Bright Idea Deck
Practical divination deck for workplace guidance unbranded as tarot officially.
by Mark McElroy, Eric Hotz · 2005
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The record
The Bright Idea Deck is clearly meant to act as a follow-up to McElroy's previous book, Putting The Tarot To Work. There is a slight tilt with this deck and book, however, as the word Tarot is never mentioned - anywhere. Not in the book, not in the publicity (it is being marketed under the category of Self-Help/Business). It appears that it is being marketed under a veil, as it were. Businesses, groups and individuals who might balk at using the Tarot will jump at using "cards, just cards" for creative brainstorming. However, the deck is broken down into twenty-two trumps and four suits, with four approach cards entitled "Learning, Doing, Feeling, and Controlling" in each suit. There is also a plethora of astrological symbols hidden in relatively plain sight on each of the cards, as well as a fair amount of occult symbology, such as the red circle, yellow diamond, and crescent moon on the street sign in the Yellow Two (Debate), the wings on the heels of the figure in Trump 1 (Capability), the green snake in Trump XI (Boldness), the dove and crescent moon in the Red Nine (Release), the seven birds in the sky in Trump VIII (Balance) and the Blue Four (Restlessness), and the veritable
The cards
