Animal Tarot Cards
Animal-themed cards by Doreen Virtue with oracle-style imagery for beginners.
by Doreen Virtue, Radleigh Valentine, Dan Craig · 2017
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The record
Earlier this year Doreen Virtue announced her conversion to Christianity, moving away from her previous new-age teachings and disassociating herself from practices such as channelling and mediumship, denouncing her own teachings, and repudiating the tarot in particular. It is surprising then to see the Doreen Virtue and Radleigh Valentine Animal Tarot Deck being published well after this spectacularly public about-face. In a move which seems suspiciously like trying to have your cake and eat it too The Animal Tarot is described as providing heavenly guidance via animal guides when you are too stressed out to receive guidance directly from God, Jesus, or angels. The deck itself is a straightforward 78 card, fully illustrated tarot, with 22 Major Arcana and 56 Minor Arcana. Several of the Major Arcana have been renamed; The Fool is now The Dreamer, The Hierophant is now Unity, Justice is retitled Awakening, Death is now Release, Temperance is retitled Balance, The Devil is now Ego, The Tower is now called Life Experience, and Judgement is retitled Renewal. The structure of the Major Arcana has Justice as the eighth card and Strength as the 11th card in an effort to restore flow to th
The cards
