publish their decks in large, book sized boxes, made of sturdy cardboard with a magnetic closure on the right hand side. The cards sit in a well with a ribbon to help get them out. (Quick note: I've seen other reviewers talk about the smell of the cards. It's not unpleasent, but it is there, and it's already fading from simply having the cards out and using them. If it bothers you, just leave them out in the open for a couple of days and they should air out nicely.) The cards are standard Tarot size and should be easy for most people to handle; they have a nice feel, slide and shuffle easily, and so far show no signs of chipping, bending or tearing.
The book is thick, well bound, with glossy pages. It starts with an introduction; the soul cats are spirits who came to help us humans find our way forward. It moves on to talk about activating and using the cards before moving into describing the cards themselves.
Starting with the Major Arcana, each card has a whole page reproduction of the card, in full colour. This is fantastic as the image is even bigger than the cards, making it easy to pick up on symbols and small details. The facing page has some general advice, then specifics for upright (guidance) and reversed (protection) meanings. After the Majors, it goes through the Minors in similar detail.
After the cards there are spreads and a spell. I'm interested in the spell, but it involves catnip and mouse toys - I think my actual cat might interfere! I'll try it some time.
The cards have a beautiful design on the back. It's almost entirely reversible; the reflections in the eye are slightly different on each side, but you'd need to be studying them very closely to notice the difference.
The cards are borderless, with the title printed at the bottom. The Majors include the number, in Roman numerals.
The Minors don't have any kind of matching colour palette to tie them together, but each Minor is represented by a specific breed of cat. I'm taking this from the LWB as I'm not very good at cat breeds (mine have always been moggies): Cups are Bengals, Wands are Bombay, Swords are Siamese and Pentacles are Maine Coons. The Majors are all mixed breeds. Court cards show the Soul Cats as they truly appear; all the other cards are a mix of true appearances and glamoured to look like regular earth cats. Several of the cats are very cat like and some are rather unearthly - that Ace of Swords is looking straight into your soul!
The Court cards have certain similarities across suits - the Kings all have that little beard, the Knights all wear gauntlets, the Pages are all winged and wearing goggles - but each suit has its own symbol (difficult to see in some but always there!).
I've found the deck to be quite mild and friendly in its' advice. Some of the meanings given in the book are different to the 'usual' meanings; you can learn the new ones, or, if your memory is as bad as mine, use the 'usual' meanings, it will suit either. The images are close enough to RWS that it could be a first deck, but the altered meanings might confuse someone who learns on this one and then moves on to another.
I'm very fond of this deck and I look forward to performing many readings with it.
January 23, 2023
Este precioso tarot consta de la baraja completa de 78 cartas más un libro de cuidada edición a todo olor de 216.
Las cartas en sí son muy visuales y altamente sugerentes y sugestivas. En ellas, destacan los claroscuros con fondo de las cartas, los cuales hacen resaltar la majestuosidad y potente presencia de los felinos ilustrados.
Sin ser mi tarot favorito de gatos (aunque se acerque), contiene algunas de las que ya considero como mis favoritas de todos los tarots (7 espadas, 10 oros, el loco, el colgado y el 8 espadas).
En lo referente a su manual explicativo, que está dividido a doble página por carta más ilustración a color, resalta su prefacio que borda la simbología de cada arcano mediante la exposición gráfica. Los siguientes apartados, de “guía” (lectura derecho) y “protección” (lectura inversa), toman la filosofía profunda, con mayor o menor acierto en ocasiones. Aquí los adentrados en el arte, podrán sacarle más partido.
Un tarot majestuoso, atrapante y altamente espiritual, precisamente es su gran baza; el enfoque de su desarrollo, y sus impresionantes ilustraciones.
Las cartas en sí son muy visuales y altamente sugerentes y sugestivas. En ellas, destacan los claroscuros con fondo de las cartas, los cuales hacen resaltar la majestuosidad y potente presencia de los felinos ilustrados.
Sin ser mi tarot favorito de gatos (aunque se acerque), contiene algunas de las que ya considero como mis favoritas de todos los tarots (7 espadas, 10 oros, el loco, el colgado y el 8 espadas).
En lo referente a su manual explicativo, que está dividido a doble página por carta más ilustración a color, resalta su prefacio que borda la simbología de cada arcano mediante la exposición gráfica. Los siguientes apartados, de “guía” (lectura derecho) y “protección” (lectura inversa), toman la filosofía profunda, con mayor o menor acierto en ocasiones. Aquí los adentrados en el arte, podrán sacarle más partido.
Un tarot majestuoso, atrapante y altamente espiritual, precisamente es su gran baza; el enfoque de su desarrollo, y sus impresionantes ilustraciones.
March 18, 2022
I just received this and did a quick 3 card spread. I use Tarot and oracle cards for personal growth and not for spiritual guidance. I have to say this is a beautiful deck. I love Adam Oehlers’ artwork and this is no exception. Also, the cards actually bend a bit when shuffling (unlike many other decks I’ve use) and so it’s very comfortable. The guidebook is so nice. It has thicker magazine like pages, so it turns well and feels great reading. I never review decks, but this is one of the best I’ve used, so far, and that includes the really expensive ones I have.
August 18, 2023
Leeza Robertson hit the artistic jackpot when she partnered with Adam Oehlers. His artwork is stunning. It isn’t just his overall artistry combined with the muted colour palette that makes this deck so special though. It’s that he captures the essence of each cat, and thus each card, so well.
To read my full review and see more card images visit https://mjstarot.com/soul-cats-tarot/
To read my full review and see more card images visit https://mjstarot.com/soul-cats-tarot/
May 24, 2026
From the art that takes my breath away, to the easily understood and adaptable descriptions, this deck is everything I have ever needed.
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