The Wild Unknown Tarot pocket size in a tin, is just a great good quality deck.
This tarot deck has Kim Krans unique unmistakable atmospheric illustration style, which is immediately recognizable because of the simplicity of the elements, abstract predominantly B&W imagery with splashes of bright colors. The imagery relates to the natural world, the woods and the animals that populate it. This is a night-time-vibe Tarot, as the night scenes dominate most of the images and, overall, it has a strong night energy.
Beyond the imagery, there are other things that I like about this deck:
> The sizing is fantastic, really good for people with small hands.
> The cards shuffle and fly off beautifully and the deck is not heavy at all.
> The tin design is just fabulous.
> The major arcana, aces and court cards are really beautiful, but the deck, overall, is just artistically congruent and fabulous. I also love the snake-skin card back.
ON THE FLIP SIDE
> The card stock is a bit flimsy.
> The booklet is mass produced, bound too tightly and using bad quality paper.
> Some of the imagery used for the minor arcana seemed too abstract.
> Despite the fact that I admire this deck, I cannot connect with it. Said differently, I love the artwork, but it doesn't work for me. I find it too dark in mood and lacking warmth.
> Not a deck for beginners.
> Not an intuitive deck.
I actually returned the deck to the seller, because although I loved the artwork, I thought I would not use this deck and would sit on my shelves untouched.
MIND
The deck follows
the structure of the RSWT but the court cards are daughters (pages), sons (knights), mothers (queens) and fathers (kings).
Moonology is a book, deck and companion website by astrologer Yasmin Boland that delves into the influence of the phases of the moon in our daily lives. This is a very popular deck, one that you'll find used in many YouTube Tarot reading channels.
Honestly, I was never a fan of the images I saw on the screen. I purchased the deck as it was heavily discounted but, to my surprise, the deck is, in real life, beautiful.
GOOD STUFF
> Moonology is a highly intuitive deck, and this is something that, for me, makes an oracle, an oracle.
> Nyx Rowan's paintings and deck design are really beautiful and hypnotizing.
> The deck can be used as a normal oracle, i.e., you shuffle the cards, get one and get an answer to your question. Secondly, you can use the booklet as stand-alone guide to check specific phases of the moon, and events/circumstances associated to that phase.
> Good quality card stock with mate coating, so the cards shuffle well and let the painted artwork shine. Mate suits the night/moon theme, as well.
> Beautiful sturdy keepsake box.
> The card back is really pretty despite its simplicity or because of its simplicity.
> The booklet is very good regarding texts and also nicely bound, so you can fully open it and read it comfortably.
SO-SO
> I have had a mix of results with the deck, as I haven't had for for long and I am getting to start to understand it.
> I think if you are into Astrology and familiar with astrological charts, this deck might be a bit difficult to understand.
> For the same reason, unless you are really familiar with the cycles of the moon,the structure of the booklet is going to be challenge. Don't take me wrong, it's totally congruent and something that you can expect from a Moonology deck, yet, impractical for many people. I'd rather have the cards numbered so the user can look up them straight away, still keeping the current booklet structure.
> The keepsake box coating doesn't allow the lid to glide as easily as other decks.
Buddha Wisdom Divine Feminine: The heart of Kwan Yin Cards by Sofan Chan capture the essence of the Pranjnaparamita Sutras or Perfect of Wisdom, a text that represents the divine feminine consciousness in Buddhism. In a way, are they are the highlights of the sacred texts they come from minus the obscure language.
GOOD STUFF > Great affirmations. This is the most spiritual deck in the Rockpool small series, even more than its counterpart the Divine Masculine Deck, which is also beautiful and inspirational. > These cards will really help you to ground and center yourself and to look at the world and the people with kind eyes no matter you are religious, spiritual or have an ethical compass. Each card is an invitation to ponder and will resonate with you no matter you have a religion or not, are spiritual or not as long you have an internal moral or ethical compass. > Sofan Chan's design of the deck is beautiful, elegant and timeless. Very good lettering and contrast colors. The keepsake box colors and painting are just gorgeous> Good quality glossy flexible cards that shuffle beautifully. > Very good quality keepsake box with upper non-detachable magnetic lid.The box per se is just gorgeous. > Instructions of how to use the cards are written on the inner lid. > Perfect deck for people with small hands.
> Great portability.
I MISS
> There is no booklet or cards explaining a bit more about the sacred texts that inspired the deck, and why these texts are considered feminine and not masculine.
> Tiny deck, so if you have big hands, it might not be for you.
> The upper side of the cards has one standard image and it is not very artistic or as artistic as other decks in this Rockpool deck series. I get that the main focus is the affirmations not the artwork, but I would have loved having Chan, who's a wonderful painter, create different images for each card. The masculine deck has a nicer upper side, as well, so this one feels flat in comparison.
This is a very cute little oracle based on the secret life of plants, to call it something.
THE GOOD STUFF
> Original concept.
> Very intuitive cards, something that I love. They can be really straightforward with their answers and it reminds me of the linearity in question-answer that I find in Kipper oracles.
> Beautiful vintage-looking children-book illustrations.
> Booklet has good quality paper and nice text.
> Good quality beautiful sturdy keepsake box.
NOT SO GOOD
> Very small number of cards.
> The cards coating makes them stick to each other so shuffling is deficient.
> The back has poor contrast between background image and lettering.
> Cards aren't numbered, but they are numbered in the booklet. As the cards are not alphabetically ordered in the booklet and are numbered, and the card has no number, you'll have to go through the whole index to find your card.
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