Image via WikipediaEvery Tarot aficionado has their own favorite deck of Tarot cards.
My long-time favorite is the Universal Waite Tarot, which has lovely soft colors.
From a review:
The soothing, pastel coloring, done so beautifully by Mary Hanson-Roberts, brings out all of the delicate intricacies of Lady Pamela’s famous drawings. Each card now seems ready to step out and guide you along Tarot’s path of wisdom. The facial features and their expressions are more readily decipherable now, showing the sorrow, pain, joy, happiness, greed, wisdom, resignation and anticipation of each figure.
Each esoteric symbol on every card can be seen and better understood. Subtle nuances, such as the patient, waiting gaze of the Hermit as he watches for others seeking knowledge; the healthy stalks of grain growing before the Empress and the fresh green and gold in her starry, Earth Mother crown; the despair on the faces of the Tower’s victims; the weary, but still resolute face on the IX of Wands; the pensive wariness of the IV of Cups; all of these and more now leap out at the reader.
It’s a lovely deck, a joy to use.
