A slender white border surrounds a fancy black-and-gold one, which in turn surrounds the card image. You’ll find no stubs or indentations on this lot. Card edges are rounded, and good cardboard stock was employed. I found them easy to shuffle with my average-sized hands but those with smaller hands may have some difficulty. Understanding a difficult situation,” and still more, but I don’t get any of it from the beautiful image.Įach card measures 3 1/2” by 4 3/4”, or slightly longer and wider than the tarot standard. The meanings read “Peaceful or temporary truce.
For example, the Two of Arrows shows Cupid bending over a sleeping Psyche with one of his arrows in hand, and another slipping down. It could be interpreted for other matters using the “Meanings” section for each card as described in Waldherr’s book, but I don’t find most of the comments, which are non-romantic, reflect the card visuals. For reading purposes, The Lover’s Path Tarot works effectively on romantic concerns. It is all suitable for pathworking or other, similar practices, if that suits your style, and meditation, tarot-reading, or just plain admiration, if you prefer those. The Prince of Arrows, Ace of Staves, Desire, Grace, Awakening: this is artwork of a high order. All of them are well-conceived and executed, if a bit lacking at times in detail. If the presentation has an almost ornate, Italian Renaissance feeling to it, the artwork on the cards themselves is Pre-Raphaelite, with pastel colors, sharp lines, and a generally flat perspective. Those of us who keep a lot of stored tarot decks and swap among them will appreciate this. Some of this detail is also very sensible-such as the thick cardboard case holding the book, deck and scroll has a hinged flange with Velcro pads, so there’s no chance of tearing, bending, or buckling the package at any time. I’ve seen tarot decks and sets that had their own personalities, ranging through chatty, informal, cluttered, braindead, streamlined, pretty, and academic, but this is the first I’ve seen that reminded me of an art museum’s books displaying its collection. One example will suffice: the case’s recessed area designed to hold the deck is surrounded by a trompe l'oeil faux-wooden frame, and surmounted by decorative elements that include a lion with a paw on an open book (the words displayed are “La via dei gli amante”). I’m very impressed by Waldherr’s taste, detail, and sense of production values and US Games has done her up proud. The full-colored book includes brief discussions of each card, further resources, several layouts, and a card reference guide. Case, book, and card slipcover are all in near-burgundy with an embossed, winged and crowned heart providing an element of unity.
The cards, of course, are placed in their own cardboard container with a LWB (little white book), along with a larger book of 162 pages, and a basic layout scroll. Its presentation alone would have guaranteed it at least a jump or two out of order.įor one area in which The Lover’s Path Tarot surpasses all others I’ve seen is packaging. When the US Games package arrived for review, it immediately moved to the top of its respective stack. I’d been looking forward to trying out this combination deck-and-book for some time. The original Waite/Colman-Smith and Crowley/Harris decks also figure in there, of course-and so does The Lover’s Path Tarot, by Kris Waldherr. Place’s Alchemical Tarot, and the tarots of Emil Kanzalar and Hermann Haindl. I’ve explored and returned many times to such worlds as Ed Buryn’s William Blake Tarot, Robert M. I’m a traveler, in several senses of the word, so I’m partial to the tarot as completely re-envisioned by different creative spirits. Lover's Path Tarot Review by Barry Brenesal
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