Wow. I don't use that word lightly when it comes to tarot decks, but I said it out loud after unboxing the The AlcheMystic Woodcut Tarot by D. W. Prudence. Prudence had asked me to do a review on his deck and the title sounded interesting enough to make sure I got a copy. I tested this deck a little longer, so if you've been cruising the web in search of a TQS-original on the AlcheMystic...sorry! ...

Original, pretty (or extraordinarily gorgeous), enticing, out-of-the-box, newsworthy & educational. If any of those keywords are applicable to a deck or book that I’ve seen, chances are I want to have it (written about) on The Queen’s Sword. The Falnama Turkish Oracle cards is happily supported by at least one of those terms, which is why you’re reading this. Based ...

Alexandre Musruck is one of the better known names in the Lenormand world. The reader behind Angel Cartomancy self-published his The Art of Lenormand Reading – Decoding powerful messages in 2016 and was recently picked up by Schiffer Books/Red Feather for a mass market reproduction of said book, including a deck created of the accompanying Lenormand examples. This review comes in two parts, the book and the deck. In this second part: The Art of...

Alexandre Musruck is one of the better known names in the Lenormand world. The reader behind Angel Cartomancy self-published his The Art of Lenormand Reading – Decoding powerful messages in 2016 and was recently picked up by Schiffer Books/Red Feather for a mass market reproduction of said book, including a deck created of the accompanying Lenormand examples. This review comes in two parts, the book and the deck. First up: The Alexandre Musruck...

A playing card collector focused on high quality, born in the Indian Himalaya region - visited by Fortune tellers, Sadhus and Holy men on a frequent basis - having a wide network of Indian Tarot readers and a fascination with divination from a young age. Sounds like the recipe for a great tarot deck if such a man would ever try to create one, right? I am not saying it isn’t, but Sunish Chabba’s first try at reaching ...

Sneak peek: Dreams of Gaia Tarot
News , Sneak peek , Tarot / 12 April 2016

Blue Angel Publishing announced some of its upcoming releases. One beauty, based on the pictures, is Dreams of Gaia Tarot. This deck, with artwork by Ravynne Phelan (aka Michele-lee Phelan), is almost ten years in the making and especially interesting for those who like healing and huge tarot cards. The 81 cards come with black borders, gold-gilded edges and a 308-page guidebook. The philosophy of the Dreams of Gaia Tarot is to seek, t...

Enough! | Book review
Books , Review / 9 April 2016

It rarely happens I've trouble with a book and only continue to read because of a review. That is unfortunately exactly what happened with Enough!. Let me start by saying you shouldn't stop reading just now. I am not saying that Enough! is not worth reading or badly written, but the *way* it was written might not appeal to everyone. According to the press release “Enough! is a groundbreaking, paradigm changing non...

Indiegogo campaign Starlight Dragon Tarot live
News , Tarot / 7 April 2016

The Indiegogo campaign for the Starlight Dragon Tarot has started today. If you have no idea to what tarot deck I am referring to, read my previous article on the cards. The Starlight Dragon tarot campaign will run for a month (so until May 7th) and once funded the deck will be send to backers in August or September already. For the last year both author and tarot reader Steph Engert and artist Nora Huszka worked diligently and practica...

The Soul Discovery Coloring Book |Review
Books , Mindfulness , Review / 1 April 2016

Adult coloring books are all the rage. Some of my friends have one, my parents got one on an outing with brothers and sisters, and I have been known to color a mandala or two. But now I have a real adult coloring book. And this book, called The Soul Discovery Coloring Book is a little different from just an average adult coloring book. Why have those coloring books become so popular? It is not all of a sudden......

Epic Tarot | Review
Decks , Review , Tarot / 26 March 2016

Naming your tarot deck the Epic Tarot creates a certain kind of expectation. Lo Scarabeo's Riccardo Minetti and Universal Fantasy Tarot-artist Paolo Martinello explain the title with “exploring universal questions through delightful art (…), the Epic Tarot Deck is full of nuance and hidden depths. And: ‘discover a newly imagined approach to the fool’s journey that releases the linear bonds of rank and opens the spirit to new con...