| Title | : | Üzgünüz |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 9781401949501 |
| ISBN-10 | : | 978-1401949501 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Cards |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 pages |
| Publication | : | Lifestyles |
Grounded in a divination system that dates back centuries, The Good Tarot has a psychic architecture that's simple and modern, rooted in contemporary positive psychology and aimed at the expression of the highest good for all. The 78 cards in the deck are read as archetypal aspects of the human experience that we may encounter within ourselves, with others, or in the world.
The suits in The Good Tarot are the four elements, with Air standing in for the traditional Swords, Water replacing Cups, Earth for Pentacles, and for Wands, Fire. A crucial difference from traditional decks is that the cards' messages are all written as positive affirmations in the present tense, rather than forecasts, instructions, or warnings. Those who use the cards in the suggested way can integrate their energy immediately and personally.
Even so, traditional tarot enthusiasts can still apply their favorite spreads to this deck as its formation doesn't stray too far from what is already familiar, and the breathtaking original artwork will be sure to inspire.
"Everyone wants guidance during times of uncertainty, a light shining in the dark," Colette writes. "The Good Tarotis especially helpful when you feel lost, want confirmation about a direction you're heading in, are concerned about the results of choices you've made, or seek greater understanding of your circumstances. It's about recognizing the many forms of truth and seeing the light that accompanies the shadow so you can help the light increase its brilliance."
Üzgünüz Reviews
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I can't believe I haven't reviewed any previous decks by Colette Baron Reid (as there are a number of them I own, I read quite frequently, and that I have purchased for others as gifts). There is a couple reasons this did not earn five stars from me ( on that in a moment). I find this deck is mostly suited for personal exploration. It is positive and affirming and look at the good side of all cards in the Tarot. Unlike some of the author's other decks, there are no reverse interpretations.
Firstthe nitty gritty about this deck. This is a full 78 card Tarot deck with a major and minor arcana. The majors are numbered 0 21. Card titles are mostly the same with the exception of the following: Love = Lovers, Fortune's Wheel = Wheel of Fortune, Transformation = Death, Patience = Temperance, Temptation = Devil, Call = Judgement. Minor Arcana suits are: Air = Swords, Water = Cups, Earth = Pentacles, and Fire = Wands. Court cards are: Pages, Messengers = Knights, Queens and Kings.
Majors focus as normal on major themes or lessons. Court cards reflect attitudes/states of mind and, of course, can represent people or aspects of a personality that may be influencing a situation. Overall, the book gives a nice brief background on the arcanas and card suits. All interpretations are personalized to the reader (All that glitters isn't gold, I know that I always deserve authentic riches, the gold that fills me with joy, abundance, and understanding from interpretation for the 8 of Water). This makes it an ideal deck for personal explorations and affirmation work.
The artwork has a soft, dreamy, magical quality. I like the artistic interpretation of the hermit, for example.There is no wise old man walking with a cane and a lantern. There is light shining on what appears to be a door (with a kingly face on it). There are keys hanging above the door to choose from. You have to look around a bit to discover where the keyhole is. It's there, and I wonder why I missed it the first time. I like the symbology behind this image as it seems to fit well with what the traditional hermit stands for.
The art doesn't work for me with some of the cards. Death (Transformation), for example, I can't see exactly what is in the girl in the picture's hands (I assume it is something transforming into something else). But my old eyes just can't make it out. The Emperor, Love (Lovers), and the Strength cards all feature lions prominently. The size of the cards is also a problem, as some other reviewers have indicated. They are wide and difficult for my small, somewhat arthritic hands to shuffle.
I also wish there was a little meat to these interpretations or that there were reverse interpretations. While I have no problem with Baron Reid's positive, happy approach to interpreting the Tarot, I do disagree with her about reversals. She mentions that most people get discouraged with reversals, so she did not include them. While that is true, a number of reversed tarot cards are actually positive when reversed than when they appear upright. I think that added nuance would've been helpful and reversals could have all been cast in a positive light as well. There is nothing to fear in a negative card as they are lessons we must all face. She does a magnificent job taking negative cards in the deck (such as the 10 of Swords, 3 of Swords, or the 5 of Pentacles) and showing us the light illuminating or emanating from these so called dark moments in our lives.
