Conference hydra::dejavu

1753.0. "The Inner Child Tarot" by SITBUL::GRIFFIN (Practice random kindness and senseless acts of beauty) Thu Oct 22 1992 15:37

    
    I found a new Tarot deck; The Inner Child deck.  It is currently sold
    as a package containing the deck and a book (describing it's
    orientation and symbology, uses, history, etc.).  The artwork depicts
    scenes from European and American fairy tales (including the Wizard of
    Oz), and the cards are larger than usual.
    
    Basic description:
    
    The suites are Magic Wands (staves), Swords of Truth (swords), Hearts
    (cups), and Crystals (pentacles).  A key point, however, is that the
    symbology of each suite is NOT a match for their counterparts in other
    decks (Rider-Waite based symbology).
    
    The same goes with the Major Arcana; there is similarity, but not exact
    same meaning.  Little Red Cap (Little Red Riding Hood) is the Fool
    card.  Jack in the Beanstalk is the Hanged Man equivalent.  The devil
    is replaced by the Big Bad Wolf.
    
    I have not finished reading the accompanying descriptions, but the
    court cards of the Minor Arcana are no longer Page, Knight, Queen,
    King, but Seeker of {suite}, (I forget :}), Guardian of {suite}, and
    Guide.  The seekers are Pinnochio, Dorothy, the Tin Man, the Scarecrow. 
    The Guides are 3 archangels (Michael, Gabriel, Uriel{I think}) and
    Mother Earth (Gaia).
    
    
    The book promotes using this deck with children.
    
    
    Before buying: One of the things stated in the book is that for best
    "affect", you should calculate some astrologically significant dates
    for yourself (which occur 4 times a year?), and that you should
    purchase or receive the deck on one of these dates (to gain best
    bonding with the deck or some such thing).
    
    Cost: $32.95 US dollars
    
    Personal Evaluation:
    
    Whatever the authors'/designers' intended usage, it does seem to be a 
    positively charged type deck, and easy to adjust to.  The size is a tad
    awkward, but still usable.  The symbology is still very rich, and also
    diverse, but not indeciperable.
    
    
    Beth

>	The size is a tad awkward, but still usable.  
    
    And the unavoidable comparison with the also unwieldy Crowley Thoth deck 
    arises ... 
    
    ... if you can picture Bugs Bunny as an inverted Christ character
    with a carrot, or Shari Lewis and Lambchop in a lustful tryst
    in the shape of a unicursal hexagram.
    
    		(Just a joke not a criticism ... !)
    								todd