The Tarot of Jane Austen

[pegkerr]

I have been researching tarot decks because I am toying with the idea of getting one. I am wary of the idea, and so am obsessively looking at reviews for various options.

Omigosh: there is a Tarot of Jane Austen. The suits are Coins (Pentacles), Quills (Swords), Candlesticks (Wands) and Teacups (Cups).

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[bohemianspirit.livejournal.com]

Present Moment Herbs and Books, on Grand Ave S and 36th Street, next to Butter coffeehouse (best eclairs ever, if that's an incentive...) is also a good place to check out tarot decks, and I just love that store, anyway.

I've dabbled in other decks, but my favorite is still my first, the one I discovered in early 1984: the Motherpeace deck by Vicki Noble and Karen Vogel. I'm not sure if that one is "you," but you might want to at least read the book, Motherpeace: A way to the Goddess through myth, art, and tarot, just to get another perspective and interpretation. The biggest criticism of this deck is it's "too feminist" (whatever the heck THAT would be), but I find it very empowering and healing and always get insightful, if not always comfortable, readings from it.

For me, tarot is a form a receptive prayer, a "right-brained" way of accessing insights into ourselves and our lives. It's a great counterbalance to our cultural tendency to make prayer a verbal laundry-list kind of affair.

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

I was actually just in that store yesterday, looking at Tarot decks!