About this item
- The Dreaming Way Tarot takes a fresh approach to the traditional Rider-Waite imagery and has 78 youthful, delicate
- and evocative cards.
Specifications
Name
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Dreaming Way Tarot
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Creators
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Rome Choi,
Kwon Shina
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Publisher
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US Games 2012
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Deck Type
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Tarot Deck
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Cards
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78
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Major Arcana
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22
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Minor Arcana
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56
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Deck Tradition
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Rider-Waite-Smith
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Minor Arcana Style
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RWS-Based Scenes
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Strength
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is 8
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Card Language
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English
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Card Back
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Reversible
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Back Design
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Black, white and red small ovals on a green background
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Companion Material
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Little white booklet.
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Reviews
Games. Dreaming Way closely follows the Rider Waite Smith
traditions to the point that most people who are comfortable
with the RWS will have no problem immediately reading
with Dreaming Way.
Dreaming Way Tarot is a youthful
deck. I think it will be very popular with younger
readers especially. The art is very good. The faces of the
characters are delicate and detailed. Many of the images are
breathtaking and evocative. I particularly like the Aces, and
the Judgment card.
The scenic backgrounds seem random.
Some are beautiful color-washed tones. Others, for no
apparent reason, are textured. Some have a repeating
pattern that looks like old-fashioned wallpaper.
The
costuming of the characters is curious. Many wear huge,
elongated shoes. Some wear oversized top hats. The High
Priestess is a young girl in a black top hat and white knee
socks. It is images such as this which make me think this
is a deck for someone much younger than me. In my
tarot world, the High Priestess does not wear knee
socks.
There are some striking contrasts in the art. Many of
the costumes are colored in black-and-white checks.
The Cups are of varying sizes and shapes, and they are
decorated in large black-and-white polka dots.
There are
some images that just make me shake my head. Most
notably, the Page of Cups is a sweet young girl in a dress,
holding a black and white cup. Fish are swimming through
the air. The image is lovely, except that the poor
Page has a teapot tied to her head.
What makes matters
worse is that the LWB is skimpy, and does not give the
reasons behind the crazy images. If I could explain to a
client the symbolism of the teapot hat I would feel
better about it.
Another problem I have is the facial
expressions of some of the characters. In some cards that are
traditionally happy, the characters look sullen and morose. I am
not sure how well my clients will react to a Ten of
Cups where Mom looks like she is coming home from a
funeral.
All griping aside, there is something really special
about this deck. After looking through the cards a few
times I decided that Dreaming Way was just not a deck
for me. I put it to the side of my reading table to
sit rejected until I had a chance to review it.
Then I
had a couple of telephone readings to do. I began each
reading using my current professional deck, my trusty
Hanson-Roberts. Early on in both readings, I felt the Dreaming Way
call to me. "Use me! Use me!" it seemed to say. And so
I did.
Here's what I discovered. The stark black and
white graphics against the watery pastel washes evoke a
lot of intuition. As a full-time tarot professional I
could read with any deck and do a good job. But I must
admit Dreaming Way made my job easy.
I know that newborn
infants react to black-and-white graphics. Maybe the inner
child does too. Maybe the interesting and eye-catching
images work to open the third eye. We know that the third
eye is linked to psychic ability, eyesight and
imagination. For me, this is why every tarot deck is so
powerful. As the eyes view the tarot cards the images
stimulate the imagination, the intuition and the psychic
ability.
It may be that these odd Dreaming Way images have
some special ability to stimulate psychic awareness.
I
am still more comfortable using these images for
phone readings, where the clients can't see the cards.
Over time, I may come up with my own explanations for
the odd symbolism. Then I will be excited to take
Dreaming Way Tarot on the road with me.
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