You will see the beauty of it yourself: amazing artwork akin to the Book of Kells illustrations, with lots of knot work and interesting designs. And the minors may be pips, but they’re not boring, especially the wands. I actually thought of this deck because I was cursorily looking at another forum and saw that many had chosen it as one of their top 10 decks of all time. Which definitely made it a candidate for a closer look.
Let’s start with an interview.
Most important characteristic: Knight of Coins
A pensive knight rides though a flowery land beneath a dark sky. His round shield is his coin.
The most important thing about this deck is its art, it’s a physical specimen, a beautiful one. But it’s not static beauty. You can take action with it.
Strength: Ace of Cups
Working with this deck is an emotional experience. And it expresses emotion well. You either love it or hate it. Which tracks with my history with it. I often keep decks in my collection that are just cute or nice. They do what they do, and I don’t expect too much from them. But if they seem special but I can’t connect with them, then they go. I feel like they don’t fulfill their potential. But in this case, I just wasn’t ready to let the deck fulfill its potential yet.
Weakness: 8 Coins
Just what I’ve been talking about. One can only connect with the deck as a reading deck if you put in the intellectual work (8) as well as appreciating the beauty (Coins).
What can the deck teach me? Page of Coins
Here is the page as a student. It can teach me some practical things about tarot reading.
How can I learn it? 6 Cups
This matches up well with the Ace. I can learn from the deck by connecting with it emotionally and joyfully. If I love it, it will teach me.
Outcome of our work together: 8 Swords
And this contrasts with the cups cards! In the end, I’ll be concentrating too much on the intellectual and not enough on the emotional. I’ll miss out or disregard the visceral and visual aspects.
Two coins courts and no majors or wands. After I called out the wands. Hey, I said I wanted to read pips!
We’ll see how far we get this week. Have a happy Sunday, and I’ll see you tomorrow!