I feel this deck is suitable for meditation, exploring in depth changes you are undergoing or contemplating, counseling yourself or others, and for a daily affirmation. I will probably rarely read for others with this deck, but will find it useful in my personal divination work. If you want a deck to work with for personal oracle work this is probably right for you. If you are new to the Tarot, you may want to seek out a traditional deck first and become familiar with the cards if you plan on reading for both yourself and others. -
When I first saw that Colette Baron Reid was doing a tarot deck, I hoped that it would be as amazing as her oracle decks. This deck is nothing short of beautiful and the energy in them is inspiring. This is not your standard tarot deck in the slightest. There are no negative or reverse meanings in the little book provided. She has taken the effort to take the negative cards (Tower and Devil) and written them to have a positive connotation. These cards are also written for the here and now, not vague you may be going on a trip. Instead, she's changed it to, I am travelling to new territories and am eager to experience all that this land has to offer me. She also takes the traditional suits to reflect the elements they represent:
Swords = Air
Cups = Water
Pentacles = Earth
Wands = Fire
The cards themselves are on good paper, aren't flimsy, won't tear, and are laminated. They are the size of her oracle cards, not standard tarot cards. They are definitely an uplifting favorite and give positive messages. It is definitely a GOOD tarot and worth purchasing. -
This is VERY disappointing. It is certainly lovely artwork (thus two stars). It is NOT Tarot. Goodness separated from challenge is impractical, unrealistic, and meaningless like knitting without the yarn. Our challenges & adversity lead us to growth & the development of our abilities, self discovery, and potentials. Colette knows this as is evident in her booklet even she cannot remove this deck entirely from adversity despite her efforts. Tarot is objective, neutral good & bad lie within people's perspectives & fear is born of ignorance. There is nothing to fear in true Tarot. The symbology here is random and nebulous at best, by & large limited in the extreme. While lovely the images are unclear, hazy even with a magnifying glass. Thus the Major Arcana has lost its potency entirety. What has a woman looking away from the reader have to do with patience? What on earth is the significance of a giraffe here? Without the booklet to explain each card, one is challenged to find any correlation between the card's image and meaning in either arcana. And reducing the suits to simple elements completely removes the full significance and vast depth the suits are designed to convey. So goes the broad psychological value and insightful clarity of the lesser arcana. Again there is little to no symbology to guide or feed the intuition on any card. What remains is make believe. By her own admission, this is simply another of Colette's oracle decks, and I expected much better from her. I honor her intention, but the result is sadly lacking. I wonder at her understanding of the true philosophy of Tarot? The art work IS beautiful, but this is certainly not a Tarot deck, much less a 'good' one.
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The Good Tarot by Colette Baron Reid. Oh my days I adore this tarot deck so so much!!!!! There has been a lot of noise about this in tarot community as a result of its name, which has caused some controversy. I bought it after seeing it on a flip through of all the cards, on You Tube and I adore it soso much.
The images are many layered and blended Photoshop style and there is so much in each picture, if you like to read intuitively its amazing. The pictures are soothing and gentle and great to meditate on. Please buy this deck because you like the art, maybe have a look at flip through video's that are on You Tube if you want to see all the cards first. I did that and loved so many, that from a collectors point of view, it had to come home. Having worked with it now, I am very bonded to this deck, it has a wonderful positive energy to it, and its images. If you choose to read the book that comes with the deck you will find it full of affirmations. Some cards have prompts to move you along in a given situation but the book is written in the first person, so they read as if you were speaking to yourself.
My previous fave deck was; Native Spirit Oracle deck for its soothing imagery, and The Good Tarot is another one to go to, when you want to meditate on beautiful images. I can't say I know enough about 'traditional' tarot to comment on how 'well' its meanings translate in this deck. There are some cards I know and love well and seeing them in this deck some have been treated differently to what I would expect from tarot but personally I find that refreshing. Not sure what I make of the Hermit card being an intricate wooden door, and as others have mentioned the 8 of cups image in this deck does have a different look from trad tarot. Many other cards are so beyond beautiful and with such depth of meaning and feeling they make you want to cry (in a good way).
If you come to the deck after being solely interested in Oracle, then this is a great transition deck. It does feel like its the offspring of Oracle n Tarot blend. There is no death card, no scary skeleton, instead number 13 is Transformation and the person in the card holds up a phoenix rising from the palm of her hands. The traditional death card is about change and transformation, yes possibly an ending but NOT about mortality literally, this makes the Good Tarot's working of the card so perfect.
In the book, the author advises you to use this deck for single or at most 3 card draws, as a review of where you are now and advice on that, rather than for predictive readings. I feel this is mostly because of the wording in the book, if you are reading the images intuitively then I don't see there being a problem using it in a expansive way, but I am a newbie to traditional Tarot so am in no way experienced enough to comment deeply in that area.
Due to the intricacy of the images, I have had several occasions where I got a feeling/connection, from the deck that really spoke to how I was feeling in that moment which was perfect, yet totally different to what was written in the book. This can be the same for any Tarot or Oracle deck so it is not a negative thing. For me it is a case of looking at an image and feeling how it feels, how it makes me react in response to the question I have posed rather than being fixed to books. But we each look for different things in a deck and use them in our own ways too.
