Let's flip through the Spiritsong Tarot deck together!
Spiritsong Tarot
By Pauline Cassidy
U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Currently $21.56 on Amazon
This animal themed deck pairs each card with it's own specific animal. They started with the Rider-Waite-Smith deck and have added their own spin to the cards. Some of the cards have been renamed and each suite is represented by an item found in nature - acorns for wands, feathers for swords, shells for cups, and crystals for pentacles.
The cardstock is nice for a $20 deck and is easy to shuffle. The colors are a soft pastel and the art looks to be made with pen and watercolors. This is an animal-centric deck so much of the focus is on the animals themselves and so there's not much to read off of in the scenery of each card. The guidebook provides messages that line up with the RWS deck but tie each one with the animal provided. They also recommended using this deck as an oracle card draw, if you find that it works better for you that way.
All in all, it is a beautiful deck that would be good for reading for someone who is nervous about having their cards read. The soft colors and the dream-like images of the animals is comforting to look at during a reading. The keywords do help to understand the deck, though as always, I recommend that you compare and contrast this deck with a more traditional RWS deck.
Happy Reading!
Amber
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