Beautiful Creatures Tarot 2nd Edition
Posted: 15 Aug 2019, 23:21
Author J. R. Rivera Art Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Much of the artwork was not painted for this deck, and it is painted in the certain style of Becket-Griffith´s with large heads and big eyes; very beautiful for those of us who adore Jasmine Becket-Griffith´s style. She has done some Majors especially for this deck, and four cards are new since the first edition; especially the Lovers´card that I rather liked as was. THe new one is an angel pointing angrily at a mortal man and a female spinx who are in loveThe Devil, called Habit is very good, a girl holds on to a cat who has clawed her up very bad (I think she needs a cat psycologist), The Tower is The Decadence and shows Pandora with her box. There are many goddesses, witches, ladies from the 18th century, Alice in Wonderland, faeries, butterflies,cats, ravens, dragons and flowers. Rivera is doing something new with the court cards. Jasmine Becket-Griffith has painted one star sign for each court card (Knight,Queen and King). The Pages are Flower fairies. There are 2 extra cards; The Supernatural and You are one.
The thick colour illustrated book is very good and tell a story about every card and the meaning upright and reversed. I find it easy to work with now but you need to be able to see the RWS cars in your head when you read the card title (I think so, anyway). The Majors are numbered, Strength is 8 and Justice 11. The suits are Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles. Rivera has won a lot of awards and it was very popular with the publics award and readers award. The gilding is violet. EDIT; There is no explanation for eight of the court cards in the book. I´m disappointed; I bought the deck partly for it´s astrological court cards.
Unfortunately, the cards are not glossy but matt, and the box has three loose little parts to keep cards in two packs. I use a bag. Otherwise it´s nice and sturdy with magnetic lid.
It´s a charming deck to work with if you are very familiar with the RWS system. There are many interesting spreads in the book. I think this might become one of my favourites. It seems like Rivera maybe thought about young girls when he made this deck, but I advice beginners to keep a RWS deck nearby and look up the RWS card for each Beautiful Creature. And I think it is a lovely deck for all sexes and ages, if you love Jasmine Becket-Griffiths art as I do. The problem is that the art is produced with no Tarot in mind.
Love and Light, Genna.
Much of the artwork was not painted for this deck, and it is painted in the certain style of Becket-Griffith´s with large heads and big eyes; very beautiful for those of us who adore Jasmine Becket-Griffith´s style. She has done some Majors especially for this deck, and four cards are new since the first edition; especially the Lovers´card that I rather liked as was. THe new one is an angel pointing angrily at a mortal man and a female spinx who are in loveThe Devil, called Habit is very good, a girl holds on to a cat who has clawed her up very bad (I think she needs a cat psycologist), The Tower is The Decadence and shows Pandora with her box. There are many goddesses, witches, ladies from the 18th century, Alice in Wonderland, faeries, butterflies,cats, ravens, dragons and flowers. Rivera is doing something new with the court cards. Jasmine Becket-Griffith has painted one star sign for each court card (Knight,Queen and King). The Pages are Flower fairies. There are 2 extra cards; The Supernatural and You are one.
The thick colour illustrated book is very good and tell a story about every card and the meaning upright and reversed. I find it easy to work with now but you need to be able to see the RWS cars in your head when you read the card title (I think so, anyway). The Majors are numbered, Strength is 8 and Justice 11. The suits are Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles. Rivera has won a lot of awards and it was very popular with the publics award and readers award. The gilding is violet. EDIT; There is no explanation for eight of the court cards in the book. I´m disappointed; I bought the deck partly for it´s astrological court cards.
Unfortunately, the cards are not glossy but matt, and the box has three loose little parts to keep cards in two packs. I use a bag. Otherwise it´s nice and sturdy with magnetic lid.
It´s a charming deck to work with if you are very familiar with the RWS system. There are many interesting spreads in the book. I think this might become one of my favourites. It seems like Rivera maybe thought about young girls when he made this deck, but I advice beginners to keep a RWS deck nearby and look up the RWS card for each Beautiful Creature. And I think it is a lovely deck for all sexes and ages, if you love Jasmine Becket-Griffiths art as I do. The problem is that the art is produced with no Tarot in mind.
Love and Light, Genna.