The other deck I have for Tarot and love is The Dreaming Way Tarot, that deck has beautiful drawn images that feel follow close to the RWS system if that is your preference, BUT The Good Tarot has become my main deck, because of its layered beautiful imagery.
Is this the right deck to use if you want to learn 'traditional' tarot and are wanting to use it with the one of the host of 'learn tarot' books that are available? No. Simply because those books are based very heavily on the RWS system and describe those traditional images.
The images in the Good Tarot,are unique and do not rely so heavily on the RWS system. You would find it confusing to use this deck with those books. However as a stand alone deck, if you come to it from Oracle only experience then it is wonderful. Yes the basic Tarot structure is there; 78 cards with some rewording for some of the major arcana, and court cards, also the use of earth, air, fire water instead of Wands, Swords, Pentacles, Cups.
I'm guessing this is going to be a marmite situation, if you have no prior experience of tarot or have found traditional RWS images..how do I put this.. intense, (I am not a fan of the original RWS decks, personal choice, to each their own) which is why I chose the Dreaming Way tarot as those images were softer. If like me you find that traditional style not to your liking but you are wanting a deeper/different experience to Oracle then this deck is really really worth considering.
It feels very earth/natural spirit based. there are plenty of animals, faries, and blending of fantasy with folk style in a very multi layered image. This is defiantely one of those decks where each time you see a card you will see something new within it.
Highly recommend this deck, for its own merit. Please take it as an individual and unique deck and appreciate it on that basis, rather than comparing it to what you expect to find in a traditional tarot deck.
Beautiful, inspiring, soothing, healing, nurturing, truly wonderful unique deck.
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This deck is called 'good' tarot because it takes the original, dark imagery and connotation out of the equation, focusing on the positive, constructive messages instead. The cards can still be used as traditional tarot cards but the imagery is all positive and soothing there's none of that death/devil nonsense. For example the the Death card (#13) has been replaced by its positive meaning "transformations" and the devil card (#15) by "temptation/attachment" I've always found traditional tarot cards disturbing this deck is full of light and inspiration helping you along your journey. I love everything about it! The deck can be used in traditional tarot spreads, but also as oracle cards if you follow the guidance in the accompanying booklet. I get very positive vibes out of these cards and they will compliment the Mystical Shaman Oracle (by the same author) perfectly!
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I was excited to receive this deck, and l when I first looked through them, I was impressed with the beauty of the artwork. However, I do not find these to be as intuitive as some of the other decks I have used. On top of this, the cards are printed on a thick stock and are really large larger even than some of my oracle decks, making them incredibly difficult to shuffle. The book that accompanies them does not provide much detail about the cards, and as this is a distinctly different interpretation of the tarot, I would have preferred information on the inspiration behind the card. The minor arcana of swords is reinterpreted as air, and filled with images of angels, which is certainly a positive interpretation however it is a bit of a challenge for a experience reader to adjust to the image of angel for the depiction of the nine or ten of swords.
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This is a Visually stunning deck and was delivered speedily, in a beautiful box. It comes with a comprehensive book that explains this new positive deck in plenty of detail. Very handy, for a novice, such as me.
Having read the book during the morning, I made my first reading. I am a 55yr old man, who is currently on a 3 year course of maintenance chemotherapy, following major chemo and stem cell transplant in 2018. This treatment has caused me to become severely incapacitated by fatigue and I am considering ending my treatment early, in the hope of regaining some quality of life.
I took the first 4 cards from the top of the deck, after shuffling.
The bottom row in the photo was drawn from right to left. This reading was for my current situation.
The first card drawn represents where I am 2 of Air Uncertainty and considering my options. There is no rush. The greatest good will come from taking my time and remaining peaceful.
To gain clarity, I drew a second card, this represents what is coming that will influence my situation
Strength My endurance. I can go the distance. I have the courage and I have the strength to overcome anything. Inside or out.
The third card drawn is the energy that will come if I continue on my path 5 of Air
Tension & Conflict, from my belief that it is important to maintain my integrity than to win. I must accept that not everyone will agree me and be at peace with that.
I drew one last card as final overarching clarity to my current situation Ace of Water
Unconditional love and overflowing abundance. I am filled with a love that gives me hope. It shines a light upon all of the possibilities available to me. I can bring dreams into being and illuminate the darkest of places.
Without going I to too much detail, I am sure that you are able to see the benefit of this reading for me. It actually fits me and my circumstances so well. The two air cards, coming from my Libran heritage. My strength at the centre and the love of my partner and family overarching the whole situation. Win or lose, maintaining my integrity is important to me but not everyone would agree. Beautiful in its simplicity, truthfulness and positivity.
Highly Recommended. Buy with Confidence.
I do not receive any payment or free goods for writing these reviews. I am just happy to share my views on my purchases with fellow like minded ians in the hope that you may find it helpful.
